ORIGINAL: rugerno1
Ruger's come with integral scope mounts in the price of the gun, which may offset some of the cost of the trigger job.
Ruger does have the best scope mounting system on a bolt action rifle(I have always wondered why others dont do it). And the mauser action is a solid performer.
I owna M77 7magand although I still prefer a savage(for reasons in your post)the Ruger 77 is a mighty fine huntung rifle.