Manual

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● A wide, cut-checkered beavertail forend for consistent front hand
positioning.
● A target-style pistol grip of special shape and contour.
● An adjustable buttstock comb, to accomodate various facial configurations,
stances, and hold-over for rising trap targets. It also is laterally adjustable
for “cast off” and “cast on” (see p. 28).
● An adjustable buttpad, which can be set by the shooter for length of pull
and “cant” (the angle of the buttstock from the center line of the stock to
the left or right, as desired) (see p. 27).
● Since single barrel trap guns are never loaded or closed until immediately
prior to a shooter calling “pull” to fire at a clay target (and are opened
immediately after firing or if firing is delayed) trap guns generally have
no separate manual safety/bar
rel selector (see p. 15). There is no
possibility that the shooter will be unable to fire due to forgetting to
correctly move the safety to the “fire” position for each shot during an
extended target competition tournament.
● Another special feature of the Ruger Trap Model shotgun is its straight
grooved “controlled pattern” bore. It prevents rotation of the wad and shot
column while they move down the bore when fired. This minimizes shot
dispension and contributes to improved pattern density on targets at all
ranges. The 34” long barrel is also “back-bored” with a long forcing cone,
which contributes to lessening felt recoil and fatigue. This is especially
important to trapshooters, who routinely fire at hundreds of clay targets
during a match. It accepts the latest screw-in Ruger choke tubes, and is
supplied with “full” and “modified” choke tubes for trapshooting (see pp. 13
- 14).
THE BARREL ASSEMBLY
The barrel is silver soldered to the monoblock at the chamber portion of the
barrel. The adjustable ventilated rib is hinged at the rear and is securely
clamped to two barrel bands soldered to the barrel. The barrel bands have a
dovetail on top that the rib clamps are dovetailed into, allowing the rib to slide in
these dovetails as the barrel heats up from shooting. The rib also features a two
gold bead sighting system for alignment prior to shooting.
The trunnions (on which the barrels pivot) are mounted high, close to the
centerline of the barrel, and are integral with the receiver.
In addition to trunnions, a massive square lug at the bottom rear of the
monobloc locks into the thick bottom wall of the receiver to provide extra
security for the barrel-to-frame lock-up.
Projecting from the rear end of the barrel assembly, one on either side, are two
heavy, integral heat-treated lugs which are engaged by the locking bolt as it
slides forward when the gun is closed. The locking bolt is, in effect, a wedge, due
to the angle of the locking faces. These faces have more than adequate area and
are hardened and precision-ground to resist wear.