Ruger 44mag bolt actions

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Every time I see one of these I start thinking I might like one, but wonder how they hold up to say 1000 rounds. Figured folks here might know, are they long term reliable? Any feeding issues? Common failures?
 
I tried the 77/44 stainless model. Nothing wrong with the use I put it through. Ended up selling and moving to a lever instead.

Only thing I didn't like was the Ruger rings, and not being able to change up the rail to mount standard rings on it. Can't get the proper adapters from the US when covid hit, so gave up on it.
 
I have one, the ring adapter is very easy to come by made by leupold, it is not a rail but bases and it allows you to use any rings you want at that point. The one base is extended with two ring mounting locations.

But to answer your question. The ruger m77 in 44 will out last any shooter who owns one. It will my whitetail rifle again this year. I also have the same gun in 357 and it has seen well over 1000 rounds and it’s still going.
 
Ruger has made some very interesting guns over the years in enough oddball variations and chamberings that some of these guns we've seen in our lifetimes will be worth a lot of money to collectors just the same as the collectable Winchesters there are out there now.
 
I've owned a Ruger 77/44 for 14 years with well over 1,000 rounds through it including some spicy 300 grain handloads without a problem. The main issue I had with the gun was a very heavy factory trigger pull which was corrected with an aftermarket trigger sear. Removing the magazine can be a bit awkward and takes a little practice to do it smoothly. I started with a low power Leupold 2.5x fixed scope on mine but swapped it out for a Burris FastFire3 using a Burris mount that works with the Ruger dovetails. The combination makes for a light, fast handling rifle.
 
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