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Ruger M77 Tang
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<blockquote data-quote="ofbandg" data-source="post: 1879335" data-attributes="member: 91402"><p>I owned a number of tang safety Rugers in .338 Mag, 7 Mag, and my wife hunted with a 7x57 for some years. All had some rough spots but with a little work they shot very well. All needed the barrel floated and the front lug glass bedded. The triggers were a joy to adjust because all it took was a screw driver. The tang safety itself was a problem on the magnums because the recoil would rock it back into your thumb so I shortened and smoothed out the back end of the slider. The seven mag was the oldest, it even had one of those early slim line stocks, but the linkage to the safety was poorly fitted so you had to watch when you took it apart that pieces of the safety didn't fall off and get lost. The wood on them was better than most rifles in the same price range at the time. It was a nice walnut with straight, tight, grain, and it was well shaped for recoil. I liked the scope ring set up, thought it was a bonus. The chambers on a couple of them were rough but it didn't seem to effect accuracy, although it did scratch up the brass. Over all they were well worth the money.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ofbandg, post: 1879335, member: 91402"] I owned a number of tang safety Rugers in .338 Mag, 7 Mag, and my wife hunted with a 7x57 for some years. All had some rough spots but with a little work they shot very well. All needed the barrel floated and the front lug glass bedded. The triggers were a joy to adjust because all it took was a screw driver. The tang safety itself was a problem on the magnums because the recoil would rock it back into your thumb so I shortened and smoothed out the back end of the slider. The seven mag was the oldest, it even had one of those early slim line stocks, but the linkage to the safety was poorly fitted so you had to watch when you took it apart that pieces of the safety didn't fall off and get lost. The wood on them was better than most rifles in the same price range at the time. It was a nice walnut with straight, tight, grain, and it was well shaped for recoil. I liked the scope ring set up, thought it was a bonus. The chambers on a couple of them were rough but it didn't seem to effect accuracy, although it did scratch up the brass. Over all they were well worth the money. [/QUOTE]
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