Hi...new member here! I need some help in valueing a Ruger m77 338 Winchester Mag...tang safety...1985 according to serial number...bedded Bell and Carlson synthetic stock, Baush & lomb 4×12 scope....I've owned since the mid 90's...to much gun for deer hunting which is all I do now...and I use a muzzle loader..dont like the cold anymore...also have 5 full boxes of fed premium 210 gr nosler.....gun is nice shape, a few scratches on hinge plate, clean and shoots nice groups, with a big push on the shoulder. I have loading dies and 130 nickel & brass cases . Ball park estimate appreciated..TIA
Ruger M77 338 value
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I sold the same rifle, though with a Redfield scope on it, for 750 year before last. - dan
Thanks for reply....I don't see much ammo for 338 win at my local store...and it's pricey when in stock....the rifle likes the fed premium but haven't seen it on the shelf in years....I've seen some cheaper 250 gr shells @ cnd T, that might make a decent 200yd deer gun out of it !
Thanks Dan....maybe I'll take up moose or elk hunting again..or switch the lead & make a deer gun out of it, I really like the gun, shame not to use it .
185 or 200 gr bullets in this cartridge male a dandy deer rifle. - dan
Probably, retail price of ammo anything mag is pretty silly last few years. Started loading for a buddy with a 300 Ultra, last box of 20 he looked at was $220 lol.
Nobody I hunt with has ditched their mags thou, from short mags to common mags to silly Ultra mags, they still run them.
I still hunt with a 6.5x55 for nearly everything, so I'm not the best spokesperson lol.
My long range target guns are mostly mags thou...6.5PRC, 7mm Rem, 300 Win, they are all very accurate.
yup and 2700fps won't kill a gopher it will kill anything out to 350 yds plus
I like 225gr SST's for that sort of work. Can load it relatively soft and still have a great deer gun.
Your deer must be much tougher than ours. Ours fall over dead for any decent centerfire milsurp cartridge and they are all under 2600fps.
Mark
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That's the pickle that I'm in. Well, kinda the opposite. I have so many components and so much ammunition that I will never be able to shoot it all. Hell, I haven't bought anything other than a pound of shotgun powder and a couple of boxes of 22 WRF (which, of course you buy when you find) in the past 10 years. I've even got a bunch of ammunition for things I've never even owned! But I definitely won't be adopting anything that I don't have ammo in the locker for!
I use that to my advantage. Whatever bullets or powder I pick up, I have something I can use it in. - dan
What bullets do you use ? I ask because I stocked up on Fed prem 210 gr Nosler partion years ago , gun shoots them very accurate, but at 200yds a heart or lung shot and they whistle threw like shooting paper......they run and i have to look for them in the bush as daylight fades....there's cheaper 250 gr available but not likely as accurate at long range where the noslers shine..sooo.... now I hunt deer with a 50 cal muzzle loader....@ 150 yds or less it pretty much knocks them off their feet ! And it's early season ! So likely sell the 338 !
My experience hasn't mimicked that. It is still one of my top bullet choices for hunting. - dan
