LSCG
Buckeye
Well i picked up my Ruger Single Seven a few weeks ago and now that I've had a chance to handle it and shoot it some i thought I'd do a review.
after picking it up I gave the little Seven Gun a thorough once over finding only a few small flaws along the way. two tiny places on the main frame weren't perfectly cut (neither is noticeable with one being inside the frame where the cylinder sits and the other is nearly covered up by the grip frame on the underside) the threads on one of the grip frame screws is buggered up, the grip fit was sloppy towards the bottom of the grip frame and the grips themselves have a very uncomfortable boxy feel to them. other than that i could find nothing wrong with the gun.
i had picked up a Wolff spring pack when I ordered the single seven so the next thing i did was add a reduced power hammer spring and trigger spring which did lighten the action considerably but unfortunately at the same time it became very gritty. after some research i found this article http://www.gunsamerica.com/blog/diy-slick-ruger-single-action/ following some of the steps in it I polished all the parts except where the Sear engages ( i don't have the proper jigs for that) the result is the smoothest single action i own.
last week i finally had a chance to shoot it taking along a box of Federal American Eagle 100 grain Jacketed soft points and some reloads. after firing a few rounds to make sure I'd hit paper i shot the Federal 100 grainers for group at 25 and 50 yards. the 25 yard group measured 2 5/16" and the 50 yard group measured 3 5/8".
next I tried my reloads. all rounds were loaded using Lee dies, Brand new Starline brass, CCI small pistol primers and 100 grain Hornady XTP Bullets. Load data was taken from Hodgdon's web site and all shots were fired while leaning over a round bale.
first up was IMR 800x with a starting charge of 6 grains, then 6.5 and a Max charge of 6.9 Grains. ( due to my screw up at the reloading bench a fifth shot was not fired in this group )
the next powder tried was IMR 4227 with a starting charge of 11.5 grains, then 12 grains and a max charge of 12.5 Grains compressed.
the most accurate load of the day was the 12.5 grains of IMR 4227 with five shots going into 1 9/16". because of this and the fact that I have more 4227 than anything else this is the load I chose to go with.
another five rounds were loaded with this charge and fired at 50 yards. not counting the called flyer four shots went into 2 3/8" and the fifth shot opened the group up to 4"
so far I am extremely happy with it and can't wait to start putting it to work on the Coyote population.
after picking it up I gave the little Seven Gun a thorough once over finding only a few small flaws along the way. two tiny places on the main frame weren't perfectly cut (neither is noticeable with one being inside the frame where the cylinder sits and the other is nearly covered up by the grip frame on the underside) the threads on one of the grip frame screws is buggered up, the grip fit was sloppy towards the bottom of the grip frame and the grips themselves have a very uncomfortable boxy feel to them. other than that i could find nothing wrong with the gun.
i had picked up a Wolff spring pack when I ordered the single seven so the next thing i did was add a reduced power hammer spring and trigger spring which did lighten the action considerably but unfortunately at the same time it became very gritty. after some research i found this article http://www.gunsamerica.com/blog/diy-slick-ruger-single-action/ following some of the steps in it I polished all the parts except where the Sear engages ( i don't have the proper jigs for that) the result is the smoothest single action i own.
last week i finally had a chance to shoot it taking along a box of Federal American Eagle 100 grain Jacketed soft points and some reloads. after firing a few rounds to make sure I'd hit paper i shot the Federal 100 grainers for group at 25 and 50 yards. the 25 yard group measured 2 5/16" and the 50 yard group measured 3 5/8".
next I tried my reloads. all rounds were loaded using Lee dies, Brand new Starline brass, CCI small pistol primers and 100 grain Hornady XTP Bullets. Load data was taken from Hodgdon's web site and all shots were fired while leaning over a round bale.
first up was IMR 800x with a starting charge of 6 grains, then 6.5 and a Max charge of 6.9 Grains. ( due to my screw up at the reloading bench a fifth shot was not fired in this group )
the next powder tried was IMR 4227 with a starting charge of 11.5 grains, then 12 grains and a max charge of 12.5 Grains compressed.
the most accurate load of the day was the 12.5 grains of IMR 4227 with five shots going into 1 9/16". because of this and the fact that I have more 4227 than anything else this is the load I chose to go with.
another five rounds were loaded with this charge and fired at 50 yards. not counting the called flyer four shots went into 2 3/8" and the fifth shot opened the group up to 4"
so far I am extremely happy with it and can't wait to start putting it to work on the Coyote population.
