m77 ruger bolt opening on safe?? why

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hey everyone, i recently picked up a tang safety ruger m77 in 3006 that is in nice shape. trigger is crisp, barrel is nice, etc. however, when the safety is on, the bolt can be lifted up. have taken the action off and looked at it.... everything seems ok. safety locks the trigger up tight even when banging the butt on the concrete. did a search and all i could find was to take the gun to a gunsmith to check out and adjust; nothing to suggest as to possible causes. so, why would this be happening and what could be done to remediate it, apart from taking it to a gunsmith.

thanks
 
I think there were two versions, not opening on safe and opening on safe. IIRC, Ruger would retrofit so that the bolt would open on safe. Opening on safe prevents an accidental firing should the trigger be pulled or the rifle dropped.
 
Lodi said:
I think there were two versions, not opening on safe and opening on safe. IIRC, Ruger would retrofit so that the bolt would open on safe. Opening on safe prevents an accidental firing should the trigger be pulled or the rifle dropped.
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I think early ones had the locking feature. Deleted so that the rifle could be unloaded while on safe. Remington did the same thing. Operator error could result in an unintended discharge if the rifle had to be manipulated while in firing condition. Liability issue. Locked with safety on does have advantages, keeps the bolt shut.
That is the whole point of three position safeties. Locked shut, cannot fire while bolt is manipulated, and firing mechanism and bolt both unlocked.
 
I have a Ruger m77 MKII ""All weather" stainless bolt action in 300 Win Mag ... it has CRF action and a 3-position safety 1) bolt & firing pin locked, 2) firing pin locked, bolt free, 3) fire
 
The general consensus of the manufacturers became that it was unsafe to have a 2 position safety that locked the bolt as in order to remove a live round from the chamber when the safety was on and the bolt locked - you had to disengage the safety. This was why Remington recalled all bolt action triggers that locked the bolt after losing a big lawsuit.
 
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