Difference in Ruger Hawkeye and model 77 std

How would that work, exactly? The claw snap ove rthe rim when the bolt is closing?
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Yea... they designed a claw extractor to snap over the rim. It was a stupid idea then, and remains a stupid idea. I love my M77 tang safety, but rim snap-over with a claw extractor is annoying (even with a claw extractor designed for it).

They could have gone with controlled-round-feed, quite easily. But, we got stuck with a claw extractor that has to snap over cartridge rims.
 
I did a trigger job on my Hawkeye today minor hone job and a new spring made a world of difference. I tried a pen spring 1st but found out that when slamming the bolt, the hammer would fall once in 20 times or so. Not good! So I went to the hardware store and found a spring same size as factory but lighter weight. I cut it down to just a touch shorter then factory spring, to light as the slam test dropped the hammer once in about 40 slams. I cut the next one same size as factory, perfect passed slam test and drop test ( bounce it off the floor on butt pad). I went from just under 7 lbs. to 3.2 lbs. / no creep and just a touch of over travel.
This rifle (7mm-08) shoots the 120 gr / 130 gr and 140 gr at or under 3/4" moa with either Varget or H414.
Fun rifle to work with it responds well with every thing I have run through it and the recoil is mild.
 
Waterboy..why that scope on a 223???
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Just thought I'd try it out on there. It's a variable 4 power and I'm typically not shooting more than 150-200 yds anyway. I actually like it a lot. Just need to get out and use it more before i decide to keep it on there.
 
My M77R is high polished steel with deep blue finish. Push feed w/large claw extractor. Floor plate is steel, not aluminium, and trigger is adjustable. 3 rounds in the magazine (300WM). Barrel is 26" (I know, they said they didn't make them, but I did measure it.....Closed bolt face to muzzle). It also sports a beautiful grained stock. Purchased the rifle NIB. Was given a choice of 3 and picked the nicest looking one. Makes one wonder sometimes what goes on in the factories.
 
The floor plates have always been steel that I'm aware of. My MkII is stainless steel and the Hawkeyes are steel or stainless steel. They advertise it as steel in their website. I had the original tang safety Ruger many years ago then moved to NC so sold it (since nothing in NC needs to be shot with a .300 Win Mag :D).... Early 90's bought my MkII .300 Win Mag all-weather since I was back in Wisconsin and was going out to Wyoming the next year. Still have it.
 
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