POS ruger hawkeye

Think about this. You have a different opinion the so called ex spurts on here and you are vilified. The ones that claim owning and shooting hundreds of firearms being discussed. Think about the time it would take ........ and the cost and the capability to do so will living and making a some what normal living .

Of course if you were independently wealthy.

I purchased my first Ruger centerfire rifle in .280 in 1976 , well not owning and shooting hundreds , I've owned and shot more then a few.

Quality has diminished in my opinion since the tang safety and early MKII as well as the #1's .

My current accumulation consist of more then 60% Rugers, I haven't given up on them but I purchase very new , and then mostly from proven sources.

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I haven't read all the comments in this thread so I apologize if this is redundant. I own and have owned several M77, MKII and Hawkeyes. The Hawkeyes seem to suffer from sticky actions in their SA more so than the LA. I think it is either a result of the bead blasting or casting method leaving a rough finish on the bridge and rails. As well the spring on the blade extractor can be heavy making he issue worse. I just take some steel wool or such and polish those areas. The triggers I have found if just touched with a stone produce 3ish lb triggers depending on the rifle break very clean. Mind you they aren't adjustable. Only one I have owned was unable to produce sub MOA groups regularly.
 
I have owned a number of Ruger bolt action rifles, tang safety as well as the newer Mk II and Hawkeye
versions. All have worked well in the field and at the range. Never ran into a bind issue.
At present, I have only one, an old 77 flatbolt in 6mm Remington. My leanings as far as Ruger rifles is
the #1, I have always liked the looks and feel of a #1. Regret selling a Model AB in 7x57. Dave.
 
This thread was both informative and painful at the same time! Learned a thing or two though. I am mainly a CZ and Brno man, but I also like my plastic Tikkas and old-school style Henry levers. Would it be safe to say that the earlier tang safety M77's are a bit smoother out-of-the-box, and perhaps a little better made?
 
Reading this thread makes me feel like I’m in bizarro world. I have had mostly mk ii’s but every ruger I’ve owned was smooth as hell
 
I have a m77 Alaskan in 375 ruger. It’s probably got 600-800 rounds down the pipe.
Bolt it’s nice and smooth for me. The only issues I have is I can’t get 3 rounds in the mag with out it giving me feeding issues on the first round. But I believe it’s to do with my hand loads being seated long.
But 1 in the chamber and 2 in the mag is more then enough. Plus the gun shoots 1/2-3/4 moa out to 400yrds with 300g and 235g loads
 
I would have bought a Ruger 375, but the price went from $1050 to $1550 in a year as I saved. I bought a used CZ550 with VXIII mounted for the same $1550. I generally don’t consider them as I rifle shop. Tikka or Weatherby/Howa. Hoyt aside, there are enough reports of binding bolts in this thread to send me elsewhere to save some of the chance of having to spent time and ammo to “fix” a new rifle. The apparent deitification of one poster rubs my wrong also. Not the first time.
 
Reports of binding bolts in CRF rifles being taken as a sign of poor quality is like disregarding manual transmissions because they stall…
 
The main reason for the rough feel on the Ruger is the fact that the bolt and the receiver are both investment cast. If you look at investment cast steel under a microscope it has tiny round bubbles in the grain structure . Versus regular steel is longitudinal in structure .That is why investment cast actions feel so rough.There are some investment cast Remington clone actions out there that feel the same way.They will never be as smooth as a forged or machined action no matter how much polishing you do.Nitride coating on the bolt or action will help. That is why the grease works its a barrier between the bubbles if you were.
 
Buckmastr said:
I don’t find stainless mk2 Rugers any rougher then stainless model 70’s.
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The stainless one are not as prevalent .You must of had a rough model 70 as they at least have an anti bind rib and are machined action .They will not have the gummy feel like the Rugers plus they can be smoothed out with some minor tuning .Ruger not so much
 
No gummy feel on the Mk2’s. Never a MK2 needed smoothing out ime.
The machining on some Model 70’s is nothing to write home about

Left Model 70 stainless classic
Right Ruger 77 MK2 stainless

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wannabe said:
okay....the longwinded version

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If you are using the Bolt like Nutn Fancy. the gun is not the problem. i have one that runs super smooth if you run it correctly. if i recreate the Nutn fancy scenario then yes it will bind because im putting sideways pressure while trying to pull it straight back. lots of guys showing proper technique on youtube. Nutn fancy is a donkey when it comes to bolt guns and should stick to reviewing AR's and tacticool gear. his channel is a joke really.

that being said maybe you do have a lemon and if you are confident your running it correctly send it back to Ruger.
 
I have found MK2’s are very smooth Hawkeyes are bit rougher but still great guns, I have my .257R MK2 ultra light being re barrelled by G Flach right now, barrel was toast, just waiting for the call to pick it up.
 
I have a NIB 1991 M77 tang safety (last year of the M77) on its way to me. I have plenty of quality rifles to compare it to. We'll see how nice it is. I am pretty excited, as it's my first modern bolt action chambered in 7x57.
 
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