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Hey all,
Hope everyone's doing well and not getting too stir-crazy. Went and picked up my new rifle tonight. NICS check took 8 days (no surprise ) , but I didn't buy a panic gun. I got something out of the norm for me, as I always buy lever actions and revolvers. I was on the fence between a BFR in 500 JRH and a Henry big boy all weather in 45 colt, I got neither. I decided instead on a practical firearm that is rugged and useful but light weight & handy. A ruger 77/357.
These aren't common, in fact I've never seen one in person and none of the several LGSs ever have any for inspection. My primary range gun is a gp100 and I mainly load 357s for fun shooting and soup can destruction. So this rifle makes sense in that role. Hopefully it will like the same loads as my gp100, if it doesn't I can work around it.theres something to be said for a pistol caliber carbine in ease of carry and general use. Won't beat you up, drain your wallet, use mountains of powder to load and uses extremely common and inexpensive components for fairly powerful loads. I can't say I'm a hunter, although I'd love a place where I could hunt and ranges in my area top out at about 100 yards typically. I have proper rifle calibers if I get a chance to need one but I got this gun for pure plinking fun. It feels good to just buy something out of the realm of what you would normally buy, on a whim and throw caution to the wind sometimes. So far looking it over I see excellent fit and finish, excellent rifling and smooth operation, trigger is a bit heavy but it is crisp . I know ruger has its QC issues like any maker but any time I've needed CS they've been top notch. I trust ruger more than any other manufacturer for making things right if there is an issue so I didn't hesitate to buy this rifle that is a bit of odd ball in the world of pcc's . range report to follow- when they re-open.
Hope everyone's doing well and not getting too stir-crazy. Went and picked up my new rifle tonight. NICS check took 8 days (no surprise ) , but I didn't buy a panic gun. I got something out of the norm for me, as I always buy lever actions and revolvers. I was on the fence between a BFR in 500 JRH and a Henry big boy all weather in 45 colt, I got neither. I decided instead on a practical firearm that is rugged and useful but light weight & handy. A ruger 77/357.
These aren't common, in fact I've never seen one in person and none of the several LGSs ever have any for inspection. My primary range gun is a gp100 and I mainly load 357s for fun shooting and soup can destruction. So this rifle makes sense in that role. Hopefully it will like the same loads as my gp100, if it doesn't I can work around it.theres something to be said for a pistol caliber carbine in ease of carry and general use. Won't beat you up, drain your wallet, use mountains of powder to load and uses extremely common and inexpensive components for fairly powerful loads. I can't say I'm a hunter, although I'd love a place where I could hunt and ranges in my area top out at about 100 yards typically. I have proper rifle calibers if I get a chance to need one but I got this gun for pure plinking fun. It feels good to just buy something out of the realm of what you would normally buy, on a whim and throw caution to the wind sometimes. So far looking it over I see excellent fit and finish, excellent rifling and smooth operation, trigger is a bit heavy but it is crisp . I know ruger has its QC issues like any maker but any time I've needed CS they've been top notch. I trust ruger more than any other manufacturer for making things right if there is an issue so I didn't hesitate to buy this rifle that is a bit of odd ball in the world of pcc's . range report to follow- when they re-open.
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