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Ruger M77 Tang
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<blockquote data-quote="greenejc" data-source="post: 1879590" data-attributes="member: 60453"><p>I have a Timney trigger in my M77 MKII, but in the M77's, I'm staying with the original triggers. They're adjustable and were set before the current Lawyer Epidemic. So they're already adjusted to a good shooting and hunting poundage. And yes, the middle screw is a sensitive item in torquing the action in. Basically, you don't torque it over around 10 inch pounds, and you put a little blue locktite in the treads to keep it from backing out. I haven't had either Ruger glass bedded, but I'm thinking I might do that in the near future. However, with good reloads, they shoot inside 1 inch at 100 yards, and while that's not one hole groups, its good enough with the light, 0.550 diameter at the muzzle barrel that's on the Rugers I have. I really wish the barrel was a little thicker, though. Also, when this rifle first came out, Ruger contracted some of its barrels out, and quality varied. That has long since been corrected, and Ruger makes very good hammer forged barrels, which are quite accurate for standard production rifles. Your barrel's muzzle diameter is probably closer to 0.625, because it should be a magnum contour. If you can't get accuracy out of the rifle, just re-barrel it, and you will have an accurate, durable and extremely strong rifle without spending $1000's of dollars chasing unobtainium. If you get less than 1" at 100 yards from 5 shots out of a standard hunting rifle's barrel, that is excellent accuracy. If you want better, you will have to get Hart, Douglass, Shilen, kreiger or Lilja to re-barrel it, and then it might shoot 0.5 inch. GunWerks might get it to shoot that tight, also. You'll spend at least a thousand on it. And it will only do it with hand loads.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="greenejc, post: 1879590, member: 60453"] I have a Timney trigger in my M77 MKII, but in the M77's, I'm staying with the original triggers. They're adjustable and were set before the current Lawyer Epidemic. So they're already adjusted to a good shooting and hunting poundage. And yes, the middle screw is a sensitive item in torquing the action in. Basically, you don't torque it over around 10 inch pounds, and you put a little blue locktite in the treads to keep it from backing out. I haven't had either Ruger glass bedded, but I'm thinking I might do that in the near future. However, with good reloads, they shoot inside 1 inch at 100 yards, and while that's not one hole groups, its good enough with the light, 0.550 diameter at the muzzle barrel that's on the Rugers I have. I really wish the barrel was a little thicker, though. Also, when this rifle first came out, Ruger contracted some of its barrels out, and quality varied. That has long since been corrected, and Ruger makes very good hammer forged barrels, which are quite accurate for standard production rifles. Your barrel's muzzle diameter is probably closer to 0.625, because it should be a magnum contour. If you can't get accuracy out of the rifle, just re-barrel it, and you will have an accurate, durable and extremely strong rifle without spending $1000's of dollars chasing unobtainium. If you get less than 1" at 100 yards from 5 shots out of a standard hunting rifle's barrel, that is excellent accuracy. If you want better, you will have to get Hart, Douglass, Shilen, kreiger or Lilja to re-barrel it, and then it might shoot 0.5 inch. GunWerks might get it to shoot that tight, also. You'll spend at least a thousand on it. And it will only do it with hand loads. [/QUOTE]
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