BCWILL said:Not IMO...I much prefer the three position safety on the Mark II
Plus the mk11 is controlled round feed
Time will tell if the old model passes the new one in value but I personally doubt it ever will.
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Plus the mk11 is controlled round feed
Time will tell if the old model passes the new one in value but I personally doubt it ever will.
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The allweather Ruger I bought came with a lam stock which has been floated. Very nice to look at and no sound from it. Not fond of plastic stocks anyways and everyone I know that has one wants a better one. The lam stock is real good and a gunsmith can work his magic on it easily. The wood is way more stable than a solid stock as well when laminated. Stained grey and the guys at the range seem to think it is pretty.
The allweather Ruger I bought came with a lam stock which has been floated. Very nice to look at and no sound from it. Not fond of plastic stocks anyways and everyone I know that has one wants a better one. The lam stock is real good and a gunsmith can work his magic on it easily. The wood is way more stable than a solid stock as well when laminated. Stained grey and the guys at the range seem to think it is pretty.
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I own a stainless MK11 in 30-06 with the boat paddle stock.Just handling the rifle you can tell it's a tough gun.It just feels solid.It shoots great and has never let me down in any way.The 3 way safety imho is one of the best safety systems I've used.I own around 10 guns and this is the one that more often than not gets the nod come hunting time.I wouldn't hesitate to buy another.I've never owned a Tikka so I can't really say how they compare.
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Glad to hear that there a decent rifle. I just did a trade for one in stainless with laminated stock. I've always owned remingtons and tikkas so I didn't know what to expect. From the sounds of it I should be happy with it.
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They may not be the best or the prettiest but Ruger has a well earned reputation for reliability and even to some degree, accuracy. MOA on a factory rifle with not much done to it will hunt very will and does pretty good at the range too. Cant lose with a reworked Mauser action. Change left over once a Leupie VXIII added on about $200 before you even add a scope to a Tikka. Nice middle of the road setup that works very well. Anybody I talk to says pretty much the same thing "cant go too far wrong with a Ruger" and the stainless lh bolt just tops it off for me. A serious tool for the job I have in mind. No closet queen here. Im just coming up on 100 rounds so it will just get better.
They may not be the best or the prettiest but Ruger has a well earned reputation for reliability and even to some degree, accuracy. MOA on a factory rifle with not much done to it will hunt very will and does pretty good at the range too. Cant lose with a reworked Mauser action. Change left over once a Leupie VXIII added on about $200 before you even add a scope to a Tikka. Nice middle of the road setup that works very well. Anybody I talk to says pretty much the same thing "cant go too far wrong with a Ruger" and the stainless lh bolt just tops it off for me. A serious tool for the job I have in mind. No closet queen here. Im just coming up on 100 rounds so it will just get better.
This was my first Magnum rifle,
1973, M77 Tang Safety in 7MM Rem Mag.
I have had great success with this rifle, at 200 yards the bullet holes always overlap each other, at 100 yards it's hard to count a five shot group from one hole in the paper. I shoot Amax 162g (moly), IMR 4350 63g.
I took a Stone Sheep (pictured under my name here) with this rifle at a 45 down hill angle at about 425 yards one shot, that trip it never stopped raining until the last three days out of 14, and no one had any oil with them and this thing still worked perfectly.
I will never part with it, that's how much I like the Ruger.
I've been actually thinking about a all-weather Ruger in 7mm-08, for the days it never stops raining here.
I added the Leupold Vari-X II 4-12X40 AO a couple of years after I picked this little beaut up.
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1973, M77 Tang Safety in 7MM Rem Mag.
I have had great success with this rifle, at 200 yards the bullet holes always overlap each other, at 100 yards it's hard to count a five shot group from one hole in the paper. I shoot Amax 162g (moly), IMR 4350 63g.
I took a Stone Sheep (pictured under my name here) with this rifle at a 45 down hill angle at about 425 yards one shot, that trip it never stopped raining until the last three days out of 14, and no one had any oil with them and this thing still worked perfectly.
I will never part with it, that's how much I like the Ruger.
I've been actually thinking about a all-weather Ruger in 7mm-08, for the days it never stops raining here.
I added the Leupold Vari-X II 4-12X40 AO a couple of years after I picked this little beaut up.
I guess I'll only have to deal with the rough action now!I see they make a RUGER ''ALL WEATHER''in 350 magnum-and that could tempt me for a moose /bear gun.I was reading a recent magazine article about someone using a Ruger all weather rifle on an Alaskan peninsula deer hunt-and as they said''used it for almost everything short of a canoe paddle''and it held up very well
