Originally Posted by Pappy348
My late brother had two Bicentennials, a 77V .220, and a 1B .270. Both were extremely accurate. He used the old Lee Target Loaders, the ones with the neck reamer, and the groups made with the Swift would still impress in this age of wonder-guns. He eventually rebarreled it to .22/243 and put it in a glass stock. When he got sick, he had it rebarreled again with a standard .22/250 barrel so he could sell it easily before he passed.


Interesting to know that others used a Lee Target Loader with a Ruger 77V. Mine is a (circa) 1973 22-250. Instead of pounding on it with a hammer, I used an arbor press.
Nothing wrong with that barrel and later, when accuracy fell off, I sent the rifle to Ruger for a new barrel. Nothing wrong with that barrel either.

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