Ruger M77 accuracy

[mshootnit]

I just wanted to give a brief range report if you were interested in Ruger accuracy. One I have here is a Ruger M77 R in 6 mm Rem. This rifle was produced in 1988 going by published data. AFAIK it has about 40 rounds down range.
In keeping with the theme of period correctness, I mounted a gloss Vari X III 3.5-10 and set it on 8X.

I fired it today with factory Rem. 100 gr. Core-Lokt ammo to give a true "out of the box" idea of accuracy. This would be akin to someone buying the rifle, a couple boxes of shells and heading out to sight in.

This first group was fired from a cold clean barrel at 220 yds (200m). This is a four shot group measuring 1.37 MOA.

After this, I fired a few rounds at some gongs then let the barrel cool, and adjusted the scope down 1 moa.
Then fired this next group, a 200 yd. (183 meter) five shot group. This group measures 1.36 MOA.

Good consistency and easy minute of whitetail accuracy from this factory 30 year old Ruger, and factory 100 gr. core lokt ammo.

 

[Mn Fats]

Better than minute of whitetail imo. Beautiful gun and I like the period correct scope theme/idea. Good post.

 

[Captcurt]

And everybody whines about how inaccurate Rugers are. You have a nice rifle there. I hope that mine does as well. I picked up a 77RS in 270 last week. It isn't as slick as yours but it is still pretty nice for a 40 year old rifle.

 

[mshootnit]

Congrats on the 270! I'm sure it will be a great rifle.

 

[Danoobie]

IIRC, these rifles sport cold hammer forged rifled barrels. My 30.06 M77 shoots @ 1.5 MOA.
Probably better, that's the best I can do with it.

 

[mshootnit]

I had a stainless 77 like that, but after lightening the trigger, floating bedding, and a new bolt courtesy of Ruger she is about sub moa now.

 

[Art Eatman]

Ruger 77s of the 1970s seem to have been sorta variable as to group size. I was lucky with two that I had.

A .243 sporter which was five-shot one MOA with 80-grain CoreLokts.

A heavy-barrel ..220 Swift with a Canjar single-set trigger and a Redfield 3-9x40. 3/8 MOA all day with Sierra 52-grain HPBTs.

 

[Lloyd Smale]

you were fortunate to get a good one. Ive had a few that wouldn't hold 2moa