Too Cool :)

[civil82]

Very cool! I collect old magazines and have most, if not all, Gun Digests from the early 60s through mid 80s.
Always wanted a 77v in the hard to find 280 Rem.

 

[Ledd Slinger]

Thanks for all the compliments everyone

I havent shot the new custom 6mm Rem M77 yet. If the barrel shoots anything like another Wilson I have on my son's custom 6.5 Remington Magnum i will be very pleased

 

[balloonpilot9513]

I can relate, I have a couple old guns that I inherited from my father and looked up some of the details about them.
To find an article about one or both would be amazing!

 

[Ledd Slinger]

I forgot I also found and ordered the December 2018 volume of "American Riflman" magazine as a 50th anniversary commemorative to the Shooting Times provenance article of the M77.

With the 1968 magazine article and an all original M77 rifle along with a 2018 magazine 50th anniversary article and modernized M77 built in 2018, the 4 pieces make a complete set

 

[Murray Brook]

Truly a beautiful rifle and what a great stock. I don't blame you for not parting with it.If I ever see or hear of a 6.5 I will let you know.

 

[CT10ring]

I forgot I also found and ordered the December 2018 volume of "American Riflman" magazine as a 50th anniversary commemorative to the Shooting Times provenance article of the M77.

With the 1968 magazine article and an all original M77 rifle along with a 2018 magazine 50th anniversary article and modernized M77 built in 2018, the 4 pieces make a complete set

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very thoughtful to share this article. looking forward to reading. My M77 is 220 Swift. old school all the way.

 

[Dusty Stevens]

Man i coulda sent you that magazine a month ago

 

[Ledd Slinger]

Man i coulda sent you that magazine a month ago

I think it might have been you who mentioned in a thread a couple months ago that Rifleman magazine had the 50 year article....I've had the original M77 6mm Rem for a long time and I finished a new custom M77 this year which just happened to be on the 50th anniversary of the M77. Thinking about the comment on the Rifleman article is what sparked this whole idea for me to put it all together with a little something extra

 

[Willie]

A good many years ago, I ordered a Ruger77 barreled action from Shotgun News, in 280Rem. I didn't really expect to much, but I dropped it into a Brown Precision stock and worked up a load with 140 Nosler solid base and H-4350. It turned out to be the most reliable hunting rifle I've owned, in terms of animals taken.

Traded the 77 off 20 years ago, in a fit of stupidity, and built a custom 280. When I view my old hunting pics, that Ruger 77 is in 90% of them.

Later on, I added a 7RM model 77 in a nice wood stock. I never really took to it, as the light weight and that red recoil pad took a toll on my shoulder.

 

[Zeke 225]

The one that I should not have let go was a 7mm rem mag that was called a round top receiver, it was drilled and taped for mounts and rings.

 

[CT10ring]

Hey that's awesome. Even better with 2 times passed down. You have a deep connection.
Thumbhole stock is just wrong for this beauty.
Good call. gloss black scope is also nice.
I'm OK w an AIAW folder, laminate of any type, Magpul PRS. But only wood w this figure has soul.

 

[Jackal2016]

Oooh I have one of those, ..not the magazine, ..that is interesting though. An M77 in 25-06 with medium contour. think it was made around 1990, bought it from my brother in '93 I think. Still looks pretty good but I wish it didn't have the odd mark on the stock from the safe storage. I will have to see about getting a pic or two posted of it.

 

[beemanjohn]

The first rifle I bought after I got my first full time job (at 19) was a round top in 30-06. Gun has always been very accurate for a hunting rifle. And yes, I still have it and will never sell it. My grandsons will own it some day.

So does anyone know when they stopped making the round top and started with the built in scope mounts?

 

[Rdlningcltchdmpr]

I had a ruger m77 once and it came in real handy when my truck got a flat tire and i needed something to jack it up with..

 

[TAJ45]

I had a ruger m77 once and it came in real handy when my truck got a flat tire and i needed something to jack it up with..

That's just cruel. Maybe true, but cruel. :]#

 

[okie]

I had a ruger m77 once and it came in real handy when my truck got a flat tire and i needed something to jack it up with..

LMAO!! I wish my old buddy was here to see that--I would constantly light him up with comments like that. He wrote the book (literally) on m77's. Ronnie Burke. He would leave me "hate notes" when I parked at his store. Like "Ruger parking only" and "Remington owners vehicles will be towed" etc. He really couldnt understand why anyone would shoot a rifle with an action made of "pipe". Your post reminded me of how I loved to dog him, and how I miss the cigarette carton notes he would leave under my wipers. You only get a handful of true friends in life--he was one.

 

[jds holler]

My first "high power rifle", was a Ruger M77, serial #71-03XXX that I bought with my high school graduation gift money in 1974. It is a 243 Win, with the sporter barrel and open sights. Cost was $176, and the dealer gave me two boxes of free ammo. As soon as I could afford it, I bought a Weaver K-4 scope, and found out that this rifle was a bug-hole shooter.

The two boxes of brass that I had were soon being used for reloads I made by pounding shells together with a Lee Loader. I enhanced my Lee Loader with an Ohaus scale and a Speer #8 reloading book. I got some pretty good advice from a neighbor who had many years of reloading/shooting experience, and was soon loading and shooting many sub .5" groups.

With that rifle I shot my first coyotes, my first several deer, and a butt load of chucks, ground squirrels, and whatever varmint needed exploding. My wife shot her first elk with this old meat hammer.

The barrel is shot out, and I've shortened it to 20" and put the thing in one of the early synthetic stocks which I don't remember the brand of. Don't even know where the original stock is.

I think it's time to resurrect this rifle with a new barrel, and a period correct stock, and I'll do it again in 243. I know that these rifles get a bad rap for various reasons, but I've got nuthin but good to say about mine. jd

 

[Rdlningcltchdmpr]

With all seriousness aside, i love old classic bolt action rifles . shot my Persian mauser last w/e. It is sick accurate. I sporterized it myself.

 

[Rdlningcltchdmpr]

Mauser

 

[Ledd Slinger]

I had a ruger m77 once and it came in real handy when my truck got a flat tire and i needed something to jack it up with..

I heard there was some lemons out there after Ruger started mass producing barrels inhouse sometime in the 80s. Not sure what year that was exactly...

My older 6mm Rem in the original post photos will shoot with accuracy on a level that will give my best custom rifles a run for their money Not sure exactly which barrel it has on it. I think back then Ruger used either Douglas or Wilson. Maybe both. Was a long time ago I looked all that up and I cant remember. Will have to revisit the history on that.