RE: ok, so what do you guys think of m77's?
The .220 Swift is better than the .22-250 on paper.....once you get to a prairie dog town the difference is gone. For all practical purposes they are identical.
I've seen some M77s shoot great groups...it's in the bedding and other details.
I personally would not own a strictly varmint gun with a claw extractor.....A Remington 700 or pushfeed M-70 or...yes...even Savage would be my choice.
If you want to beat the .22-250 I'd step up a caliber to the 6MM Rem or the .25-06 with at least a #5 contour barrel for a little weight to offset recoil.