Going to have to bed my Hawkeye
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Mylesrom, What is your interpratation of accuracy!
I am not talking about Kimbers, or sakos!
Remember we are talking rugers, and rugers alone.
I would put my life on the line with a controled feed mauser action, over a Kimber, Sako, Rem, Tikka or now new win 70.
The whole Idea behind controled feed is reliability, not saying it will ever happen or you may not need it.
If you buy your new 257 Hawkeye, dont expect it to shoot out of the box like the above mentioned, remingtons, sakos, savages or tikkas it might but likely will not! but you can throw it in the mud, and still expect to open the bolt, or you can have a hot load from heat and still expect that shell to come out when you pull back the bolt!
Its not a perfect world, each ones different, but 100 dollars and 5 hours later mine holds sub moa! Hot cold dirty or clean.
Like I said I have 2 M77s II and now a Hawkeye! It needed some TLC.
It is no big hidden thing that rugers do not come up as being the most accurate gun, 9 times out of 10 you will hear the opposite, They have bedding issues, always have and teh way they build them they always will.
I am not talking about Kimbers, or sakos!
Remember we are talking rugers, and rugers alone.
I would put my life on the line with a controled feed mauser action, over a Kimber, Sako, Rem, Tikka or now new win 70.
The whole Idea behind controled feed is reliability, not saying it will ever happen or you may not need it.
If you buy your new 257 Hawkeye, dont expect it to shoot out of the box like the above mentioned, remingtons, sakos, savages or tikkas it might but likely will not! but you can throw it in the mud, and still expect to open the bolt, or you can have a hot load from heat and still expect that shell to come out when you pull back the bolt!
Its not a perfect world, each ones different, but 100 dollars and 5 hours later mine holds sub moa! Hot cold dirty or clean.
Like I said I have 2 M77s II and now a Hawkeye! It needed some TLC.
It is no big hidden thing that rugers do not come up as being the most accurate gun, 9 times out of 10 you will hear the opposite, They have bedding issues, always have and teh way they build them they always will.
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Some other issues I have had that were killing accuracy were to much protrusion of the mag box and causing a pressure point in the middle of the action when the bottom metal was tightened. Beding the bottom metal, and removing steel off the mag box fixed that.
Also cracking of the web of wood between the trigger inleting and middle action screw inletting. Under recoil the stock would flex outwards at that point and the action would shift around. A piece of steel bent like a staple inleted and beded into the wood were the bottom metal sits fixed that one.
Also cracking of the web of wood between the trigger inleting and middle action screw inletting. Under recoil the stock would flex outwards at that point and the action would shift around. A piece of steel bent like a staple inleted and beded into the wood were the bottom metal sits fixed that one.
Well all shot around 1" or under( a couple a touch over), including the stevens 200's...... Most closer to 3/4". Unless your hunting grizzlies, then maybe controlled round feeding would be good, but I don't so its a mute point. I don't find controlled round feeding to be smooth or faster, so for deer, I would say its a drawback and not a benefit. A accurate rifle that does not need to be "fixed" out of the box, will take 1st place over one I can throw in the mud.... I think I will pass on the Rugers....
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You could fix a ruger now or you could wait to fix your stevens later when the cheap, stamped, surface hardened trigger/ sear steel wears out.
Are you kidding or just trolling!! I have never heard in my life until today anyone specialy a hunter ever say a controled feed was a MUTE point!!!! Accuracy has nothing to do with a controled feed bolt.
I would like you to ask someone who used the M-85 if it was a mute point!!!!
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Why do you need it...... for hunting deer. I used to think like you for the longest time, and was a big fan of controlled feed, I had several mauser actions. Then after realizing after the thousands of rounds I put down range, that the push feed types had no issues with misfeeding, ( am an not worried about trying to feed a round upside down, while a bear is charging)I realized having a controlled round feed was of no benefit. They do not feed nearly as smoother as say the Tikka's or Sako's. The Kimber with controlled round feeding was better than a Ruger and smoother, but not as smooth as the push feeds.
Its not required for range work or non dangerous game.... if you think it is, then use it.....
Its not required for range work or non dangerous game.... if you think it is, then use it.....
