VA,

My Ruger experience is about like yours. I had one of the first ones made in 1985.. Really the whole design is /was pretty good but the gu only shot 5/8" groups at best, most were 1"+ at 50 yards- pretty mediocre. The problem was the bolt desgin and toldances are pretty sloppy, IMHO. They always have been and it's a big reason whay many of those guns don't shoot for beans right out of the box.

I think if Ruger retooled the m77/22 action , and tightened up the tolerances like they did with the Mini -14, they would truly have a world class rimfire hunting rifle.. Until that day, I will avoid them as there are better options for the $$, IMHO.

BTW, VA, exactly how well did your Rem 504 rifles shoot? Any function issues?

Last edited by jim62; 04/11/10.
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