Ruger 77/357 and 77/44 feeding reliability.

[philthygeezer]

What is your experience? I have a 77/44 but haven't fired it yet. Do these pistol caliber bolt actions feed perfectly or do they have their glitches?

 

[blasted_saber]

I have a 77/44. When the mag has 1 or two shells it feeds fine no matter what. When it has 3 or 4 the bolt needs to be closed with authority or the shell will get hung up. No babying it closed, slam it.

No problems with extraction

I like the gun far too much for this to bother me

 

[CanAm]

my 357 feeds great

 

[dthunter]

My 77/44 fed flawlesy! The 77/357 I have no experience with.

 

[hoytcanon]

I have two 77/44's and they both feed perfectly with both 225 FTX and 240 SWC hardcast.

 

[brybenn]

I shot one in 357. It was rough in the action and jammed a few times. However it was new out of the box. My buddy didn't keep it long

 

[Claybuster]

My 77/44 feeds fine with everything from 240-300 grain bullets. My only problem was the trigger pull which was solved with a Volquartsen sear.

 

[hoytcanon]

I have not bothered with the Volquartsen sear for my two as I don't find the triggers bad at all... I may do it at some point down the road, just cuz...

 

[Pneumaniatic]

77/357 here, no issues with feeding, either full mag or loaded 1 at a time into the mag.

 

[c.t.smith]

Had a 44 and sold it but it functioned fine with big flat 300gr cast boolits. Sure was no kimber but it functioned

 

[legi0n]

The first generation of mags for 77/357 were tightened too much and fed unreliably.
Easy fix though.
I think current ones are better.

 

[juanvaldez]

77/44 perfect

 

[neal]

77/357 is great, I have had no problems running anything through it RN, SWC, WC 357 and 38 sp.

My favourite gun that I own.

 

[blasted_saber]

The first generation of mags for 77/357 were tightened too much and fed unreliably.
Easy fix though.
I think current ones are better.

Whats the fix? Wonder if it will work on my 44?

 

[legi0n]

Whats the fix? Wonder if it will work on my 44?

The follower (the rotating thing inside the mag) is (was?) a hair too long and when the assembly screw is tightened it binds.
The fix is to gently grind the rear of the rotor perhaps 0.005" at a time until if spins freely at full tight.
Also there's a possibility the screw is bent. Straighten it.

 

[ipscgraz]

I have a 77/44 with a spare mag.

Once or twice I noticed a hesitation on feeding a round but nothing in the last couple of years so I think it wore in.

Great rifle.

 

[hoytcanon]

I bought four spare mags for my two 77/44's from Brownell's... in case anyone is looking... worked out to $40 per mag to my door.