
The other two are glass bedded, free-floated, factory triggers tweaked down to 3-3 1/2 trigger pull weight. The V was factory standard, un-tweaked (my first 77). I've killed 2 caribou (about 15 seconds apart), at 250 yards or so with it, one moose at 140, and at least half a dozen more under 100 yards. Factory belt-chamber- sized goes 1/4 to 1/2 inch larger group sizes. 338 is MOA or less with fire-formed, shoulder -sized brass. I've had no accuracy issues with the 30-06 (17 inch bbl after I whacked the bulge off the end, bought used.) 1/4" MOA most anything factory- never reloaded for it), have killed to 375 yards or so with it, nor with the. Killed over 20 caribou with it and handholds out to 500+ yards. Had the same experience with the V, except when I started using hand-loaded fire-formed, neck-sized only brass, it went to MOA or better from about 5" MO factory ammo (oversized chamber?). I've had 3 (still have 2- never should have sold the 77V in 25-06) tangers, none of the rest. Very frustrating rifle that went down the road to a guy who just wanted to shoot deer in his back yard with it, a task for which it was well suited. Later on in the early-mid 80's I had a heavy barrel tang safety "Varmint" model 25-06 that wouldn't group anything into less than 2" and most loads into around 3". 220 Swift that was decently accurate by the standards of the day, at least it would put five shots into an inch or just under. * Friend of mine in the mid-70's had a standard Sporter model. The main thing to look out for with the original Model 77's is that they were made during Ruger's cheap barrel period, you could get a good one or it could be total crap.* Sometime around the 90's Ruger began producing their own barrels which were and still are good to very good.
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There was a slight lip which went all the way around the bolt face so the round had to be chambered and then the extractor snapped over it.Īfter a while they ground off the bottom of that lip and made it a true CRF, then later came out with the Hawkeye series which had a different stock design and different trigger. After the original tang safety Model 77, Ruger came out with the Mark II which had the three position safety and the long, non-rotating extractor but was still push feed.
