Yalls thoughts on a Ruger M77 in 25-06
What is a Pre warning M77? Thanks.
Yalls thoughts on a Ruger M77 in 25-06
What is a Pre warning M77? Thanks.
If it’s the tang safety model, get it.
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Had 4, never liked them all that much. One was just terribly inaccurate (bolt safety), one was in .338WM (tang) and someone wanted it more than I did, one had that shitty synthetic stock an the last one was a nice wood stocked tang safety. The tang was the best of the bunch in '06, not a bad gun, I just thinned the herd when dad passed, man never met a 30'06 he wouldn't buy if the price was right.
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Only thing wrong with those rifles is the trigger, I have one in .270 that’s deadly after I got a good trigger job done. They made a 25-06 with a varmint barrel that’s a shooter as well.
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I have a M77 MarkII in .25-06. It will shoot the 117gr Federals just fine, but I also have a couple of handloads for it that it loves.
I put a Timney in it myself and had John Lewis pillar bed it and put a new crown on it. It won't be for sale. Ever.
My now 14 year old killed his first deer with it last year at 150yds and then proceeded to kill his 2nd with it at 248yds, not an hour later.
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Trigger is my only complaint.
I have one in the .25-06 and that thing has killed more shit than the plague. Don’t overthink it. Just buy it.
Tang trigger was in there till 84. Barrels could be spotty in the M77 but heard worse in the M77 II and hawkeye. Just not sure what to believe. Keep reading and hearing mixed reviews.
Ill ask this. I want an older wood stock gun in 25-06. Suggestions?
I wouldn’t want one with the safety on the receiver, all the tang models are solid, after a trigger job.
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The MarkII has the side 3-position safety. That's what mine is. Wood-stocked.
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I killed my first several dozen deer with one. Might shoot a 4 inch group at 100 yards. Nothing we did to it would make it a shooter.
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I have owned a number of them over the years. I don’t own any now. Never had one that shot like I wanted. A buddy has an accurate varmint barrel one in . 308 though. That gun shoots well. All of mine were sporters that had the barrel contacting the stock which is usually an accuracy killer.
If it ain\'t accurate at long distance, then the fact that it is flat shooting is meaningless.
I bought one M77 in .223 that was some sort of special edition. It came with a bedded B&C stock and a fantastic trigger. I replaced the stock with a factory Ruger synthetic stock. It still shoots very well. My kids killed a lot of deer with a M77 Compact .243 that still lives in the safe also.
Crops are harvested, animals are killed.
A “pre warning” M77 will have the tang safety and was likely one of the earlier built ones. The “warning” refers to the barrel stamping urging you to actually read the owners manual.
I stumbled across the rifle your looking for a couple of months ago and it followed me home. Older walnut stocked 700 ADL in 25-06. I tuned up the trigger, put a VX3 4.5-14x50 I had setting around and shot some of my hand loads thru it. She shoots pretty good. I'm going to bed it and haul it out to Wyoming in October to whack a couple of goats.
.270 with the skeleton stock. Timney trigger, Burris 4.5-20x50mm scope. I custom made a stock plate to raise my eye up in line with the crosshairs.
Not incredibly accurate but I'm confident the gun is more accurate than its operator. I kill deer with it just fine as is.
I want to bed the stock myself soon then have the barrel crowned by a professional at some point.
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