ruger 77/22

[hillbill]

my 15 yr old son has a ruger 10-22 he is building and has gotten really into shooting 22 rifles.this after years of only wantin to shoot BIG guns.i have a lot of 22 rifles but not a bolt action. ive always wanted a ruger bolt in 22.what has been you guys experience with the ruger bolt guns in rimfire?are they good or would i be better off looking at a browning, marlin etc?im not looking for a one hole group at 50 yrds but just something i can play with and maybe be competitive with a built 10-22, in a bolt gun.

[tacklebury]

I'd have to recommend Marlin personally.  My model 25 will put 5 in the center and is a very nice firearm.  They are very price competitive also.  If I were getting one now, I'd have likely go with a tube feed, just because it's nicer not to have to worry about losing the magazine's which has happened to me a couple times in the last 20 years.  Mine's quite old and killed thousands of critters and shot thousands of targets and cans and is still going strong. 

Mine, which I re-shaped the stock and redid with Birchwood Casey's Gunstock Oil:


This allows short, long or long rifle also. 
http://www.galleryofguns.com/genie/default.aspx?item=981T

[Keith L]

If you are trying to shoot with a "built" 10-22 your 77-22 will likely need at least a trigger job and a barrel.  We have one in 22mag that shoots fine, but will not keep up with one of my 10-22s. 

[Slowhanddd]

That's my box stock 77-22.Shoots lights out with Fed 510's.I've built several 10-22s up and this thing will keep up with the best of them.Bought a 17m2 Green Mountain barrel and it'll shoot the 1 1/2" swingers at our 100 yd range with out a miss.The 22 barrel will shoot 1/4-3/8" at 50 if you can do your part.One gun that wont be sold.Slow

[hillbill]

thats a nice rifle that there is! hadnt seen one just like that one.whats one like that go for stock?

[mrbigtexan]

they are usually 400 to 500 dollars.

[Darrell Davis]

Well, .22s are really each a law unto themselves.

You need to buy a box of about every .22 ammo you can find, cheap and high end and then start testing to find out how a given rifle will shoot.

I have a Clark Custom 77/22 that shoots very well!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A friend has a single shot Savage which also shoots quite well.  I think it is a mark 1 if I recall and it comes with target sights.

Well the Summer of 2009, we got together for a "shootout" during which we both shot a bunch of high end ammo - from the same boxes - and the results left me wondering why I had paid the price for the CRuger.

Then this past Summer, we had a repeat but this time shot mostly the low end off the shelf types.

Results ? VERY DIFFERENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This time the CRuger shot rings around the Savage, clearly showing the advantage to the higher priced rifle with the Walther barrel.

Will that happen every time? Nope, but the point is the cheaper rifle did VERY well with the pricey ammo, while the higher barrel quality really proved it's worth with the "off the shelf" level products.

While my rifle was built by Clark, there aftermarket parts and services which will allow you to spend just as much as you wish.

Buy a quality barrel and get a good trigger and you are well on your way.

Keep em coming!

CDOC