Just returned a few weaks ago from Alberta where I took my first big game, a 350lb black bear. Not a record but a great coat and a great hunt! I've been hunting before for whitetail but never scored a buck and pretty much had written off hunting until I got invited on this bear hunt. Hunting the bear was awesome but to be honest every time I saw an elk or moose I wanted so badly to be after one of them...and now, back at home I can't clear my mind of what or where my next hunt might be.

On to my question...I've done tons of reading on rifles and optics and hunting over the past 3 months or so and I've think I've found the rifle for me, a Ruger M77 Mark II all weather in the 7mm Rem mag with a Bushnell 4200 2.5-10x40 scope. I used a borrowed rifle of the same make and model in the .300 (different scope) for the bear and really was happy with the way it felt. Here's why I think it's a good choice:

1. I liked the look and feel of the .300 I used
2. From my research the 7mm looks like a solid all around medium/big game caliber if you can't own a chest full of rifles.
3. It's a synthetic stock and stainless barrell (I plan to be in the rain sooner or later and the brush sooner!)
4. Finding ammo anywhere should be relatively easy
5. Ruger M77 Mark II rifles are named as a good production rifle choice from what I've read

Sorry this post is getting so long, the question is, does anyone shoot this rifle now, if so are you happy with it...would you reccomend it?