Customer Feedback on our Ruger 77/50 209 conversion

I’ve said it here many times.   My favorite part of this business is the quality of people it draws.   We wouldn’t be here without you, our customer.   Our Ruger 77/50 209 conversion came into existence with the help of our first Ruger 209 conversion customer…  Here’s how he feels about it.

We also have a similar sealed breech 209 conversion for the Remington 700 ML.  If you are looking for Remington information, click the link on the right side.

A bunch of chit chat with Jason was snipped for brevity (we grew up about 20 minutes from each other, but had never met previously… I also have removed personal info such as, last names, addresses, and phone numbers.  I also fixed a few spelling/grammatical errors on both sides).  Bottom line:  This is indeed a true customer and his feed back.

Bolt nose feeds primer into breech plug for a sealed breech

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30 Jan 2017
Name:  Jason R
Address:  Howell, MI

Hello,
I see you commented on Michigan sportsman forum on a Ruger 77/50 bolt conversion. When will it be available? I have battled misfires since I bought mine years ago. I would love to get it converted.

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Badger Ridge’s response (30 Jan 17 ):

​Mr. R,

Wow that was fast!  I just posted that teaser!    Figured I'd offer it up to my 'homeland' hunters first (grew up in Waterford... hunted family farms in Marlette and Pinckney, Michigan when I was a kid) ... so I put the first peek there.

Short answer is that I just finished a few tweaks to the kit that should be the end of development and bring it into low rate production.   I'm not sure when the shop will be able to get the handful of initial low rate kits to me.  Probably a few weeks to a month.

Cost will be about $246 on this one... not cheap but well worth it.  And due to the complexity I'm not planning on offering it up as a DIY kit... the $246 includes me converting a provided bolt and shipping it back.
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Let me know if you want to be the first one to get this.

​Tom

Ruger 77/50 209 Converted bolt with new breech plug, vent liner, hex L wrench, and bolt stop screw

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Jason’s reply:

Hi Tom,
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Yes I would love to be one of the first.  I don't need the bolt until December so let me know when you want it.  I am just about giddy with excitement.  I was pondering buying a new muzzle loader but my Ruger shoot so well I just hated to.  I consider your pricing a bargain versus buying a new Knight which is what I was looking at.
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Thanks

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Jason,

Ok.  Sounds good.  I agree about the knight purchase.   That is why I'm into 700 ML's and now the Ruger.   Seems like a better way to get the about the same performance... especially if you already own the rifle to convert.

Tom 

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​We wrote back and forth and worked out a couple small growing pains in doing the last bit of developing the kit.  (remember he volunteered to be the first customer with this kit and understood it was still needing some final development).   Jason was very patient and understanding through out the process.   We got it right for everyone here after! Here's what he wrote back to us:

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Target from September's 3 shot only test

Sept 22nd 2017

Hi Tom,

[Ruger 77/50] ML shot well.  I only shot 3 times, the temperature was 80 degrees with horrible humidity.  
​My glasses were fogging so I did not want to sit and let the barrel cool down between shots.  Thanks for all your efforts, cleaning was so much easier and I was able to leave the leather wrap off my scope.

Jason R
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12 Nov

Hi Tom,

Just finished cleaning the Ruger after a final sight in before season (15 Nov).  I just thought I would drop you a note.  Your conversion works very well.  Constant ignition shot after shot, no more hang-fires or misfires.  This conversion cuts clean up time down by at least 15 minutes.

​Thanks again for all your hard work.

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Jason,

Thank you for being an awesome, understanding customer.  Your patience helped us to develop the best 209 conversion for the Ruger 77/50.   We are proud of our product and our awesome customers!

Tom

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