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I saw one to day, for the first time. English stock, OK wood, ejectors, but the wood to metal fit was awful. The stock was at least 1/32 proud of the metal.
I thought I wanted one until I saw this one. It was NIB.
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have seen and sold a few. never noticed problem you describe. all that have been thru my hands exhibited usual fine ruger fit and finish. maybe you got one that slipped by qc.
keep it simple and keep it safe...
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Had one for a while and thought it was a good value for the price. It handled well for me.
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mt: they are goin for $2500 to $2900 these days...a bit over priced in my humble opinion.
keep it simple and keep it safe...
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I could have got it less than $2500, single trigger. But the wood just didn't make the cut for me. A RBL has much better wood, and is just a bit more. And it's case hardened. The wood fit was rather startling, to tell the truth. And wood was average straight-grained walnut, not the Claro fancy stuff I would have expected.
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Ruger seems to me to still have the same old wood policy they have always had: if you buy one sight unseen it's like entering a drawing. Sometimes you get lucky and get a serious beauty; sometimes it is just plain....plain.
Back when I was buying #1s fairly often I made a point of being there when the gun box was opened up by my FFL because I knew he would be tempted to keep the very best wooded guns for himself and order me another one!
My pistol-gripped GL has nice figure on both sides of the stock, my brother's straight-gripped one has one side spectacular, the other side pretty plain! Both are inletted well and have the grain laid out well in the grip area, which is important in a light magnum gun like that.
I won't even say what he got this pair for, right after the end of production....robbery. I think they must have sat in the shop for a year or more before he made an "offer they decided not to refuse." He WAS an old and frequent customer.
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I owned one briefly and it seemed to be a pretty crude product in most respects -- wood to metal, barrel flats, water table all very rough.
A Springer Spaniel, a 6# double and a fair day to hunt.
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