Who is shooting their Ruger Hawkeye African .280 Ackley?

[CBeck]

I bought this one 3 weeks ago. I think he still has some available. Hope to shoot it this weekend. will let you know how it does out of the box.

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Same seller I bought from. Don’t know how many he had but he’s had one for sale continuously since last October.

 

[sestoppelman]

Every time he sells one, the next one is higher, LOL.

 

[John Wasmuth]

I thought some here had these rifles. I was curious about them as I read an article extolling the virtues of the round with the usual hyperbole, "almost as good as the 7 Rem mag, less powder, less recoil", etc.
Far as I can see it is very little more capable than the .280 Remington.

I have only a hawkeye.375 Ruger built in 08 I believe. It shoots fantastic, no complaints. Only other ruger I ever owned was a mk77 .458 that threw the bottom out every time I pulled the trigger. Fixed that with a stronger spring in the floor plate latch.

 

[CBeck]

Just revisiting an older thread but I did finally refinish my .280ai African stock….much improved in my opinion…..

And the only one currently available on Gun Broker is listed at $3200.


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[Joker12]

Just revisiting an older thread but I did finally refinish my .280ai African stock….much improved in my opinion…..

And the only one currently available on Gun Broker is listed at $3200.


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Nicely done!

 

[Rellik]

Just revisiting an older thread but I did finally refinish my .280ai African stock….much improved in my opinion…..

And the only one currently available on Gun Broker is listed at $3200.


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$3200 bucks but you get a "free" safari.
nice work on the rifle and i agree-- much improved.

 

[kfreeze]

No doubt. I’m going to ask for a new follower, mag box and spring before that but suspect you’re correct.…you Know what they say, if it weren’t for bad luck, I’d have no luck at all.

it’s a bit of a running joke in my family that I have has appliance karma. They could make 100,000 washing machines and if there is one bad I’m going to get it.

Apparently my bad appliance karma now extends to firearms.

I've only had one bad experience sending stuff back to the factory and that was an ar15 barrel that went back 3 times. The third time I asked for a refund and they sent a check, so it wasn't ever bad since they gave me shipping labels to return it everytime. The guns and uppers I've sent in all ran perfect when they came back.

 

[CBeck]

$3200 bucks but you get a "free" safari.
nice work on the rifle and i agree-- much improved.

I will say he is a good seller on gun broker… Ive bought several rifles from him, but never taken advantage of the “free Safari “.

He usually has a large inventory of a particular rifle, for example, I just purchased a Ruger Hawkeye African in 375 flwith the benefit of being able to look through 12 or 15 of them in inventory on line and pick the one with the best wood

I believe this one will look really nice once it is stripped and done in an oil finish

 

[Dukeisok]

I've only had one bad experience sending stuff back to the factory and that was an ar15 barrel that went back 3 times. The third time I asked for a refund and they sent a check, so it wasn't ever bad since they gave me shipping labels to return it everytime. The guns and uppers I've sent in all ran perfect when they came back.

I have the same with firearms

I bought a new model 70 super grade where the threaded holes for the scope bases were so far out of square that a leupold scope didn't have enough windage to get on paper. Winchester just replaced that gun. Another model 70 safari in 375 h&h came with one hole that was not threaded at all. I tried to tap it and immediately broke a tap off in it. I had to take out to a gunsmith to extract the broken tap and get it threaded on his mill. I had a ruger gp 100 that locked with a live round in the chamber and had to be sent back to the factory to get it to run. A savage impulse in in 300 win mag with 10 rounds through it was so loose that it would fire out of battery and would drop the firing pin with manipulating the bolt. Back to the factory who rebuilt it and gave it a new serial. I then promptly sold it. No more new guns for me.

Then i bought a used savage 99 in 308 it light strikes the firing pin 1 in 3 times and sticks a shell in the chamber 50%. No one around wants to work on it, so I replaced a firing pin and honed the chamber myself.

I give up

 

[Lone Star Bluegrass]

I have the same with firearms

I bought a new model 70 super grade where the threaded holes for the scope bases were so far out of square that a leupold scope didn't have enough windage to get on paper. Winchester just replaced that gun. Another model 70 safari in 375 h&h came with one hole that was not threaded at all. I tried to tap it and immediately broke a tap off in it. I had to take out to a gunsmith to extract the broken tap and get it threaded on his mill. I had a ruger gp 100 that locked with a live round in the chamber and had to be sent back to the factory to get it to run. A savage impulse in in 300 win mag with 10 rounds through it was so loose that it would fire out of battery and would drop the firing pin with manipulating the bolt. Back to the factory who rebuilt it and gave it a new serial. I then promptly sold it. No more new guns for me.

Then i bought a used savage 99 in 308 it light strikes the firing pin 1 in 3 times and sticks a shell in the chamber 50%. No one around wants to work on it, so I replaced a firing pin and honed the chamber myself.

I give up

Jesus.