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<blockquote data-quote="Alibiiv" data-source="post: 1701842" data-attributes="member: 69192"><p>Thanks for the good words about our hunt. I've bagged 4 for 5 so far, this will be my sixth year. We don't talk about "BooBoo" though. My son told me that he had a great pelt, that I made a perfect shot, and.......I get the precision shooting award; and....still a lot of BB on that one<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite11" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll Eyes :rolleyes:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":rolleyes:" />. And....yes you are correct about making great memories with my son; I've been around the son 72 times!! When we are bear hunting we are planning next year's trip! We start reloading a shooting months before the trip and I've always got a new rifle or bullet or something of interest brewing in the background. This year we built a Ruger 77, tang safety that I bought for $300 on GunBroker. It looked like it was mounted over a fireplace and the stock got scorched, put behind a truck and dragged a few miles down a dirt road. We refinished the stock, glass bedded and pillar bedded the rifle, floated the barrel, worked the trigger a bit. The rifle shoot MOA consistently. I was going to send the rifle out and have it rebarreled and blueprinted, it's in the safe waiting for a bluing job.</p><p></p><p>I feel like I am hijacking this thread? I looked long and hard to find a gunsmith who would work on Ruger 77s, many of them just don't like working on them or are not tooled up to do them. I found a gunsmith who specializes in Ruger 77s, Dennis Olson in Plains, Montana. We discussed cartridge quite a bit, he too liked the .270 Ackley and that's where we went from there. I had to wait about 3 mos for a Lilja barrel, however he will use any barrel that you'd like. I also asked him to blueprint the action, he said that he would check the rifle out and do what was necessary to the rifle, he said sometimes the Ruger 77s are quite close from the factory. He lapped the lugs, trued the action, glass bedded and pillar bedded the stock and did a trigger job using the existing trigger, installed and contoured the 1-10 barrel to the Ruger barrel. Dennis said he has used his .270 AI hunting in Alaska. Using a 130gr bullet going 3300fps and a 200 yard "0" and plugging the numbers in to the Ballistic AE app the cartridge is quite impressive. I'm still plugging away with fireformed, neck sized cases right now, and have only used RL19 for load work. When we come back I will try a ladder load test. If you would like more information PM me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alibiiv, post: 1701842, member: 69192"] Thanks for the good words about our hunt. I've bagged 4 for 5 so far, this will be my sixth year. We don't talk about "BooBoo" though. My son told me that he had a great pelt, that I made a perfect shot, and.......I get the precision shooting award; and....still a lot of BB on that one;):rolleyes:. And....yes you are correct about making great memories with my son; I've been around the son 72 times!! When we are bear hunting we are planning next year's trip! We start reloading a shooting months before the trip and I've always got a new rifle or bullet or something of interest brewing in the background. This year we built a Ruger 77, tang safety that I bought for $300 on GunBroker. It looked like it was mounted over a fireplace and the stock got scorched, put behind a truck and dragged a few miles down a dirt road. We refinished the stock, glass bedded and pillar bedded the rifle, floated the barrel, worked the trigger a bit. The rifle shoot MOA consistently. I was going to send the rifle out and have it rebarreled and blueprinted, it's in the safe waiting for a bluing job. I feel like I am hijacking this thread? I looked long and hard to find a gunsmith who would work on Ruger 77s, many of them just don't like working on them or are not tooled up to do them. I found a gunsmith who specializes in Ruger 77s, Dennis Olson in Plains, Montana. We discussed cartridge quite a bit, he too liked the .270 Ackley and that's where we went from there. I had to wait about 3 mos for a Lilja barrel, however he will use any barrel that you'd like. I also asked him to blueprint the action, he said that he would check the rifle out and do what was necessary to the rifle, he said sometimes the Ruger 77s are quite close from the factory. He lapped the lugs, trued the action, glass bedded and pillar bedded the stock and did a trigger job using the existing trigger, installed and contoured the 1-10 barrel to the Ruger barrel. Dennis said he has used his .270 AI hunting in Alaska. Using a 130gr bullet going 3300fps and a 200 yard "0" and plugging the numbers in to the Ballistic AE app the cartridge is quite impressive. I'm still plugging away with fireformed, neck sized cases right now, and have only used RL19 for load work. When we come back I will try a ladder load test. If you would like more information PM me. [/QUOTE]
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