Ruger 77/357 got some new furniture

[bikemutt]

Thought I'd share a picture of my Ruger 77/357 wearing a new wood stock. Also added a Weigand scope rail and a small Redfield 3-9x40 I had in the back of the safe.

I feel it's an improvement over the black synthetic stock, kinda lends a bit of class to an otherwise plain-looking bolt rifle. If anything I think it's even a tad lighter.

So far I've run a couple hundred rounds of 38 spc and 50 or so 357 magnum though it. It feeds the 38 spc just fine even though Ruger warns to watch out for jamming with 38. So far it's been more accurate with 357 mag but the 38s I had were the lowest of the low gunshow reloads, I'll see how it does with some good stuff. Recoil, what recoil?

Well, time to go sight 'er in and get to shootin'

 

[horsemen61]

Love the way it looks if you could tell me more about the stock I'd love to hear it

 

[LAGS]

@ Bikemutt
I want One.
Tell me, is the bolt travel and the Magazine box long enough to rechamber it to the .357 Maximum ?
Do you know if the chamber could hold the Higher pressure ?
Even if it will not, I would live to have one to go with my other .357 pistols and Marlin Rifle.
.357's are Great Javalina Guns.

 

[Walkalong]

Very nice. I like it.

 

[rbernie]

Looks nice. Whose stock is it?

 

[bikemutt]

Love the way it looks if you could tell me more about the stock I'd love to hear it

It took quite bit of detective work to find this darn stock. First I called Ruger and asked them to sell me the camo stock which is available on the 77/44; they said they would not since my rifle never came with it. What they did tell me is yes, the 77/44 and 77/357 use the same stock. So I dug around and found this stock at MidwayUSA and several reviews saying they had used it on their 77/357. Midway had the best price but they were out-of-stock, backorder OK. Checked around and found that Brownell's had in in stock albeit for a few more dollars. Well, a bird in hand is worth two in the bush so I ordered it from Brownell's.

Took less than 10 minutes to do the swap, fits like a glove.

The Brownell's SKU is 780-000-327WB, the Ruger part number is J20438.

It wasn't cheap but I like the rifle and plan on spending a great deal of time with it, may as well have it look nice

 

[bikemutt]

@ Bikemutt
I want One.
Tell me, is the bolt travel and the Magazine box long enough to rechamber it to the .357 Maximum ?
Do you know if the chamber could hold the Higher pressure ?
Even if it will not, I would live to have one to go with my other .357 pistols and Marlin Rifle.
.357's are Great Javalina Guns.

.357 Maximum, I want one! Seriously, I'd never heard of that until now.

I couldn't tell you if this rifle would be able to shoot that or not, I only know how to clean 'em and shoot 'em.

 

[snakeman]

oooh that's purdy

 

[Georgia Gunner]

Really looks great. I have been wanting that rifle for a while. Now that stock is even more reason to get it .

 

[LeontheProfessional]

That looks awesome! I want one badly!

 

[LAGS]

@ Bikemutt
The .357 maximum is to the .357 Magnum is to the .38 spl.
It was desidned for a revolver, but it kept flame cutting the top strap of the revolvers.
But they work great in the single shot pistols, so why not a rifle.
The case is 8mm longer than the .357 magnum. and it can take longer heavier bullets
If your bolt travels long enough to eject a loaded cartridge, and the receiver and the locking lugs can hold the pressure, then I would want to do a rechambering for the Maximum, provided the magazine can handle the longer cartridges, but magazines are easily modified.
Pistols chambered for the .357 max can still fire the .38 and .357 mag's

The .357 Max can and does shoot the heavier 200 grain bullets used in the .35 Whelen and .358 Winchester.
I just like the .35 caliber round.
I have a custom built .35 Whelen that I made, and I have a Yugo Mauser just waiting to be rebarreled to .358 Winchester.
I am going to do some research and see if the Ruger can be converted.
I think you can see I am not the Off The Rack rifle buying kind of guy.

 

[DC3-CVN-72]

WOW !! Thank's 4 doing the research.

 

[RainDodger]

I handled one of those rifles at a local shop a while back and immediately wanted one. I have no idea why or what I'd use it for, but it was just... extremely nice!

Have fun with it!

 

[R.W.Dale]

I've been waiting for a 77/357 thread to pop up as I have one on its way to my favorite dealer as I type.

The stock I want is an old school all weather bolt paddle stock.


With regards to 357 maximum there's no way. It's far far too long for the 22hornet length action of the 77/357. It's also not as big a performance boost over magnum in a rifle as you'd expect having worked with the cartridge quite extensively in single shot rifles.

 

[Shear_stress]

Beautiful rifle! A huge improvement, at least in aesthetics.

 

[AK103K]

Looks good.

Also looks like you got the last one, Brownells is showing them out of stock.

I have a 77/357 and they do in fact lock up with .38's, and do it enough to be annoying. The .357's are fine. I think its because the mags are made for the 357's, and that little extra length, is just enough to let the .38's move fore and aft enough that with a little jostling with handling and/or recoil, and the rims can jump each other. You need to drop the mag and fiddle with the rounds to get them to "unlock".

Mine seems to like the .357 125 jhp's the best so far. It shoots the .38's OK, but it doesnt seem to like lead bullets much.

It seems the price on these has gone up a bit in the past couple of years. I only paid just over $500 for mine two years ago, and just this week Ive seen three in two different shops for close to $800.

 

[CraigC]

I love it!

Tell me, is the bolt travel and the Magazine box long enough to rechamber it to the .357 Maximum ?
Do you know if the chamber could hold the Higher pressure ?

Pressure wouldn't be a problem but the length makes it nigh on impossible.

 

[R.W.Dale]

It seems the price on these has gone up a bit in the past couple of years. I only paid just over $500 for mine two years ago, and just this week Ive seen three in two different shops for close to $800.

I can tell you that dealer cost for these is right at $590 right now.

 

[AK103K]

I can tell you that dealer cost for these is right at $590 right now.

I wonder why the increase? Is Ruger only making limited runs of them, or has the dollar really slipped that much in two years?

 

[R.W.Dale]

I wonder why the increase? Is Ruger only making limited runs of them, or has the dollar really slipped that much in two years?

It's not just m77/357's EVERYTHING is a heck of a lot more expensive. I'm running into that on my mustang LS engine swap after having been out of the automotive loop for awhile.

But that's a story for a different thread.

 

[AK103K]

I really havent seen a jump like that on everything else though. Yea, things are up somewhat, but almost $300 in two years? Seems a bit much, unless its a "supply and demand" issue.

 

[R.W.Dale]

I really havent seen a jump like that on everything else though. Yea, things are up somewhat, but almost $300 in two years? Seems a bit much, unless its a "supply and demand" issue.

It's "only" $100 more than the 77/44 I bought in early 2011


You ain't seeing a new 77/357 for $300 EVER past present or future.

 

[AK103K]

You ain't seeing a new 77/357 for $300 EVER past present or future.

I was referring to the $300 "increase", not the cost.

I only paid $525 for mine in 2011.

 

[R.W.Dale]

For the price to be $580 (I paid 595 last Thursday) and have gone up $300 to that point that means it had to have been under $300 before.

 

[AK103K]

Im not sure what youre getting at here.

What Im saying is, I paid $525 two years ago, and what I saw last week, were three rifles selling for $790-810, a roughly $300 increase.