kind of like to try on myself. Ive had three 77 tang safety 257s on 77r and two ultralights and all three were crapy at best in the accuracy dept. I ended up with one of the limited run 257 #1a guns and its a decent shooter. Ive got two hawkeyes now one a 264 and the other a 7mag (which by the way i won too) Both of those two rugers shoot great. As a matter of fact i about gave up on ruger bolts before i owned those two. I heard the hawkeyes are much better shooters then the older rugers and have to believe it. Id still like to have a 257 bolt gun and may have to buck up and buy one. Sure like to hear how yours does though.