A ruger M-77 twice the gun of a Tikka. Hmmm, I guess in some areas that could be true. For Example:

1. It's more than twice as hard to find a Ruger M-77 that will shoot accurately straight out of the box.

2. You will have to spend twice as much money to get a M-77 to shoot like a Tikka.

3. The poundage of the M-77's trigger pull is easily more than twice that of the Tikka and can't be adjusted.

4. The average 3 shot group ofthe averageM-77 will be twice as large as the average 3 shot groupfrom the average Tikka.

5. The action on a M-77 is twice as rough as the action on a Tikka.

Heck all you have to do to a Ruger M-77 is replace the factory barrel with a better custom barrel, free float the barrel, replace the awful factory trigger with a custom trigger, and glass bed the action. Do all that and you will have a rifle that will shoot sub 2 inch groups at 100 yards all day long.

Or you could just buy a Tikka, mount a scope, go to the range and shoot 1 inch groups. But hey whatever blows your skirt up. Some people love doing things the hard way.