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Got a new rifle, sending it back to the factory
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<blockquote data-quote="Jared2700" data-source="post: 1729222" data-attributes="member: 102752"><p>My brother bought a Ruger Hawkeye in 243 a while back, and we never could get it to shoot. When I was watching him shoot you could see little copper slivers come flying out the end of the barrel. Never was able to get less than a 6" group out of the gun. My brother took it to a gunsmith and had him put a break and some other stuff like a new trigger, without any change in the results. He ended up selling the gun to Cabelas for a really low price. I told him he should have rebarreled the gun and kept it. He also bought a Ruger Hawkeye in 7mm Remington magnum at the same time that shoots 1/4" to 1/2" groups and was a good rifle. So it must be luck of the draw with their rifles sometimes. I always wondered if lapping the barrel would have fixed the problem. Sorry to hear about your luck with your rifle. I would definitely recommend sending it back to Ruger and having them fix the problem. As mentioned above check all your mounts bases ect. I had a scope sliding around on a gun that I bought from a pawnshop that had me extremely frustrated. But once fixed the gun shot beautiful. Hopefully you will have the same luck with your rifle. Also check your rifle to make sure your barrel is freefloated. My brothers Tikka had a problem shooting a group of about 2" to 1-1/2" groups. After trimming the barrel away from the stock at the range it shot beautiful less than 1/2". If you're not comfortable doing the job take it to a qualified gunsmith. Good luck!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jared2700, post: 1729222, member: 102752"] My brother bought a Ruger Hawkeye in 243 a while back, and we never could get it to shoot. When I was watching him shoot you could see little copper slivers come flying out the end of the barrel. Never was able to get less than a 6" group out of the gun. My brother took it to a gunsmith and had him put a break and some other stuff like a new trigger, without any change in the results. He ended up selling the gun to Cabelas for a really low price. I told him he should have rebarreled the gun and kept it. He also bought a Ruger Hawkeye in 7mm Remington magnum at the same time that shoots 1/4" to 1/2" groups and was a good rifle. So it must be luck of the draw with their rifles sometimes. I always wondered if lapping the barrel would have fixed the problem. Sorry to hear about your luck with your rifle. I would definitely recommend sending it back to Ruger and having them fix the problem. As mentioned above check all your mounts bases ect. I had a scope sliding around on a gun that I bought from a pawnshop that had me extremely frustrated. But once fixed the gun shot beautiful. Hopefully you will have the same luck with your rifle. Also check your rifle to make sure your barrel is freefloated. My brothers Tikka had a problem shooting a group of about 2" to 1-1/2" groups. After trimming the barrel away from the stock at the range it shot beautiful less than 1/2". If you're not comfortable doing the job take it to a qualified gunsmith. Good luck! [/QUOTE]
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