coyote wacker
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I picked a month a go one in stainless steel 7mm Rem Mag Mark II with a Boyds stock in left a hand. For $730 and thought it was a great deal. The real plus was it looks like it hasen't been fired but a few times.
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M77 mark ii 30-06
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F. Vaccaro
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Brickman, congratulations, that's a good buy considering that new Ruger Americans & other plastic stocked rifles are in that price range! I think it's a very good buy. Ruger 77s are great rifles. This being Tuesday, I hope that rifle is in your hands now!
Brickman301
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Yes I got it!!Brickman, congratulations, that's a good buy considering that new Ruger Americans & other plastic stocked rifles are in that price range! I think it's a very good buy. Ruger 77s are great rifles. This being Tuesday, I hope that rifle is in your hands now!
Picked it up after I got off work.
I’ll post pictures soon!
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Good deal! Congrats! I think you're going to like it. I'm happy and excited for you. I'm looking forward to seeing some pics!
BTW, I liked using my Ruger M77 Mk II in .30-06 on my trip to South Africa way back in 2002 well enough (see my previous post in this thread) that I decided to buy another one and have my gunsmith play around with it. Yeah, call me crazy.
Here's what we came up with. (The pics are old so please forgive the quality of them.)Cheers! Bob F.
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Ruger M77 Mk II in .30-06 Springfield customized by Todd Johnson of Lone Star Armory in Pearland, Texas. English walnut stock with African ebony fore end cap; shadow line cheek piece; cross bolt; flat point checkering. Stock finished with hand rubbed coats of oil. Pachmayr Decelerator pad. Steel magazine floor plate. Dakota inletted pistol grip cap and rear sling stud. Ruger barrel band sling stud. Rifle Basix trigger. Pillar and glass bedded. Bolt and extractor jeweled. Bolt lugs lapped. Action polished. Extractor tuned.
F. Vaccaro
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Congratulations, that is one beautiful rifle.
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I forgot to mention in my post above the inspiration for my customized Ruger M77 Mk II .30-06. 
"Osa Johnson: explorer, writer, filmmaker, author, pilot, photographer, lecturer, and big game hunter. Pictured with her Griffin & Howe Springfield .30-’06 Sprg. on one of her many safaris."
Link to the source post by Griffin & Howe on Instagram.
Martin & Osa Johnson Safari Museum
Cheers! Bob F.
"Osa Johnson: explorer, writer, filmmaker, author, pilot, photographer, lecturer, and big game hunter. Pictured with her Griffin & Howe Springfield .30-’06 Sprg. on one of her many safaris."
Link to the source post by Griffin & Howe on Instagram.
Martin & Osa Johnson Safari Museum
Cheers! Bob F.
Brickman301
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I know this response was to someone else, but I’m the original poster, and I’m in need of the shiny stainless scope rings.
I’m looking for #4 and #5 rings. If you have them and are willing to part with them please PM me, and let me know what you want for them.
Thanks
I’ll take a look this weekend and see what I can find for you.
Brickman301
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Thanks!
Goopy
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Good for you Brickman! The Ruger M77 MkII is an "Everyman's Classic" and one of the easiest bolt guns to mess about with:
If a knucklehead like me can get it dialed in and ready to go, anyone can! Mine is a "Plain Jane" variant that prefers the heavier bullets over the lighter ones.
Great grab and you are going to love being able to load for most anything with that platform.
If a knucklehead like me can get it dialed in and ready to go, anyone can! Mine is a "Plain Jane" variant that prefers the heavier bullets over the lighter ones.
Great grab and you are going to love being able to load for most anything with that platform.
Brickman301
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Thanks, I’m sure I’ll love it. Funny you mention it, but my plan is to shoot heavy bullets from this rifle. Was thinking no lighter than 180’s but most likely 200’s or even 220’s.
Yours might be “plain Jane”, but she looks beautiful, and shoots good too! I’m a fan of classic looking rifles.
Goopy
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Jeez Bob, that is one beautiful rifle…
Good deal! Congrats! I think you're going to like it. I'm happy and excited for you. I'm looking forward to seeing some pics!
BTW, I liked using my Ruger M77 Mk II in .30-06 on my trip to South Africa way back in 2002 well enough (see my previous post in this thread) that I decided to buy another one and have my gunsmith play around with it. Yeah, call me crazy.
