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Re: Ruger 44 carbine

Post by roddy » Wed Sep 04, 2019 1:41 pm

Congrats on getting one. I searched for a while as well. Most of the ones I looked at were either rusty, or way overpriced.

I bought Redthies' .44 Carbine. Other than the crack in the OE stock, it is in great shape. Fun to shoot too. I have read that they can be a little fussy regarding bullet weight. I use 240 grain jacketed/semi-jacketed hollow points in this one. I wouldn't say the recoil was severe, but more than I expected...it's no wonder the OE stocks are prone to cracking. As Redthies said, they are really thin in places.

Here's a picture from the 'un-boxing' when it arrived with the scope mount and OE stock. You can see the color/shade difference after being oiled...

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Re: Ruger 44 carbine

Post by JayZuv » Wed Sep 04, 2019 2:23 pm

Looks good! I tried a few different cartridges and it is a bit finicky with what it does and doesn't cycle well. I worked up a load of a 240gr xtp over h110 and that seems to work great
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Re: Ruger 44 carbine

Post by JayZuv » Wed Sep 04, 2019 2:27 pm

Also its a shame that stock is cracked, that has some nice figure to it. I don't suppose there are any ways to repair the crack?
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Re: Ruger 44 carbine

Post by roddy » Wed Sep 04, 2019 5:49 pm

There was a previous attempt at fixing it, and it appears to have been stripped and stained at some point in its life. I did a little more work with some epoxy, and rubbed in a few coats of linseed oil. It doesn't look too bad, but I'd be happy to find an intact original stock to slip it into. I was going to add a small scope, but tried this Williams peep sight set, and changed my mind...

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Re: Ruger 44 carbine

Post by JayZuv » Wed Sep 04, 2019 6:58 pm

I would have probably gone with a peep, but the one I got came with a Burris 2-7 already mounted on it, and it shot less than an inch groups at 75 yds so I’m not gonna mess with it
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Re: Ruger 44 carbine

Post by Redthies » Thu Sep 05, 2019 12:41 am

roddy wrote:
Wed Sep 04, 2019 5:49 pm
There was a previous attempt at fixing it, and it appears to have been stripped and stained at some point in its life. I did a little more work with some epoxy, and rubbed in a few coats of linseed oil. It doesn't look too bad, but I'd be happy to find an intact original stock to slip it into. I was going to add a small scope, but tried this Williams peep sight set, and changed my mind...


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I wasn’t going to out you as the buyer Roddy without your say so, but I’m glad you’re chiming in. I sanded the factory finish off and did a couple of coats of linseed oil. When I bought it, the crap repair had been done already, and then the whole grip area was wrapped in red and blue duct tape about 1/4” thick! There was epoxy all over the wood under the duct tape slime too, so the sanding and oiling was a far better solution. I look around for quite a while for an original stock too. I bought the Macon stock as it was the only one I could find anywhere. I wish Boyd’s still made a stock for them. The one on my Ruger boot gun is amazingly nice!

I also felt it shot best with 240 grain jhps, and it does have quite a bit more felt recoil than I would have expected. My memories from shooting on in my early 20s had apparently faded...
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Re: Ruger 44 carbine

Post by JayZuv » Thu Sep 05, 2019 9:45 am

Sounds like a mess! I have not seen any original stocks for sale anywhere either.
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Re: Ruger 44 carbine

Post by roddy » Thu Sep 05, 2019 4:27 pm

Redthies wrote:
Thu Sep 05, 2019 12:41 am
roddy wrote:
Wed Sep 04, 2019 5:49 pm
There was a previous attempt at fixing it, and it appears to have been stripped and stained at some point in its life. I did a little more work with some epoxy, and rubbed in a few coats of linseed oil. It doesn't look too bad, but I'd be happy to find an intact original stock to slip it into. I was going to add a small scope, but tried this Williams peep sight set, and changed my mind...


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I wasn’t going to out you as the buyer Roddy without your say so, but I’m glad you’re chiming in. I sanded the factory finish off and did a couple of coats of linseed oil. When I bought it, the crap repair had been done already, and then the whole grip area was wrapped in red and blue duct tape about 1/4” thick! There was epoxy all over the wood under the duct tape slime too, so the sanding and oiling was a far better solution. I look around for quite a while for an original stock too. I bought the Macon stock as it was the only one I could find anywhere. I wish Boyd’s still made a stock for them. The one on my Ruger boot gun is amazingly nice!

I also felt it shot best with 240 grain jhps, and it does have quite a bit more felt recoil than I would have expected. My memories from shooting on in my early 20s had apparently faded...

No worries. I posted a thread a while back about it, and thanked you for not tossing the original stock. Some walnut stocks pop up on the Macon site from time to time, but they leave too much work on the table...all were 'semi-finished'. I've had a couple of Boyds stocks (OE Savage and direct from Boyds), and have no issues with their stocks. I e-mailed them a while back about the possibility of cutting a stock for a .44 Carbine again, but didn't get a response.
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Re: Ruger 44 carbine

Post by Redthies » Thu Sep 05, 2019 10:44 pm

roddy wrote:
Thu Sep 05, 2019 4:27 pm
No worries. I posted a thread a while back about it, and thanked you for not tossing the original stock. Some walnut stocks pop up on the Macon site from time to time, but they leave too much work on the table...all were 'semi-finished'. I've had a couple of Boyds stocks (OE Savage and direct from Boyds), and have no issues with their stocks. I e-mailed them a while back about the possibility of cutting a stock for a .44 Carbine again, but didn't get a response.
The black laminate I sent it with was “semi-finished”. It took about 8 hours of serious woodwork with multiple routers, sanders, die grinders etc to get it even close. I think it could have had at least another 1/8” of thickness off everywhere in the state you received it. I tried to con Boyd’s into doing a stock as well. There is a cult following for these guns. I’m really surprised they don’t even have basic offerings for it.
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Re: Ruger 44 carbine

Post by JayZuv » Thu Sep 12, 2019 3:27 pm

Finally got around to getting some photos of mine.
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