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Offline Ethan

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I have a bone to pick with Mr. Ruger
« on: June 24, 2011, 04:33:38 AM »
Yesterday I was walking the goat/cow pasture for groundhogs when the upper part of the sling came unraveled and fell off :( So I walked back to the house and I got a giant piece of cardboard. I shoot a 3 shot group went down and looked. A foot high. So I make some adjustments I shoot again 10 inches high. and this goes on for all 60 rounds I had with me. So I called my dad and he is coming over to spend the night so i told him to bring me a third brick of 22 mag. shells. I am at 4 inches high now and I am going to need every last little bit of elevation that scope has. But the whole point of this is I hate the sling design on the Rugers other then that I love them.
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Re: I have a bone to pick with Mr. Ruger
« Reply #1 on: June 24, 2011, 07:24:37 PM »
You're a day late and a dollar short. Bill Ruger is dead. Maybe you can talk to him via a medium. Oh wait that show went off the air. Yew jist outta luck.  :o


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Re: I have a bone to pick with Mr. Ruger
« Reply #2 on: June 24, 2011, 09:28:49 PM »
Actually, he's just two weeks short of 9 years too late.   Unraveled?   Does that mean a nylon sling?   Since I can't picture what happened from your scant description, it sounds more like a not checking your equipment before the hunt kind of problem.     ;)
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Re: I have a bone to pick with Mr. Ruger
« Reply #3 on: June 25, 2011, 02:31:33 AM »
  How is the sling attachment Bill Ruger's design flaw?       Just me, but I've never seen a good leather sling unravel. ;)    Cheap nylon...well it's cheap. :D
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Re: I have a bone to pick with Mr. Ruger
« Reply #4 on: June 25, 2011, 09:13:16 AM »
Maybe you should re-mount the scope or better yet try a different scope--make sure all the screws in the rifle are tight and start again fresh.

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Re: I have a bone to pick with Mr. Ruger
« Reply #5 on: June 25, 2011, 09:35:40 AM »
sounds to me like the scope tube (internal one that holds the cross hairs) is damaged. 
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Re: I have a bone to pick with Mr. Ruger
« Reply #6 on: June 25, 2011, 12:13:37 PM »
To me it sounds like one of those cheap factory ruger slings that loop back into itself. More like a nylon strap than anything. Those things are best reserved for the trash imho.  ;)
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Re: I have a bone to pick with Mr. Ruger
« Reply #7 on: July 01, 2011, 06:22:12 AM »
To me it sounds like one of those cheap factory ruger slings that loop back into itself. More like a nylon strap than anything. Those things are best reserved for the trash imho.  ;)
It is partly my fault I left the cheap sling on but the scope is toast .
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Re: Re: I have a bone to pick with Mr. Ruger
« Reply #8 on: March 27, 2013, 01:20:39 PM »
You're a day late and a dollar short. Bill Ruger is dead. Maybe you can talk to him via a medium. Oh wait that show went off the air. Yew jist outta luck.  :o

He's probably just turning in his grave right now with the direction Ruger has taken after his passing.

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Re: I have a bone to pick with Mr. Ruger
« Reply #9 on: March 28, 2013, 02:04:06 AM »
cant see where those built in front sling attachments would were or break a sling any faster then a regular sling swivel.
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Re: I have a bone to pick with Mr. Ruger
« Reply #10 on: April 21, 2013, 03:57:10 AM »
I have hope that 2 years later a solution has been found, if not it doesn't matter.
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