Cheers! Bob F.
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Ruger M77 Mk II in .30-06 Springfield customized by Todd Johnson of Lone Star Armory in Pearland, Texas. English walnut stock with African ebony fore end cap; shadow line cheek piece; cross bolt; flat point checkering. Stock finished with hand rubbed coats of oil. Pachmayr Decelerator pad. Steel magazine floor plate. Dakota inletted pistol grip cap and rear sling stud. Ruger barrel band sling stud. Rifle Basix trigger. Pillar and glass bedded. Bolt and extractor jeweled. Bolt lugs lapped. Action polished. Extractor tuned.
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Billy
Goopy
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Hey Brick,
Let us know how the trigger is on your new pick up. With the MkII’s, the only real complaint was a sort of mushy trigger. Most people did a nice stone job on the trigger and came up with a very serviceable and good feeling trigger with a beautiful break. Of course, Ruger decided to upgrade the triggers when they went to the Hawkeye platform.
I’m assuming with your new rifle, if someone went to the trouble of putting on a beautiful chunk of wood, they also smoothed up the trigger.
Let us know how the trigger is on your new pick up. With the MkII’s, the only real complaint was a sort of mushy trigger. Most people did a nice stone job on the trigger and came up with a very serviceable and good feeling trigger with a beautiful break. Of course, Ruger decided to upgrade the triggers when they went to the Hawkeye platform.
I’m assuming with your new rifle, if someone went to the trouble of putting on a beautiful chunk of wood, they also smoothed up the trigger.
Brickman301
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Whit the little bit of dry firing I’ve done, I believe someone worked on the trigger. It feels pretty light and smooth with no creep.
Brickman301
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Update: I picked up a set of low stainless rings a week or so ago, and mounted a NIB Athlon 4x12x40 I had on her. Most likely I’m going to replace that scope with an older 3x9x40 Leupold scope I have laying around.
Anyways, I was able to get to the range yesterday evening to get her sighted in. Didn’t have a lot of daylight left, so I only shot at 50 yards. I know from past experiences that dead on with a 50 yard zero in 30-06 gets me pretty close to point of aim at 200 yards. I bore sighted her at the range and it took me 2 shots to get the scope dialed in. I was using some cheap Winchester 180 grain power point ammo. I only shot a 3 shot group, and 2 of those bullet holes were touching each other. She’s a shooter!
Here’s a picture of the rifle and of the target. The target is in 1” squares.
Anyways, I was able to get to the range yesterday evening to get her sighted in. Didn’t have a lot of daylight left, so I only shot at 50 yards. I know from past experiences that dead on with a 50 yard zero in 30-06 gets me pretty close to point of aim at 200 yards. I bore sighted her at the range and it took me 2 shots to get the scope dialed in. I was using some cheap Winchester 180 grain power point ammo. I only shot a 3 shot group, and 2 of those bullet holes were touching each other. She’s a shooter!
Here’s a picture of the rifle and of the target. The target is in 1” squares.
Goopy
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Hell yeah!
Brickman301
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Thanks! That was my thoughts exactly.
Couldn’t believe it shot that good, with cheap ammo. Definitely going to try a few different types of ammo, but this is going to be hard to beat.
Goopy
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You’ll find that even with cheap ammunition the rifle shoots admirably. When you start reloading your own, things get really cool…
I looked back at the thread and the pic that I posted of mine is inaccurate- that sight in was at 100 yards, not 200 yards.
I looked back at the thread and the pic that I posted of mine is inaccurate- that sight in was at 100 yards, not 200 yards.
Brickman301
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Oh, I’m definitely going to handload for it. Already reload 30-06 for several other rifles I have in that chamber.
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I was on the road the other day for work and stopped by a semi local gun shop on my lunch break. I seen a used Ruger M77 ii for sale in 30-06. It’s stainless, the shiny stainless not the dull finish, in what I believe is a laminated Boyds stock. It does not have any scope rings.
So here’s my dilemma, I don’t need another 30-06, but for some reason I can’t stop thinking about this rifle! It was priced at $590. If I wasn’t on my lunch break, I probably would have picked it up then. So what do you and enablers think?
Should I take the drive this weekend and pick it up?
Crappy cell phone pic I took of it.
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