removing a ruger american barrel

[hunter243sgk]

Yep, I forgot about the magazine...only accepts factory length bullet seat {COL}, so......I had to take it apart, fill in the "flutes" in the back and mill it out to accept bullets seated out where they need to be. Messed up one mag and had to buy another one to proceed. The guy that came up with this fix was talking about having a replacement part molded to the proper configuration so it would just be a snap on part. I think when he got the quotes for making the mold he pi$$ed down both legs and got over it.
Does this mag from CDI allow for longer bullet seating depths???? Surely to god they are not that stupid to make it just like the factory one???? I have got to be knocking on $1200's door with mine, especially if I added up all the machine work and gunsmithing I did myself. I would never have gone this far with it if I had to pay someone else to do the work.
Still, it's not so much that I like the design or any attributes...actually, I cant think of any. It's that this particular rifle is what I call a "good luck" gun. Every time I carry it afield I not only see game I kill it. And not just me, I have a few buddies that visit to shoot woodchuck and it's as if they cant miss. One guy has killed more with it than me...he has asked about buying it, but when I start telling him what I have in it he changes the subject. Seems like the one you really want is always a disappointment...I had this 270 Weatherby mag once, loved it. It was a "bad luck gun", if on the extremely off chance that I saw game with it you can best believe I missed!!! Was happy to take a bath getting rid of that thing.

Yes sir the cdi dbms use the ai style mags.

 

[msinc]

Wow, didn't even know they existed....thanks a million for posting this info!! I will have to check them out.

 

[hunter243sgk]

Wow, didn't even know they existed....thanks a million for posting this info!! I will have to check them out.

No prob glade i could help!! There is also a couple of companys making bolt handles as well as steel and titanium bolt shrouds. Let me know if you are interested in them.

 

[jdh47]

Putting things into a little different perspective, almost any factory offering you get you will still have to purchase rings, mounts and any other accessories like a good stock, barrel and any other modifications to have what you want. The rings and mounts and scope are things you would get for any rifle you purchase. If you go the semi custom route like Cooper, Kimber, etc. You are in a whole different ball park with the same need for rings, mounts and scope.

Manufacturers are in sort of a quandary needing to keep production costs down in order to meet the price point. If their product gets up to the price of a full custom they are competing in a different game. In the case of the manufacturer that asked for a $35 barrel, you can wish in one hand and crap in the other to find out which one fills up quicker. That was an unrealistic question to put to a barrel maker. The manufacturer probably does make their own for that amount figuring in the thousands of barrels they crank out. It is really amazing to me that they can produce as cheap of products as they do and still have some of them come off the line that do shoot decent.

Joe

 

[Raythemanroe]

I purchased a PTG RAR barrel nut..


Ray

 

[jfseaman]

Any project based on a R700 is a budget rifle build.

The RA is machined on modern equipment. I don'the know yet what "trueing" is needed but a R700 needs all the same things replaced.