Does anyone have a Ruger M77?

mathman,

I have a M77RL in .270 and I love it. There are no problems with accuracy and at a little over 6 1/2 lbs it is easy to carry all day. At just over 40" long it handles the thick stuff as well as.....without too much trouble.(I almost said like an old lever gun but don't have asbestos underwear :D ). The rifle kicks alittle more due to its light weight, the stock has nothing to do with it. I shot a friend' s M77 in 7mm mag and it did not bother me much at all, and I'm not a very large guy.
 
M77s in .257!

A favorite topic of mine!

dgludwig
Please tell about your experience with your M77 (M77R??) in .257. Full weight or LW? Type optics and mounts? Accuracy with factory and handloads. Please see Post #11 in this thread for background to these questions.
I think they're the best looking rifles out there! LONG LIVE PRETTY WALNUT AND BLUE STEEL !!!
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I fully agree. When I got my pet .30'06, decades ago, I was 'way off into handgun hunting and just wanted one all around centerfire rifle. I figured, What better multipurpose rifle than an aught-six? At the time, it seemed the Roy Weatherby/Holywood style stocks with Monte Carlo cheekplieces were ALL the rage. I wanted classic looks and didn't want to pay the premium for a pre-64 Model 70. I have never regretted my choice of the M77, wishing only that I'd held out for a 77RS model, with the iron sights, as well.

Thanks very much.
Johnny
 
Ruger M77 .257 Roberts

Johnny Guest I have not reloaded for my Ruger Roberts. I bought it new in 1975. It has the "sporter" grade barrel in 22" length and it has always had an older (steel tubed) Weaver "MicroTrac" V7 (2X7) scope mounted in Ruger rings. I like Rem. "Core-Lok" bullets for my whitetail hunting and this rifle using 117 gr. loads has proven to be a quick and reliable killer. My records show over the years that this rifle stays just under 2" (100 yds.;3 shot groups ) with the aforementioned loads. To my liking , it definetly prefers heavier bullets to lighter ones ( I have a battery of other rifles I use for varmints !). Like you, I prefer having irons on all of my big game rifles as auxillary sights ( and, in the case of my lever action rifles, with the sole exeption of a Sav. 99 in .358 Win., all of them are mounted with peep sights ). I am serious enough about the matter to have, a few years ago , taken both of my 77s w/o irons to the Williams Gunsight Company in Davidson ,Mi. with the idea of having them install sets of their irons on the rifles. I backed out of project at the last minute due to the estimated cost of almost $100.00 per rifle! I ,accordingly, decided to put a little more trust in my old Weavers ( the other 77 that I have w/o irons is an aught six with a Weaver K4 MicroTrac ) ,even if they are lonesome without the company of their metallic buddies!...One Model 77 that has always intrigued me and one that I see at the shows every so often is an iron-sighted speciman chambered in .358 Win. Too pricey for me though: they have been fetching upwards of $900.00 or so. Do you have any experience with Ruger bolt-actions in either .350 Rem. Mag. or 35 Whelen?
 
I've owned 3 older M-77's with tang safeties. The 338 was a good shooter, and not unpleasant to shoot with a decelerator pad.

I don't recall groups shot with the 30-06, but it was not bad or I would not have kept it as long as I did.

Sold the two above guns.

The 308 flat bolt has shot military ball ammo into around 1 1/2" @ 100 yards with a 4x scope. Good enough for me. Haven't shot any commercial or handloads in it yet. I bought it mostly so I could shoot cheap ammo. Been very happy with it. I can go out and plink a couple boxes of rounds off at ridiculess ranges for next to nothing, and not worry about the brass or reloading.

I like the large Mauser extractor, classic style stock without the monte-carlo, real checkering (as opposed to the impressed checkering some others have had) and the tang safety. I also like the integral scope bases. Wish it had a solid ejector, but I've never had any trouble with the plunger type so far. They seem to work OK in M-1 Garands and M-14's.
 
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