Ruger RSI 22-250

[Bamaguy84]

I hunted PA when I worked up there beautiful country!

 

[JiminMaine]

Jim, tell us how that 35 Remington came about. Beautiful rifle! I have a 1A in 270 Winchester, but I can see myself carrying one of those 35's into my PA mountains for deer.

I have always been a bit of a 35 Remington nut, over the years I have owned over 50 different 35 Rem. firearms. My deer rifle for over 2 decades was my old Remington Model 8. When my eyes got old and I found I couldn't use iron sights anymore I decided I needed a new deer rifle with a scope. For a couple of years I used a Remington Model 600 35 Rem. I thought back to all the deer I had shot and realized they had all been killed with the first shot, follow up shots only damaged more meat.

I already owned a few Ruger No. 1 rifles and decided that I wanted one in 35 Rem. Unfortunately that is a caliber that was never offered by Ruger. I bought a new RSI in 7x57 and sent it off to McGowan's Precision barrels and had it re-barreled. After I got it back I decided that it was just too nice to hunt with if the weather was crappy. So, I bought a used K1-B in 270, sent it off and had it re-barreled with a 25" barrel in 35 Rem. Both barrels have a 1:10 twist. I was surprised by how well the RSI shoots. 5 shots at 100 yds from a rest

More to the story. Shortly after after having those two rifles done I ran across No.3 22 hornet that looked like somebody had been shooting black powder loads and never cleaned the barrel, it was severely pitted. They had also broken both the stock and forearm and repaired them with Gorilla glue. The action was perfect, go figure. I had that new take-off 20" 7x57 barrel. I took the No.3 to a local gunsmith and had him install the 7x57 barrel. Then I contacted Ruger and order a new stock and RSI forearm. Bought hardware from Brownells. So now I have a No. 2 RSI 7x57 with a factory barrel. I figure that will confuse somebody in the future. In this picture the No. 2 has a cut-down stock for the Grandkids.

 

[The Preacher]

Great story Jim. Thanks for taking the time. And two great looking rifles. Plus that 35 sure shoots ! Nothing better than a shooter as well as a looker. As ,for the stainless/laminated... I'm too old school. lol