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Offline Flash

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Open sight tang safety guns
« on: February 27, 2011, 02:07:27 PM »
Does anyone have any idea how many of these were produced? I have one in 270 and only seen a few of them. Were they from the first year of production?
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Re: Open sight tang safety guns
« Reply #1 on: May 02, 2011, 03:24:26 PM »
The Ruger M 77 RS (for Rings & Sights) was produced for quite a few years. I bought my '06 in 1976 and saw quite a few others over the years.

Not too many people ever saw the M 77 with a receiver that was drilled & tapped for Weaver type bases rather than having the Ruger mounting bases as part of the receiver. I have a friend that owns one of those. It too has open sights.
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Re: Open sight tang safety guns
« Reply #2 on: May 05, 2011, 01:49:41 AM »
the first rugers were round tops. the ones flash is refering to that needed bases and rings. Your gun is an rs and lots of them were produced.
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Re: Open sight tang safety guns
« Reply #3 on: May 05, 2011, 03:36:08 PM »
 The M77 ST is the model that is drilled and tapped for bases. I have one in 25 06.
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Re: Open sight tang safety guns
« Reply #4 on: May 14, 2011, 03:27:20 AM »
No, my gun is a 77ST, not an RS. It has round receiver rings and isn't milled to accept ruger rings. I have since learned that it's an early 77 but I was curious to the production numbers.
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