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Need to hear from 77/22 owners. Good and any negatives. Have been offered a pair from an estate. I've always been a 10/22 shooter. Any of you fans?


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I like 'em.....

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Originally Posted by huntsman22
I like 'em.....



Accuracy up to 10/22 standards? Maybe that's not a good comparision since my 10/22 have all had new barrels and triggers, so let's go with good by your standards with preferred ammo.


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the opinions on these are going to vary, i own two at the moment and have had two additional ones in addition. i like them, they are a full size feel rimfire rifle with good looks and gets the job done. just like the 10/22's there are tweaks that can be done to improve them if they are not up to your liking.


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Originally Posted by hatari
Need to hear from 77/22 owners. Good and any negatives. Have been offered a pair from an estate. I've always been a 10/22 shooter. Any of you fans?

If they are sporter barrels , its about a 90% certainty they will need to be properly bedded to shoot well .Other than that ,if you like 'em and get them.bought right, rock on. You could do worse..

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I like mine.

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I've had several in various formats over the years. I didn't sell any of them because of problems, I sold them because I found that I wasn't actually using them. Same reason I sold my 10/22s.

Last I bought was around Christmas last year, plastic stock, stainless. Fussed with the trigger a little. I bought the shim kit everyone recommended but it turned out mine was tight enough from the factory even the thinnest shims wouldn't fit. I bought a front extension ring so I could mount the short bodied Leupold 4X RF special on it. Tried a couple loads, sighted it in, cleaned it, put it in the closet, and haven't looked at it since. I reckon I'll probably sell it just like I did the others. Great little gun, but great ideas are only great if you use them.

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They're dependable rifles that look good, have the best magazine and safety and they come with rings. A trigger job, bedding (as jk16 said) and the right ammo was necessary on mine with the standard sporter barrel to get decent accuracy.

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Hatari: I have two Ruger 77/22's - and love them both.
Reliable, accurate and a wonderful magazine system for reliable feeding and quick reloading.
One of my 77/22's is a boat paddle stainless sporter weight gun with a Leupold 3x9 scope and the other is a heavy barrel stainless model with a Weaver V-16 (4x16 variable) scope.
The triggers on these are IME hit or miss - they are either good or great and I chose to add the Volquartsen trigger improvement kit to my heavy barrel 77/22.
I really enjoy my 77/22's and have had no problems with either to date.
They both balance (feel right!) for me and both look very good.
Plus their re-sale value is VERY strong.
Yeah I am a big fan of these.
Good luck if you acquire the two in question.
And... maybe sell me one!
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Another great thing about the 10/22 or 77/22 mags is that they fit real nice into old fashion speed loader pouches for easy carrying in the woods. My self I would rather carry a couple of loaded flush fitting factory mags than to have on of those 25 round deals hanging down and getting in the way.

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good solid rifle.........

although mine is a 17M2..........Lilja barrel........Vortex 2-8x32......DB HP

my only complaint.......damn magazines are always empty..........

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Originally Posted by 43Shooter
They're dependable rifles that look good, have the best magazine and safety and they come with rings. A trigger job, bedding (as jk16 said) and the right ammo was necessary on mine with the standard sporter barrel to get decent accuracy.

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They're dependable rifles that look good, have the best magazine and safety and they come with rings. A trigger job, bedding (as jk16 said) and the right ammo was necessary on mine with the standard sporter barrel to get decent accuracy.


My experience as well, but never got mine to be a accurate as I needed, so sold it.


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I've got a 77/22 SS/Synthetic in 22LR and a 77/22 blue/walnut in 22 Mag. Both rifles have been problem free and accurate enough for my uses. The earlier 77/22 rifles also had the same type of barrel attachment as the 10/22, so barrel changes were easy to do. The newer 77/22s have threaded barrels and you can't change the barrels as easily.


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I have one in 22 and another in 22 magnum. They are both sporter weight barrels. It's hard to quantify, but when I hold them, they feel like a quality gun. There is nothing cheap feeling or looking about them. Mine are fairly new purchases. They have made one trip to the range for sighting in and testing. I ran 3-4 types of ammo through each at 50 yards. Both gave me groups that eyeballed less than 3/4 inch. That's bone stock. I suspect I'll be able to beat that with a little more experimenting. They are easily minute of squirrel head at 50 yards.

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I had an early blued one, which shot poorly, and later had a stainless boat-paddle gun, which shot some ammo exceptionally well. Neither would float my boat, though, and I went to CZs, which have shot better. They weren't bad, but something about them didn't turn my crank. I can't quantify it, but we all know what I mean.


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Hatari,

If you can get them relatively inexpensively, do so. Then send them to Clark Custom in Louisiana and have their medium weight barrel installed and crowned at between 18 and 22 inches, depending on how you prefer a rifle to balance. Also have them do their trigger job. These rifles will shoot with an Anschutz for a lot less money. I have multiples of both and have shot them in side by side comparisons.

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I've had mine since 1987. Walnut, blued, with rings and sights, lightly used when I got it. Accuracy was always good, but I had a lot of light strike misfires. Finally took it to a smith who replaced the firing pin and did a little trigger improvement. Don't know exactly what the "trigger job" amounted to, but it ended up with a very nice light crisp trigger. It's been a great little rifle since. I have an old 4x Bushnell .22 scope on it. It's accurate enough that I used to use old 1cent stamps for targets at 50 yds (and hit them!).

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They are flat out fugking awesome.




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Chose the Ruger over a 541T and a Browning bolt 22, in the 90's, Close in price, did not want a Jap gun, after a bad Weatherby, did not like the 541 mag.
I truly like the Ruger, but, 541 would have been more accurate, probably. Also I would not have had to spend money and work on the trigger.
Wish I had bought different.


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work all the time, feel great for balance, never had one that shot as good as it looked

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