One of the tanger 77s I've owned was a 7mm Remington Magnum with a shot-out barrel picked up for around $250 in a local store. Had Charlie Sisk turn it into a custom .300 Winchester Magnum, which shot very accurately of course, and was used on various hunts from Mexico to Canada--including on this Sonora mule deer:

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When I first asked Charlie about the project, he said it was just as easy to get a 77 to shoot well as a Remington 700.
The load used on this buck was a 168 TSX with RL-19, which usually put three in 1/2" or so at 100 yards....


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