I'd say you have nothing to worry about if you buy a new Ruger M77 MkII. I can't speak for the sported weight M77 MkII's but I own a M77VT varmint rifle in 22-250 and it has always shot sub-MOA with factory ammo. I'm excited for spring because I just got my handloading setup and I'm eager to begin working up precision handloads for this rifle. I'm hoping handloads get the groups down to .5MOA or less.

I think that you may have heard that Ruger's rifles are somewhat erratic in the accuracy dept., with some being very accurate and some being very poor. This stems from a time past where Ruger contracted out the production of their barrels to other firms that didn't always produce a product up to Rugers standards. When Ruger became aware of the questionable nature of the quality of their barrels then decided to begin making all their rifle barrels in house to ensure that they comply with strict quality contol standards. After that move Ruger rifles have been on par accuracy wise with all other major makers of production rifles.

I wouldn't sweat it too much. Ruger makes great guns, and I've only had one regret about buying my M77. And that's that the target grey metal and laminate stock are just too pretty for me to bring myself to spray paint it camo for it to be a good coyote rifle.

Mike