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OK If it's got to be one, a Model 70 Winchester. But even they along with 98 Mausers are subject to fail. If you can afford to go someplace like that hunting surely you can afford a back up. No mechanical device is infallible, especially rifle scopes. Sometimes you're where it's inconvenient to resight a rifle. Lots of times somebody will drop a rifle. When I used to hunt up the country a lot in the Texas Hill Country I'd sometimes bring three guns. Not just for my own backup but there was usually 6 or 8 of us and invariably somebody would have a failure of some kind. Get you a good two gun case and put two rifles in it. This question is one I don't even usually contemplate.
Last edited by Filaman; 07/01/20.
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Stainless synthetic Ruger 77 MKII or Hawkeye. Agreed. But I can't stomach them so get along with M70's and Kimber MT's.
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Kimbers, Mausers, 700's and M70's and a 77 Ruger. Never had one fail.
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Pre-64 Model 70. I would have said Mauser Model 98 except that on a Colorado elk hunt my friend's M98 had the bolt stop spring break.
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Ruger Model 77 Mk II stainless with the original trigger worked down to around three pounds. (or slightly less) As BSA said earlier on this thread, “You’ve just got to learn how to work on Ruger triggers.” Don’t replace them with a box trigger.
On the MKII's, you cannot replace the trigger with a "box trigger" if you wanted to. The aftermarket triggers for Ruger Mark II's are naked triggers like the factory ones, just as simple and reliable, except they have adjustment screws and different springs with them. RJ
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These all work. All Ruger M77/MKII/Hawkeye, all original triggers but reworked to a clean/crisp 3.5lb average. ![[Linked Image]](https://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbthreads/gallery/80/full/128146.jpg) Top to bottom: .338WM MKII .300WM MKII .30-06 MKII .280 Rem Hawkeye .308 Win Hawkeye Scout
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No, I'm not a Ruger bigot - just an unabashed fan of their revolvers, M77's and #1's.
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