I had one of the early Ruger M77 MKII Stainless rifles in .30-06. I think I acquired it around 1991-92. It had the boat paddle stock and this one was a push feed and not CRF (early ones were push feed but had the claw extractor). The rifle was tough as nails and would take anything you could dish out. However, it never produced excellent groups. Accuracy was mediocre producing 1.5-2" groups with factory ammo. Handloaded ammunition might produce groups a hair over 1" @ 100 yds. I was never impressed with it and it went down the road.
