18whlsrolin
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- Jan 24, 2018
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I recently bought a M77 Hawkeye 270 that came with a pillar beded only hogue stock for $449. Just wanted a quality whitetail gun that could get beat up a bit without triggering my OCD I have with most of my wood stocked guns. The tip of the forend contacted the barrel with just the least bit of pressure. I had trouble getting it to group better than 2" (even with reloads). I used a dremel to grind down the end (which is highest area) until I reached hard plastic frame. I did clean it up a bit better than what you see in the photo. Groups improved to about one inch at 100 yards. I also torqued action screw to 70lbs which could have helped also. Forend can still be made to contact barrel but it isn't easily done. Accuracy isn't picky with differing loads either. The scope is a Redfield revenge model that comes with caliber specific turrets for quick adjustments out to 500 yards. It's a good scope for the money and works perfectly with my 140gr partition reloads. They must calibrate them for flat back soft points and not ballistic tip boat tails cause every load I make with boat tails shoots high at 500 after sighting in at 100. Not a great rig for hunting past 500 yards or precision target but it'll work for my whitetail hunting inside of 500 yards.