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we saw a break in the clouds today so we ran out to camp to check the trail cam & shoot a few rifles.

I had this M77 264WM that I really wanted to get an honest answer out of as far as accuracy.

We had decent shooting conditions even though my bench is just a wobbly old wooden phone cable spool.

Here are some pics of our afternoon.

I added a 1" black leather montana sling to the rifle.



view through the lookin tube..



I guess I was shooting for an inch high at a hundred. this was my 3 shot group.



i'm thinkin it's safe to call it a 3/4" group. I'm happy with that. 140 gr winchester powerpoint fact loads.



next it was runswithscissors turn on the bench. He's shooting some 165 gr rem green box fact loads, his first time shooting a full powder load, he's been shooting reduced recoil up until now. He will be carrying this rifle in Colorado with us in a couple of months looking to put a big colorado rubber nosed cow on the ground.





He did fine, 3 round group smaller than his fist at 100 yds. that'll work!!