mainehunter, I' m sure you can do much better then 449.00 for a used Ruger M-77.Check on
www.gunsamerica.com. Chances are you can find a NIB for about the same or less then the 449.00.Even BassPro a couple months ago had Ruger M-77 in 300Win Mag NIB for 429.00. It was a Blued w/Walnut stock.Granted it wasn' t a VT but was a magnum chambering....The VT is a nice rifle if you aren' t going to carry it much. They do get heavy toting them. By the way I am one of the Ruger men who thinks allot of the Ruger M-77' s.Or any Ruger for that matter.
Ruger Redhawk