First new rifle I ever owned was a Ruger M77MKII in 30-06. I mounted a Nikon 3-9 on it and had a smith give it a good trigger job and later on added remington steel iron sights. It wasnt a particularly accurate rifle, 2-3" groups usually, but it killed everything I ever gave it an opportunity to lauch bullets at. Mostly whitetails up close out to 125 yds. After owning it exclusively for about 5 years, I began to acquire other rifles in the latest/greatest for the period and sold it off for something "better". Always had a softspot for M77's, never had a failure with any of them. Some were definitely more or less accurate than others. The recent production ones seem to as good as ever for consistent accuracy.
