Ruger M77 Skeletonized

[Seakayaknc]

I am wondering what the thoughts are on the Ruger SS rifles with the skeltonized synthetic stock? Is this a good combo? Is it collectible at all? I heard they were discontinued in calibers larger than 17.

Is a weight saving worth the added recoil (if any).

Thanks

[Omaha-BeenGlockin]

Its a nice stock for my 77/17----but when I had a .30-06 like that---OMG!!!!!!!! the narrow butt dug into my shoulder like a knife.

So I'd have to say its a nice stock for the low recoil calibers---you start getting into the heavies and you might want to consider a different style stock.

[R.W.Dale]

I had one in 270 and it would kick the stuffin out of me.

[poncaguy]

I had one in 7MM Rem Mag, traded it for a P90........didn't like recoil..... :eek:

[Coyote Hunter]

Have one on my .300 Win Mag.  No complaints.

[45north]

I have three of them. My first was a 35 whelen then a 270 ultra lite and the last one a SS 338 win mag. The 270 came with a wood stock I replaced that with a plastic stock I picked up off ebay for $ 25.00, for my kind of hunting a wood stock looks pretty rough in a few years. My 375 came with a synthetic stock but it is a interarms whitworth.

  45north

[longwalker]

I don't have a problem with recoil with mine. When I bought mine I liked that look. As far as recoil I'm not sure its any worse or better. The only thing I was not 100 percent pleased with was attaching a bipod.  I decided to use shooting sticks and kept it as is.

longwalker

[Preacherman]

My ruger 270 is not a big kicker the trigger is junk but it's not at all unpleasant to shoot

[Coyote Hunter]

My ruger 270 is not a big kicker the trigger is junk but it's not at all unpleasant to shoot

The Ruger triggers are very easy to touch up, both on the older M77's and the newer M77 MKII's.  The older M77's were adjustable.

My hunting buddy was complaining about the trigger on his M77 MKII as we drove home from the range a couple weeks ago.  Took all of 20 minutes to polish it up and reduce the sear engagement from 0.030" to 0.018".  

The difference is like night and day - no more creep, light and crisp.  And still quite safe.  I have done a number of Ruger triggers, all with great results, but if you don't feel comfortable messing with it a gunsmith can do the work.  After-market triggers are also an option.

If you are not happy with the trigger I highly recommend doing something about it - accuracy will likely improve and you'll feel better about the gun.