Taken the Plunge again on a Ruger..........3rd time lucky ?

[pc]

Hi Folks,

I have been without any stainless Synthetic rifles  for a while now as I had been planning to buy a m70 ss .375 H&H but at $1430 AUS and a long wait I started looking around.........................................Alas the Ruger MK11 ss rifles are $795AUS, biggest they come in is .338 so I thought for my dirty weather gun I can settle for the .338 win mag and a $635AUS saving...................................................I hope I have made a good choice, gun should be here next week, all I want accuracy wise is 1"-1.25" at 100 yards.

My last two where stainless rifles in .222 & 30/06 and they did not impress me accuracy wise compared to my rems and cz's. So I KNOW that it is thrid time lucky, after swearing never to buy another Ruger  

I have always liked the Ruger action with integral mounts (like cz's) and the mauser style action !! They feel very solid eben more so than a winchester I reckon !!

One thing I know is that it will be a tough rifle and I reckon the new synthetic stock will be better than the older boat paddle job.

I already have a 3-9 older vari x 11 sitting here that will go on it.

Looking at shooting the 225 gr woodleigh protected point & 200 gr nos BT's fo ferals. I hope I have made a good choice.

The .338 win mag is also a new cartridge for me as well.

[Omaha-BeenGlockin]

Those old skeleton stocks were brutal---I honestly think the new stocks are an improvement even though they seem cheaper.

[pc]

I also reckon there more pleasing to the eye..................................apparently they are stiffer in the forearm ?

[safetysheriff]

i've done 3 trigger jobs on Rugers per: www.centerfirecentral.com/77trigger.html

keep the angles proper while working slowly, patiently to make that happen, and you'll be rewarded with an excellent trigger.    read the article, open up the picture that is included on the site, and then think about what you'll be doing and why.    Then, If you are good with tools, try the technique.

good luck,

ss'

[pc]

Thanks for the heads up on that !! I will look at it but will probably get a smith to do it as I am not that good with tools etc.

[TNrifleman]

Good luck with that new Ruger. The 338 is a real thumper. Your idea of having a foul weather rifle is an excellent one. I've never had a s/s Ruger, but have 3 of the blued / walnut jobs. One, a 257 Roberts, I just bought. All 3 were bought used, and all are good rifles. Only one, a 270 Express rifle, needed a trigger. My gunsmith put in a Timney and that made it a wonderful rifle. Like you, I'm a little reluctant to try a trigger job on my own. I'm going to save the link for it though.

[pc]

Folks I have decided to get the laminate stainless Ruger, the stock felt much nicer than the plastic one, I will have it bedded and floated and the trigger done.

[Coyote Hunter]

Folks I have decided to get the laminate stainless Ruger, the stock felt much nicer than the plastic one, I will have it bedded and floated and the trigger done.

I htink you made an excellent choice.  All my Rugers are excellent shooters and all I have done to them is float the barrel and polish up the triggers.  the exception is the .22-250 Varmint/Target - it came with a flaoted barrel and a two stage trigger so I haven't done anything but shoot that one.

[pc]

Folks here is my new toy.................just need to get it to the smith for bedding/floating and trigger. I must have lucked out as it seems my floor plate is steel and not alloy like most Rugers I see in this country.

Picked up some winnie cases, fed 215m's and some woodleigh 225 gr protected points and some AR2209 powder. This rifle points and feels great in the hand. It feeds and ejects well with the test loads I have put together to.

Thanks for the kind comments and I am glad to here others have good shooting ruger rifles................................lot to like with that Ruger action.

[targshooter]

pc,
I purchased one of these rifles last January. They termed the Model 77 stainless in laminate as the "Sporter" then. The rifle cracked the first stock on its 9th shot, and the second stock crumbled behind the receiver tang on its 13th shot. Ruger paid all shipping and made quick attempts to repair and return the rifle, so kudos to their service department. Their third try seems good. I had them install iron sights on the rifle and have sighted it in with a Leupold 4x scope and a New England Custom Gun N-100 peep sight. Wearing the scope, the rifle does not kick too badly. With the peep installed it comes back abruptly, more so than the heavier Winchester Model 70 in .375H&H I own. Accuracy is good and the rifle handles well. The trigger on mine is as good as any factory trigger I've gotten out of anyone's box in the past 10 years. I am using a 250 grain Hornady over 67 grains of DuPont IMR 4350.

[pc]

Targ shooter your comments will ensure that I just get the thing bedded before even shooting it......................much harder to get stuff fixed in Oz. Your IMR 4350 powder is of similar burning rate to our AR2209, I have test loads for the 225 gr woodleigh protected point running form 68 gr to 70 gr If pressures are fine then the 70 gr loading shouls yield over 2900 fps.

Thanks for the information.