When to a family reunion and I started talking to my girlfriends uncle because he had seen my two old model vaqueros and asked me if I'd be interested in a trade for his Ruger 77 chambered in .270win. I shot it and it was a pretty good little rifle. He said i could have it scope and all for my two pistols. A day earlier his son and I were shooting my pistols and his M-1 (Military style in 30-06) and its a fun little rifle to shoot. And we started talking about a deal.

Now I have to mention here that I baught the 2 pistols alittle more than a year ago for cowboy action. I don't shoot cowboy action anymore for acouple reasons but the main reason being the rising cost of ammo and gas. I use my little lever action as a brush gun for deer and coyotes because only pistol cartridge rifles are allowed for deer rifles in indiana. I've been thinking about trading the pistols off for awhile now just because I don't use them. I was looking just go get a good big game rifle because I'm starting to save up to outwest for mule deer and or elk and then in the near future after that maybe moose, or caribu, or boar, or black bear and most definately wisconsin whitetails with my girlfriends family. Both rifles shoot well. The ruger has a scope while the m-1 doesn't. Ruger is a bolt action and M-1 is a semi-auto. Bottom line is I really like ruger but I'm not sure which would serve my needs better. Right now it would be a coyote rifle til I move somewhere that allows centerfire rifles in rifle cartridge. I'm looking at two extremely versital rounds and can't make up my mind. Give me your feed back.

side note: if this seems a little bit scatter its because i've just gotten done with a 10 drive.