What year did Ruger change safty's. I have one with a tang safty and I love it. I would like to buy another one but I need the year!

The earlier M77's which are now called M77 Mark-I have the adjustable trigger and the tang safety.

About 1986 Ruger indroduced the new M77 Mark-II version. They did away with the adjustable trigger and the tang safety. Some of the earliest Mark II's still had the tang safetybut Ruger quickly switched over to the swing arm safety. All of the Mark-II's are marked Mark-II on the side of the receriver.

The MarkI had a tang safetyand was replaced with the MarkII in 1991 which has the three position safety . The mark I also had an adjustable trigger .

Thanks for the info!

You guys beat me to it.Actually the M-77's with the tang safety's were made from 1968-92.The "All Weather" MKII was introduced in 1990.The revised M-77 known as the MKII was introduced in 1989.If you want to know when any Ruger was manfactured go to the Ruger site.It gives years mfg by models and serial numbers.
www.ruger-firearms.com
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Thanks for the info. I just have this bug to buy a couple new guns this year.