The Ruger 77/17 WSM heavy barrel got 40 rounds put down the tube yesterday by me.
It shot VERY well.
My friend wanted it sighted in at 75 yards (I don't know why?) and at the range I measured one group with my steel ruler there at the range and five shots was just under 1/2".
Normally I measure and record groups down to about .001" but my friend called me before I could get the targets back home - and met me in town to pick up his Rifle the ammo and the targets.
So I did not get to try the trigger out back at home with fired cases and my Schrader trigger gauge.
Nor did I get to precisely measure the targets.
But the trigger was pretty good and was crisp but a tad heavy (I am guesstimating at 4 1/2 pounds).
The recoil was just about non-existent and I found an unbroken clay pigeon on the grounds of our range and took it out to 130 yards or so and set it up in sage brush I hit it dead center (it did not break on the first shot as shown with my 40 power range spotting scope).
The second shot broke the clay pigeon and I easily saw that occur.
Someone had set up a bulldozer blade tooth on top of our 100 yard stantion and I easily plinked it - knocking it off the target frame with gusto!
I have handled these heavy objects at our range before and IIRC they way about 6 or 7 pounds.
Overall I was quite impressed with my friends 77/17 WSM - especially with its accuracy.
The Rifle functioned flawlessly - feeding, extraction and ejection wise.
I inspected the fired cases and saw NO signs of pressure or other abnormalities.
The ONLY area of criticism I could find with the Rifle or with the function was the bolt was rather stiff in its closing and opening - I assume this stiffness will wear in or wear away somewhat.
It was rather noticeable though.
I am "up in the air" whether to buy one for myself - ammunition around here and on my travels of recent seems to be quite available - of course that is the way it was with 17 Mach2 ammo at first - and I now have three Rifles in that caliber that I am having a VERY tough time feeding anymore!
I only fired the Federal ammo and did not break into the Hornady ammo.
Hold into the wind
VarmintGuy