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I can hardly bring myself to say it! Ruger?
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<blockquote data-quote="Trickymissfit" data-source="post: 990683" data-attributes="member: 25383"><p>years back I had two of the M77's with the tang safety. Got one new in the box and picked up the second on used. Both were 6mm Remington chambers. The new one was a heavy barreled version while the used one had the standard barrel. Oddly both chambers were within one thousandth of each other, and really close enough to switch barrels (other than bedding). Looked like Ruger only owned one 6mm reamer!</p><p>Oddly the used rifle shot 1.25" five shot groups with a bedding issue. While the newer rifle shot 3.75" five shot groups! The newer rifle had several issues from the factory, but the worst was a crooked chamber, and a horrible crown. I called in a marker and got a guy to rebuild it. He also reworked the scope mounts as they were not machined right. He did a trigger job like I'd never thought could have been done (2lb. with zero creep & over travel). Felt like glass breaking! First group out was 3/4" using 87 grain Hornady bullets over H414. He called and asked me how it shot, and I told him 3/4". The following week I was shooting .38" groups (five shot) with the same bullets. With a die switch, I got down into the low threes. Then I started working with the other rifle (no load development at all). I rebedded the bad area (it wasn't Ruger's fault), and lapped the crown. It shot 3/4" groups.</p><p> </p><p>While this was going on my brother developed a serious .257 Roberts "jones". He had three M77's, a #1, and a Remington 700 Mountain Rifle. He later comes into another #1. All shot 3/4" or better. Even later he rechambers one of the #1's and a M77 to .257AI. Still shot .75" groups. Now that's seven rifles shooting .75" or less! That's coming from a non Ruger fan, I might add here.</p><p> </p><p>gary</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Trickymissfit, post: 990683, member: 25383"] years back I had two of the M77's with the tang safety. Got one new in the box and picked up the second on used. Both were 6mm Remington chambers. The new one was a heavy barreled version while the used one had the standard barrel. Oddly both chambers were within one thousandth of each other, and really close enough to switch barrels (other than bedding). Looked like Ruger only owned one 6mm reamer! Oddly the used rifle shot 1.25" five shot groups with a bedding issue. While the newer rifle shot 3.75" five shot groups! The newer rifle had several issues from the factory, but the worst was a crooked chamber, and a horrible crown. I called in a marker and got a guy to rebuild it. He also reworked the scope mounts as they were not machined right. He did a trigger job like I'd never thought could have been done (2lb. with zero creep & over travel). Felt like glass breaking! First group out was 3/4" using 87 grain Hornady bullets over H414. He called and asked me how it shot, and I told him 3/4". The following week I was shooting .38" groups (five shot) with the same bullets. With a die switch, I got down into the low threes. Then I started working with the other rifle (no load development at all). I rebedded the bad area (it wasn't Ruger's fault), and lapped the crown. It shot 3/4" groups. While this was going on my brother developed a serious .257 Roberts "jones". He had three M77's, a #1, and a Remington 700 Mountain Rifle. He later comes into another #1. All shot 3/4" or better. Even later he rechambers one of the #1's and a M77 to .257AI. Still shot .75" groups. Now that's seven rifles shooting .75" or less! That's coming from a non Ruger fan, I might add here. gary [/QUOTE]
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