Recent content by Trey Whitley

Low + medium using the 2-7x33 VX-II. The ribs can be a problem with some scopes but two things I hate, and I mean hate, are high rings & oversized scopes. I was able to mount a 2.5-8x36 Leupold on a 30-06 M77 Express (which has the integral rib) in the lowest ring set so I was sure the 2-7x...

That's right. And the larger barrel diameter should be accompanied by a checkered stock...both changes were made at the same time. Personally I like the smooth, un-checkered stock on the Frontiers.

There should be more muzzle blast & recoil with short barrels but I didn't notice that with my 358 Frontier and haven't noticed it with the 7mm-08 either. Could be because we almost never shoot from a bench. Last year I quit using managed recoil loads in the 7mm-08 and the boys have been...

Can't help with the Compact, but I was certain that I'd posted muzzle diameter for the two different Frontier barrel weights and finally found it again. They measured 0.630" for the early version and 0.670" for the later one. http://www.rugerforum.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=105469&highlight=

Just dug through some old posts and found a couple that may help you: http://www.rugerforum.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=55757&highlight= http://www.rugerforum.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=105469&highlight=

Truth be told, I ended up with my first Frontier by accident. I was looking for a kid-sized controlled-round-feed deer rifle, and the Frontier weighed a few ounces more than the Compact. I went with more weight in an effort to do everything possible to minimize felt recoil (a year after I...

Maybe. The earlier Frontiers had a slimmer barrel than the later ones (when checkering was added to stocks, 358 & 338 were introduced, and stainless became an option). My 7mm-08 is one of the earlier ones with the slimmer barrel & no checkering. I've never studied the Compacts and don't know...

I've got a 7mm-08 Frontier in the safe that is plenty accurate. Only difference between it and the Compact is the rib screwed to the top of the barrel. Honestly- it will be one of the last rifles I ever let go of, partly due to how "handy" it is and partly due to how effective the 7mm-08...

Given the age of that rifle I'd run at least one box of 220-grain loads through it and see how those group- lots of the old rifles do well with the heavy loads as they were set up to shoot them originally. One of the most accurate rifles I ever owned was an open-sight .30-'03 that I loaded for...

I think you'd have better luck talking to Boyd's than to Hogue.

You torqued the stock screws differently than they were when he originally sighted in- you need consistency to keep hitting the same POA. I don't know the magic formula for Ruger stocks, but my H-S Precision needs 65 inch pounds on the action screws. Some stocks need different torque values...

That's true when comparing 286-grain bullets in the 9.3x62 to 270-grain bullets in the 375 H&H. But the SD of a 300-grain 0.375" bullet is the same as a 286-grain 0.366" bullet so you can't make a blanket statement that the 9.3x62 penetrates better due to SD unless the bullet weights are known...

I prefer to shoot heavy-for-caliber bullets so my choice is the increased powder capacity of the .30-'06 (all I shoot are 180, 200, and 220-grain loads). If I was shooting 150 - 165 grain bullets I think the .308 Win would be the way to go.

It appears they still offer these services. http://www.turnbullmfg.com/store.asp?pid=33547 http://www.turnbullmfg.com/store.asp?pid=33996

If they would just chamber the 1-S in 30-'06 again, I'd be all over one. Or two. In fact, I've considered buying a 1-S in 300 H&H just to get close. But one look at the ammo cost + one look at ammo availability cures me of that.