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Never have had a Ruger bolt gun; always been a Model 70 kind of guy. Now that they are gone (for now...) the Rugers look better and better. I didn't realize Ruger ever chambered the 6.5 Swede; one of my all-time favorites, I would love to have a Number One Light Sporter so chambered.
I did have a M70 Featherweight in the old Swede that I passed on to my oldest son. He killed his first antelope and mule deer with that rifle, with loads he assembled himself. At the ripe old age of 12. He loads it with the big long 160 grain Sierra; moderate velocity but killing power all out of proportion to its paper ballistics.
I shot my first deer with the .257 Roberts in a borrowed '98 Mauser. It was re-barreled and "sporterized" some time in the late '40's to early '50's, and actually was a very nifty little rifle. Peep sight, big old wing safety, military stock cut back and inletted to fit the new barrel. Another very good "little" cartridge.
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Jeff
'72 911T 3.0 MFI
'93 Ducati 900 Super Sport
"God invented whiskey so the Irish wouldn't rule the world"
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