Millsworks
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I am seriously considering a project.
I have an old Ruger m77 tang safety rifle in .270 Winchester.
I have had it for sale for over a year with no takers. It was originally purchased for my son who was 15 at the time. He never really liked it. He liked the newer tactical looking guns and ended up getting him a .308 in a Ruger American on sale and later a 7mm mag in a Rem. 700.
The old tang safety .270 just collected dust.
I'm not a fan of the .270 myself. It burns quite a bit of powder and has decent recoil for it's performance, to me.
Think I may do a rechambering to .270 Weatherby Mag and would love to hear from any who has done this also.
It's a good accurate gun with a 1 in 10 twist , 24" barrel.
Hopefully I can gain 100-150+ fps with 140s and add the heavier 160s to what I can feed it.
Has anyone had a good or bad experience either doing the job or in the performance of what they got after all the trouble was taken?
I will likely rechambering it myself and send out the bolt for opening to a decent and hopefully affordable smith.
Any advice or recommendations?
I have an old Ruger m77 tang safety rifle in .270 Winchester.
I have had it for sale for over a year with no takers. It was originally purchased for my son who was 15 at the time. He never really liked it. He liked the newer tactical looking guns and ended up getting him a .308 in a Ruger American on sale and later a 7mm mag in a Rem. 700.
The old tang safety .270 just collected dust.
I'm not a fan of the .270 myself. It burns quite a bit of powder and has decent recoil for it's performance, to me.
Think I may do a rechambering to .270 Weatherby Mag and would love to hear from any who has done this also.
It's a good accurate gun with a 1 in 10 twist , 24" barrel.
Hopefully I can gain 100-150+ fps with 140s and add the heavier 160s to what I can feed it.
Has anyone had a good or bad experience either doing the job or in the performance of what they got after all the trouble was taken?
I will likely rechambering it myself and send out the bolt for opening to a decent and hopefully affordable smith.
Any advice or recommendations?