I've owned a #3 in 223 rem for quite a long time, here's an image of the old girl
looking at her she's nearly 40 years old now and she can't read. Which means she's not seen the BS on the internet that says #3s are inaccurate. When she first came to me all those years ago 3 shot groups that were cloverleafs were the norm but nowadays she's opened up to 1" and sometimes a wee bit more so I guess that the many thousands of rounds she's consumed have started to erode that barrel.
I feel I've got to give her something a bit heavier to consume and here lies my problem.
The gunsmith advises that he can machine the extractor to suit the 308/30/06 rim but it's a one time only chance. Ruger have no #3 308/30/06 extractors and gave a non committal grunt when I asked if the #1 extractor fitted it saying there was no way they could condone fitting parts from one gun into a different model and in any event wouldn't sell to a foreign customer so I thought I'd ask here.
So does anyone know if the #1 extractor can fit the #3 action? I can order that extractor from the UK distributer.
FWIW the barrel is going to be chambered for the 35 whelen as I can use cast boolits from 120 grains right up to 250 grains plus those lovely looking Sierra 225 grain btsp bullets when I want to hunt hogs.
looking at her she's nearly 40 years old now and she can't read. Which means she's not seen the BS on the internet that says #3s are inaccurate. When she first came to me all those years ago 3 shot groups that were cloverleafs were the norm but nowadays she's opened up to 1" and sometimes a wee bit more so I guess that the many thousands of rounds she's consumed have started to erode that barrel.
I feel I've got to give her something a bit heavier to consume and here lies my problem.
The gunsmith advises that he can machine the extractor to suit the 308/30/06 rim but it's a one time only chance. Ruger have no #3 308/30/06 extractors and gave a non committal grunt when I asked if the #1 extractor fitted it saying there was no way they could condone fitting parts from one gun into a different model and in any event wouldn't sell to a foreign customer so I thought I'd ask here.
So does anyone know if the #1 extractor can fit the #3 action? I can order that extractor from the UK distributer.
FWIW the barrel is going to be chambered for the 35 whelen as I can use cast boolits from 120 grains right up to 250 grains plus those lovely looking Sierra 225 grain btsp bullets when I want to hunt hogs.
