Preface: Customer has a Hawkeye, .375 Ruger, LEFT HANDED model which is scoped. I need to have him tell me if it is an African or the Guide gun. He does not like the size of the ball on the bolt handle and wants to have something a bit bigger to get a positive grip(?) on the bolt handle.
Question, Is there anyone out there that makes a replacement bolt handle for this model that is larger? It can be a bit longer if need be for the scope clearance.
Looking at both of the rifles on the Ruger site, it appears that there just isn't much room to be thinking about cutting the ball off and threading the handle or drilling and inserting a threaded rod in to screw on another type ball. Also, if the handle is cast, that makes it harder to do any drilling/threading. If the handle is not cast, I suppose that you could machine the ball down to a stem and then thread that.
Any ideas??
Question, Is there anyone out there that makes a replacement bolt handle for this model that is larger? It can be a bit longer if need be for the scope clearance.
Looking at both of the rifles on the Ruger site, it appears that there just isn't much room to be thinking about cutting the ball off and threading the handle or drilling and inserting a threaded rod in to screw on another type ball. Also, if the handle is cast, that makes it harder to do any drilling/threading. If the handle is not cast, I suppose that you could machine the ball down to a stem and then thread that.
Any ideas??