Ruger No. 3 sporter questions

[bobcat93]

Have any of you guys worked on these. Ive never even seen one.
I read some weird stuff regarding new barrel installation.
And they shoot horribly even with new barrel due to design.
Ive very familiar with the frustration the ruger no.1 left with with, and the rifles limitations by design.
I was constantly chasing accuracy. Add a barrel band with a barrel hanger to the same rifle..is that the set up haha..
Ive also read that the barrels on the #3 dont just screw out..
Ive read (if you want a #3 buy one, then throw it away, and buy a real gun for the same price.) Hahaha
What can you folks tell me.
Thank you

 

[CCM]

They're a "budget" version of the No. 1.
The barrel unscrews just like the No. 1, and like the No. 1, sometimes they don't want to turn loose.

You can relieve the barrel band so it doesn't make barrel contact, or you can cut off the end of the forearm and reshape it to get rid of it.

No. 1 stocks fit the No. 3 also.

As for accuracy, a lot of people think free floating is the answer. I disagree, and have had better luck bedding the barrel, spring hanger, and receiver. That barrel will never truly float with a scope mounted to it anyways.

Here's one I dolled up for a guy earlier this year.