ruger m77 hawkeye predator

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Appreciate any feeback on the Ruger Hawkeye Predator. Looking to buy one in .204 Ruger. I think they look great, hopefully they shoot as well as they look. Thanks in advance for your input...
 
The Ruger Hawkeye's in .204 don't feed worth a crap, are heavy guns for calibre, big rough bolt designed for a .30-06, rigged up mag with sheet metal to fit small rounds, trigger is nothing special and the feed ramp must be from a .223. In my opinion the Hawkeye's in .204 are slapped together. I owned a blued walnut and returned it the next day and I'm a huge Ruger fan. You're call. CZ 527 would be worth looking at.
 
Ruger m77 i had, was very inaccurate, called ruger they gaurantee 2 inches at 50 yards. Rings supplied would not fit over a scope(rugers solution,, we will give you the phone number of a distibutor where you can buy a new set). Barrel was pressed against the foreend of the stock for 3 inches,, took major sanding to float it, trigger was extremely heavy, had headspace issue(if I got anywhere near max loads I had case seperation problems). Bolt was sloppy. Yup gun looked nice,, cost me several hundred dollars to get it how it should have come from the factory. But still wouldnt shoot better than 3 inch groups at 100, tryed atleast 70-80 different handloads. My first and last ruger I will own. Sold it 8 months after buying new at a huge loss.
 
Ruger m77 i had, was very inaccurate, called ruger they gaurantee 2 inches at 50 yards. Rings supplied would not fit over a scope(rugers solution,, we will give you the phone number of a distibutor where you can buy a new set). Barrel was pressed against the foreend of the stock for 3 inches,, took major sanding to float it, trigger was extremely heavy, had headspace issue(if I got anywhere near max loads I had case seperation problems). Bolt was sloppy. Yup gun looked nice,, cost me several hundred dollars to get it how it should have come from the factory. But still wouldnt shoot better than 3 inch groups at 100, tryed atleast 70-80 different handloads. My first and last ruger I will own. Sold it 8 months after buying new at a huge loss.
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Must be a "Friday or Monday morning" manufacture date.....

Hopefully, I can try before the buy...
 
SKScanuck said:
Must be a "Friday or Monday morning" manufacture date.....

Hopefully, I can try before the buy...
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Good luck.. If you get to try it out,, fire a full clip. See if its that 2-3" group with the flyer 4-5 inches out. If it is that grouping like that... RUN!!! If not, find out what ammo it is, and buy a pallet of it.

If it were me,, no way id be looking at a ruger in a long range varmint rifle. Too many other options out there at the same price.
 
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