Why no love for Ruger?

Hi,
I bought a Ruger M77 MkII in 300Win mag and I love it.
I had the choice of the new Hawkeye, Tikka T3, various Remingtons and Savages but I chose the Ruger for the following reasons:
I love the lines of the rifle, it has the prettiest stock design of any comparably priced rifle out there. Also it is actually a walnut stock which are becoming rarer. I like the blueing on the MkII. I don't like the matt finish on many of the other rifles. I have a liking for controlled round feed. Not so important on a .300 Win mag I know but, hey that's the way Paul Mauser designed it and I am not going to argue.
I realised that this rifle had faults, not least its trigger but $75 and a week with a good gunsmith bought me a crisp, clean 3lb pull which I can't fault.
I have it dialled in with a handload driving 180 grain Accubonds at a little over 2800 fps which regularly gives 100 metre, 3 shot groups just a little larger than my thumbnail.
In esscence I think that my Ruger is a good, honest hunting rifle. It will never win a 1000 metre match or stand up to the history of a pre-64 Winchester model 70 but its my rifle, it does everything I need it to do and I know that in 40 years time I can hand it to one of my Grand kids and say that its as good as the day I bought it.
Tack
 
Currently own a few in 243, 280 and 338 wm, they comprise my stable of go to guns, had one in 220 swift for a while as well, and sold it like a dummy. Will likely get myself into another one or two as time passes, i love them, they fit me , and they are accurate. What more could you want?
 
I own 4 Rugers right now, and one of them is a M77 MKII LH in 30-06. It shoots really well (only one load ever above 1" for 3 shots); only reason I have ever considered getting rid of it was for a stainless one.
 
I love my 10/22 and miss my .44 deerfield. I have only owned 1 Bolt, it was a Mod 77 in 7mm-08, I found it heavy and very poor groupins, I sould it to buy a Tikka and do not regret it one bit.

I swore I would never buy another Ruger Bolt gun but I see from other posters that mine was not necessarily a good example.
 
Maybe I was just lucky, but my "deal of a lifetime" rifle is the Ruger M77 HB in .308. I got it from a guy who never shot it (didn't have the time) NIB with a Leupold VariX III for $750. It's put lots of deer on the table and always with 1 shot. I don't know about the earlier Rugers, but mine is a gem, and everyone in my circle drools over it. I think the pics tell it all.
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I have 3, M77s one in a hawkeye! they all needed some tuning, and tehy all shoot as well as the rifles you mentioned above.

They are a bit heavier than the savage and Tikka, but a great rifle at that.
 
2 here, a .250S & a 7x57 converted to a .280 :)
Both are early 70s tang versions that will shoot around 1" all day. Yes some work was neccessary, like bedding, floating & trigger adjustments, but tell about all the other early 70s bolts that didn't need it!
Also had a early 22-250V that after a million rounds still shot 3/4" sold it for a beautiful Sako 22-250V that wouldn't do any better.
I like the fit, the slick bolt & the looks, I'll take another one any day :)
 
Ive always heard Rugers have had terrible triggers and thus have stayed away from them. For me a trigger is one of the most important features on a gun.
Ive never owned a Ruger bolt rifle, probably never will so I really have no hard evidence of bad trigger claims.


Cheers!!
 
Bought my first Ruger this year, a Hawkeye in .257 Roberts. The stock fit is great, the action required about 30 rounds to smooth out a bit. The trigger breaks nicely, with just a bit of creep, and my finger tells me it's somewhere around 4 lbs. Straight from the box it shoots quite well, factory Winchester +P 117 grain to about 1.5 MOA, and 100-grain handloads into about an inch for 3 shots at a hundred yards. This with a Leupold 2-7X scope, which really only goes up to about 6X. I want to try it with a bit more powerful scope at the range; I think it's a very capable rifle. I really do wish they'd kept the tang safety, and I'm a DM fancier, but it's a heck of a good rifle, especially in its price range. I'm a fan.
I really like the stock reworking. The wraparound checkering is great, and the new recoil pad is probably good; it's hard to tell when it's a Roberts.
As well, I got pretty nice wood on mine - not insanely gorgeous, but a very nice piece of walnut with a bit of figure.
As to the thread title, I don't get it. One of the factors that made me try a Ruger was the fact that they get so many great reviews on this site.
 
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I have a 30-06 MK 11 stainless with the canoe paddle stock.It doesn't shoot 165's very well but with 180's she really shines.Shot my first deer and my first moose with this gun.I can't see myself ever selling it,hell I even like the canoe paddle stock now lol.
 
If someone gets a new rifle that shoots, he tells a few people and goes hunting.
On the other hand, if it doesn't shoot he tells everyone at the gun-shop, his gunsmith, anyone that he thinks can reload better than him, and 4 guys that he hopes are better shots. After that he trades it in, and the process is repeated until the rifle is purchased by someone who doesn`t know the difference, doesn`t care, finds a bedding problem or rips the barrel off. Ruger cranked out a lot of ho hum shooters, and even if they have fixed that issue by producing their own barrels the turds are still out there stinking up the place.
 
I've owned a lot of Ruger rifles over the years, and of the lot, only one early tang-safety model was a lousy shooter. All the rest came around with a bit of "tweaking". A couple were very accurate out-of-box. At present I own two tang safety models and one Mk II. My tang safety models are a 77V in 220 Swift, and a 77R in 6mm Remington. The Swift is deadly accurate [under ½ moa with loads it likes] the 6mm is a moa rifle with the 100 Partition. The Mk II in 6.5x55 has alwys been great, right from the get-go. The one thing that none of these Rugers still have, is the factory trigger. I have a dislike for these, and replace them as soon as a rifle shows potential. Regards, Eagleye.
 
Both my 7RM and 375 Ruger required trigger work (but I am a little picky) I replaced the &RM trigger with Timney, the 375 I sent to Guntech and he slicked up the trigger for a good price and fast, too.

Both rifles were functional hunting rifles without th trigger work, though.:)
 
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