I sent my .416 ruger guide gun to rick stienhour of extreme rifle works in texas to have it put on a diet and make it more functional as a tool for my guiding. haev about 100 rounds thru it and several hunts so its not spottless straight from the smith anymore but these pics will give you and idea.
It came back at 5lb 11oz, new stock to fit my shorter arms and smaller hands, fluted and dimpled bolt, turned down barrell action and front sight, rear sight removed (have a peep for it), moved the sling stud to the nose to elimnate busting my fingers, shortened the forend of the stock about 5 inches, cerakoted it and installed a new recoil pad.
the gun fits amazing, handles amazing, shoots awesome. we have 300 gr TSX at 2600fps right now, its shooting about 1.5" groups but we haven't played with the load to much at this point. i'm thrilled with the gun, ricks turn around was less than three weeks since the post office lost the gun for 21 days...i was running behind and rick hammered it out and sent me updates almost every day on what he was working on next!

Now there's a hunting machine!

i like it

A great rifle to carry a lot.

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Originally posted by p dog shooter:
A great rifle to carry a lot.

...and only shoot when you need to! Call me a wuss! Rhymes with...

That's gotta be a bit lively! Seems like its great for carrying around all day though.

Nice. I like the bolt treatment to dimple the bottom side. Definitely fits the bill for packing rifle. Need to scrape up the funds to see it in person on a hunt.

Jeremy

id even let you shoot it jeremy! shoot me a pm and make me an offer on a hunt, i've got alot of 2017 open, maybe we could work something out!

I'm trying to find something about it I don't like but can't. Really cool rifle.

That looks handy as hell, I like it!

Those are some interesting looking mods and I'd like to look at them and see how they work for you.

phil so far i have loved the gun! usualy with deer hunters on kodiak i take my scope off just to drop the weight, this fall i never did, the gun is just a joy to carry, and don't feel like a toy. feels like a big stick and its really not bad to shoot either. no regrets at all with what i did to the orignal gun.