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Ruger 77 Rebarrel Help
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<blockquote data-quote="Dean2" data-source="post: 1669590" data-attributes="member: 26077"><p>Realistically, making the Ruger into a top LR performer is going to be a lot of work and require changes I didn't think you wanted to make to the gun. Re-barrel it with a short throat, make sure you mark that on the barrel, shoot 180 grain or shorter bullets and you are easily good to 500 yards. You don't need to be shooting 200 grain plus bullets to kill game with a 7 Rem or 300 WM. If you go 338 WM you can shoot 250 grain and still have lots of mag room if the barrel is throated right. Honestly, for a hunting round a little jump has never been a bad thing. For sure don't want to shoot jammed in the lands for hunting, too much risk of sticking a bullet if you unload one. I have never had much trouble getting 1/2 MOA out of custom barrels even with a fair amount of jump and if you use Barnes TTSX they actually like at least .050 or more jump. </p><p></p><p>With all the options being suggested I think you are starting to talk yourself into a more difficult fix. If it were me, I would just re-barrel the Ruger as a mid-range hunting gun and buy a separate LR rig if that is what I was interested in playing with. All the best.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dean2, post: 1669590, member: 26077"] Realistically, making the Ruger into a top LR performer is going to be a lot of work and require changes I didn't think you wanted to make to the gun. Re-barrel it with a short throat, make sure you mark that on the barrel, shoot 180 grain or shorter bullets and you are easily good to 500 yards. You don't need to be shooting 200 grain plus bullets to kill game with a 7 Rem or 300 WM. If you go 338 WM you can shoot 250 grain and still have lots of mag room if the barrel is throated right. Honestly, for a hunting round a little jump has never been a bad thing. For sure don't want to shoot jammed in the lands for hunting, too much risk of sticking a bullet if you unload one. I have never had much trouble getting 1/2 MOA out of custom barrels even with a fair amount of jump and if you use Barnes TTSX they actually like at least .050 or more jump. With all the options being suggested I think you are starting to talk yourself into a more difficult fix. If it were me, I would just re-barrel the Ruger as a mid-range hunting gun and buy a separate LR rig if that is what I was interested in playing with. All the best. [/QUOTE]
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