Pleasantly suprised by Ruger
09-27-2009, 06:56 PM
#1
Fork Horn
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Northeast Texas
Posts: 442
Pleasantly suprised by Ruger
Took my dads Ruger M77 .270 out this afternoon to make sure it was still sighted in. Dads always been a "Its close enough" kinda guy, so I thought I would double check it for him. After a good barrel cleaning I fired 3 shots at 130 yards. Not only was it on....it was ON!!!
Remington 130gr. CorLokts into 1" off a makeshift rest.
I'm by no means a benchrest shooter, but I was shocked at the accuracy! Haven't even tried any other loads out of it.
I'm going to have a custom rifle built starting next year, and I'm starting to second guess my decision of a Rem. 700 action.
Is this pretty normal to expect from a M77?
Remington 130gr. CorLokts into 1" off a makeshift rest.
I'm by no means a benchrest shooter, but I was shocked at the accuracy! Haven't even tried any other loads out of it.
I'm going to have a custom rifle built starting next year, and I'm starting to second guess my decision of a Rem. 700 action.
Is this pretty normal to expect from a M77?
09-27-2009, 08:53 PM
#4
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: South Dakota
Posts: 2,862
Buying a Ruger is like buying a box of chocolates, you just never know wha'cha gonna get........
I had a Ruger M77MKII growing up that shot fairly decent for a few years, then it decided it wasn't going to shoot anymore. I finally gave up on that rifle after doing alot of tweaking on it. I have a buddy with an old Tang safety M77 in 243; that thing will absolutley drive tacks.
If you are going to build a rifle I'd do it on the Ruger action.......Everyone and their dog has a custom on a Remmy action.
I had a Ruger M77MKII growing up that shot fairly decent for a few years, then it decided it wasn't going to shoot anymore. I finally gave up on that rifle after doing alot of tweaking on it. I have a buddy with an old Tang safety M77 in 243; that thing will absolutley drive tacks.
If you are going to build a rifle I'd do it on the Ruger action.......Everyone and their dog has a custom on a Remmy action.
09-28-2009, 07:36 AM
#7
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: S.W. Pa.-- Heart in North Central Pa. mountains-
Posts: 2,600
I had a 77 Ruger long tang in .270 years ago that was just simply an awesome shooter with Rem. factory ammo in 130 gr. I gave it to a good friend of mine. I hope he still has it.......
