I know there's some RJ Renner fans on the forum, and this post, so I thought I'd take a pic of the 2 side by side. It's not apples to apple as the Renner is a M77 PreWar vs. the Rigby styling.

I don't have a scale to weigh them, but, I assure you the Renner is lighter, even with the FX-3 (which looks like a Hubble compared to the VX3 1-5).

As you can see, the stock is a couple inches shorter on the Renner and quite narrower on the fore-end. The Pre-War feels much more, uh, svelte (can I use that word on a gun forum shocked?). But, to be fair, the Renners will set you back quite a bit more.

Overall I really like both rifles and won't change a thing on the Ruger African .275 other than switch out the matte 1-5 with a gloss VX3 1-5.

I like it enough I'm going to delay having a M77 turned into a Faux Rigby by RJ.


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