I have no doubt that the Vanguard is a good rifle, and it now comes with the accuracy guarantee. I own Rugers, but having only owned one M77, I am certainly no expert on Ruger bolt guns. (The rest of mine are No.1's.)

The M77 is the "round-top" version (takes regular scope mount bases) in 7X57mm with tang safety, and was one of the first they made in 7X57mm in 1972. It was always accurate. This is the first group I ever fired from it, (100 yards) with 175-grain Remington factory ammo, no less! It shot even better with handloads. However, my son "borrowed" it once about 1976, and I have not seen it since!

My No. 1's have all been quite accurate. I have only had one Ruger that was a real dog. It was a Mini-30. Got rid of that piece of junk pretty fast!