Got my barrel on order, and my stock.

Other than the CRF issue what would be some issues for the tang safety Ruger?

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Originally posted by D99:
Got my barrel on order, and my stock.

Other than the CRF issue what would be some issues for the tang safety Ruger?

They have a fully & easily adj. trigger, the stock is fat on the forend & you can find them cheap.

As long as it has a long action and the right bolt face it should be no problem.

This was the first rifle I have ever owned in my life, my grandfather gave it to me when I was 12.

I had to use the action for something, as I have a ton of other rifles I like a hell of a lot more and are more accurate.

26 inch fluted Shilen match grade #5 contour with a thumbhole fiberglass stock.

Going to do the Swarovski 1.7-10x50 rail.

it'll work, and feed really easy

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This was the first rifle I have ever owned in my life, my grandfather gave it to me when I was 12

The ones that mean something are always the best to keep.

I killed my first head of game with it when I was 14, a Wyoming antelope. I had a chance on a super bull elk but the angle was wrong and dad made me wait. It's been a running joke for 17 years as I never got another chance on a legal elk like that.

About 3 years ago I was up on the mountain helping dad get his, and on the way back to camp the night before the opener we ran into this 360 type bull 200 yards from camp. Can't go breaking the law just to kill a big bull, as I didn't have a tag, and the season wasn't open for another 10 hours. So as of yet I have not taken an elk on my own. I have been in on the killing of other folks elk, but never my own.

Navy keeps me away most seasons, and I we moved to 3 different states while I was in high school and I only had an elk tag twice. I think my grand total for elk tags is about 4, not 100% on that. Anyway I am digressing.

I have hauled that rifle all over the west, and I want to continue to use it. I figure a 375 Ruger in a Sendaro type rifle ought to be perfect!

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Originally posted by D99:
26 inch fluted Shilen match grade #5 contour with a thumbhole fiberglass stock.

Going to do the Swarovski 1.7-10x50 rail.

I don't know about a thumbhole stock on a hunting rifle that is going to be carried, but to each their own.

What did you mean buy that?

I like the thumbhole stocks, they limit recoil in big guns.

Stock and barrel showed up at my father's today. Looks like the smith will have it on Monday and hopefully my rifle will be done in a few weeks.

Talked to the smith today, my father dropped off the stock, so we agreed on the following.

Barrel 26 inches, should be .750 contour at the end.

Fluted

Matte black finish.

Going to have a trophy engraver put "Hammer of Thor" on it and a the old Norse emblem on the floorplate.

Charging me $250 to blue print action and install barrel.
$90 to open bolt face.
100 for matte blue.
$25 for opening up the barrel channel. I have $200 to him already so for another $265 we are done.

Really excited!

First 375 Ruger, and first custom rifle built to my design, using an action that really means something to me.

Kind of like taking your high school sweetheart to the plastic surgeon to get new boobs, collegen lips, and a tummy tuck!

I really don't know how a thumbhole stock can "limit" recoil. Have fun with the rifle, it sounds like it will be a good one and don't buy into all the hype you hear.

Tip Burns had a brand new one in the box, but I think he already sold it.

Ed

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Originally posted by Customstox:
I really don't know how a thumbhole stock can "limit" recoil. Have fun with the rifle, it sounds like it will be a good one and don't buy into all the hype you hear.

Chic you must be kidding?

A thumbhole transmits recoil in a different way through your body. The Bell and Carlson is similarly designed to the original Lawson thumbhole. I would say it is a copy cat, but I don't know that.

Every 30-06 I shot when I was 14 or younger kicked the crap out of me. Shooting the same cartridges in a custom thumbhole halfed this recoil. I have done similar experiements as an adult with similar rifles in 338, and 375. That I had several stocks for.

Pounds of recoil are always the same, the speed is the same, but the palm of your hand absorbs recoil and so does the shoulder. In a traditional classic rifle recoil is only transmitted to the shoulder or the shoulder and the face.

Try this using a thumbhole stock, push agains a fence post driven into the ground. Then try it again with a regular classic stock. You will have more control and power pushing over the fence post with the thumbhole. If the push is more controled the recoil is more controlled.

D99
Does your tang-safety rifle have the steel triggerguard and floorplate?

It does, if I had it to again I would have done a hidden floor plate, and I might end up doing a Lawson thumbhole with a hidden floorplate. This would allow me to hold a couple more rounds if I used an extended magazine box.

I plan on building more similar rifles in the following calibers. 30/378 Wby, 338/378 Wby, and 416 Wby, and a 257 Wby.

Probably going to use Hart barrels, laminate stocks, and Mark V actions.