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Old 06-29-2014 | 03:26 PM
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Default Rio Grande at the range

A couple of years ago when I was Pawn Shop snooping ( I've cured myself now ) I ran across a .504 Rio Grande by Ft. Worth Arms. I held off for a good long while, however, in a moment of weakness, I offered a low ball price. I believe it was $100 for a never fired gun with nice steel rings & bases. It's a pretty cool gun with a top line Bell & Carlson stock, chrome trigger guard and a Bold Trigger.





The slam fire action is unique and performs flawlessly.



Today was too hot for sabot shooting and I wanted goof around. I put a up a 3.5" group with 70 of T7 3F and then went to 80 grains. I'm shooting .504 No Excuse bullets with no wad. Shot number 5 left the group but it was clear pull on my part. The trigger is set at about 10 lbs. ( need to find Bold adjustment instructions ) and I flinched before I touched it off. As you can see, 1-4 piled right in there. I think this gun deserves a little more attention.

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Old 06-29-2014 | 04:00 PM
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You got a heck of a good buy and on very good old rifle. They really do work well.

This is what I have on adjusting a Bold...



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Old 06-29-2014 | 04:09 PM
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What you got is basically a White knockoff by a former White employee. It's a good find , especially for that price .

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Old 06-29-2014 | 04:35 PM
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Thanks Sabotloader,

Any chance I could get the pdf or a link for those trigger instructions? It's exactly what I need.
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Old 06-29-2014 | 04:42 PM
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Very nice rifle. And a very nice find. I would have grabbed that in a heart beat.
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