I always hear about poor shooting tangers. Thank god, I've never had one. They have always functioned flawlessly and the actions were smoother than the M77 MKII's and for a lefty, the safety is easier to manipulate than the standard mkII's or hawkeyes. As we've all heard, barrels were outsourced and they were not very good at times, then Ruger started to produce their own barrels and those were very good. Now days the Hawkeye's have even better barrels, but for a damn fine hunting rifle, the tang safety Ruger 77's are hard to beat. I wouldn't be scared to roll the dice on one again and probably walk away a winner as I have so many times before.
