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The RL(=UL), RLS, Frontier, Compact and RSI all share the same thinner contour with a shorter shank. I greatly prefer this contour. I like taking the stainless RSI rifles and dropping them in a synthetic RL stock to make a version that would look like a stainless RLS. I wish that Ruger would make them. Even better if they did one in .358W.

I had a MKII RL in .243 that was an excellent rifle. I still regret selling it.

Now I am on the hunt for a stainless Hawkeye RL in .223


This is a .308 that was a Lipseys RSI before I swapped stocks and now is one of my favorite treestand/brush guns.

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haverluk, that sounds interesting. Could you tell me where you source stocks for a 77RL?

Direct from Ruger. They go for like $70 with shipping

They are great little rifles. I have two (tang safety .250 and a MKII .308) and bought a third a year back but ended up rebarreling it with a 23 inch standard Ruger contour barrel. I have small hands and really like the thinned down stocks. The Hawkeye timber stocks also fit me better than the M77 and MKII stocks.

Have a tang safety one in 30-06 I used for deer hunting this year. It's a perfectly sized rifle for a small box blind, and light enough you can carry it all day and not be bothered.

Good info. Thx for sharing.

I have hunted with a 270. They are WORTH it.

I bought a tang safety ultralight in 6mm Rem for my son. I love the way it handles and the action is super slick, but it is very picky as to what it will shoot. Even with what it likes, it seems to want to be very clean (like needing to scrub the barrel after 10-15 shot if you want it to keep shooting good). Otherwise, it will put anything into 2.5" @ 100. I won't get rid of it. My boy has killed several deer with it. I thought about having a new barrel put on it and might at some point.