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Ruger flatbolt #17598718 09/12/22
Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 4,047 L.I. N.Y. S sqweeler OP Campfire Tracker
OP sqweeler Campfire Tracker S Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 4,047 L.I. N.Y.	Bought this early 70's 77RS flatbolt 308.Douglas barrel? Serial 40xxx which is 1971-72. [img]https://i.postimg.cc/TPRZ5Hdy/IMG-0043-7.webp[/img] [img]https://i.postimg.cc/4yqYm9pd/IMG-0050-7.webp[/img]

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Re: Ruger flatbolt sqweeler #17598764 09/12/22
Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 4,380 Jersey Devil Country J JeffyD Campfire Tracker
JeffyD Campfire Tracker J Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 4,380 Jersey Devil Country	Ooohhhh, that is nice!!!! I've been a fan of M77's since I bought my first one in '78, but never saw a flatbolt in the flesh. Congrats! "No good deed shall go unpunished!"

Re: Ruger flatbolt sqweeler #17599471 09/12/22
Joined: Jul 2017 Posts: 1,543 Arizona F Futura Campfire Regular
Futura Campfire Regular F Joined: Jul 2017 Posts: 1,543 Arizona	That’s a beauty. I’ve got one in 308 also. Wish it had sights like yours.

Re: Ruger flatbolt sqweeler #17599703 09/12/22
Joined: May 2002 Posts: 9,993 J Jericho Campfire Outfitter
Jericho Campfire Outfitter J Joined: May 2002 Posts: 9,993	TY for sharing sqweeler, that is a nice looking rifle. I handled a flatbolt several years ago at a local gun shop and they had it priced $449, if I remember correctly. It was a 243 or a 6MM and I dont think they knew what they had

Re: Ruger flatbolt sqweeler #17599986 09/12/22
Joined: Mar 2014 Posts: 326 F Fenton Campfire Member
Fenton Campfire Member F Joined: Mar 2014 Posts: 326	I’ve got one just like it in .30-06. Very nice rifle. Also a round top in .30-06 but no iron sights. Also a .308 and .243 with no iron sights. I like them flat bolts.

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Re: Ruger flatbolt sqweeler #17600553 09/13/22
Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 30,267 Brad Campfire 'Bwana
Brad Campfire 'Bwana Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 30,267	I think the 77 Flatbolt with sights in 308 is one of the coolest rifles Ruger made. Great condition on that one! I'd be curious what it set you back? “Perfection is Achieved Not When There Is Nothing More to Add, But When There Is Nothing Left to Take Away” Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Re: Ruger flatbolt sqweeler #17600648 09/13/22
Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 7,172 G greydog Campfire Tracker
greydog Campfire Tracker G Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 7,172	I briefly had one just like that but in 350 Rem Mag. Another, without sights, was a 284. The 350 was marked "Krupp Steel". Back then, I never kept anything for long. I would trade until I got something so undesirable I was stuck with it. GD

Re: Ruger flatbolt sqweeler #17602927 09/14/22
Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 2,285 MA 308ld Campfire Regular
308ld Campfire Regular Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 2,285 MA	Sqweeler, very nice! From September 1968 Guns & Ammo. Note the original Ruger "Vertical Split Rings" on the early 77s Ed

Re: Ruger flatbolt sqweeler #17604397 09/14/22
Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 10,653 Badger State roundoak Campfire Outfitter
roundoak Campfire Outfitter Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 10,653 Badger State	Nice one. I have one in the 70-xxxxx, Varmint 22-250. Last edited by roundoak; 09/14/22. You're Welcome At My Fire Anytime

Re: Ruger flatbolt sqweeler #17604489 09/14/22
Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 4,047 L.I. N.Y. S sqweeler OP Campfire Tracker
OP sqweeler Campfire Tracker S Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 4,047 L.I. N.Y.	Got it today.Came out of a collection,unfired.Dried factory grease on the bolt. Last edited by sqweeler; 09/14/22.

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Re: Ruger flatbolt sqweeler #17604908 09/14/22
Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 22,735 Minnesocialism B bigwhoop Campfire Ranger
bigwhoop Campfire Ranger B Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 22,735 Minnesocialism	Very nice - thanks for the picks. Keep us posted as to how it shoots. My home is the "sanctuary residence" for my firearms.

Re: Ruger flatbolt sqweeler #17610704 09/17/22
Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 1,619 Shoreline of Erie before the G... H Hairtrigger Campfire Regular
Hairtrigger Campfire Regular H Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 1,619 Shoreline of Erie before the G...	I have one in the back of my safe in 243 I have never heard the story of why Ruger changed the Bollt I am one gun away from happy

Re: Ruger flatbolt sqweeler #17611083 09/17/22
Joined: Nov 2019 Posts: 946 Idaho 3 338reddog Campfire Regular
338reddog Campfire Regular 3 Joined: Nov 2019 Posts: 946 Idaho	Very nice. Had one in 270 and like a idiot, I sold it. It had a extremely tight chamber.

Re: Ruger flatbolt Hairtrigger #17616694 09/19/22
Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 2,695 NE Oklahoma 3 3dtestify Campfire Regular
3dtestify Campfire Regular 3 Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 2,695 NE Oklahoma	Originally Posted by Hairtrigger I have one in the back of my safe in 243 I have never heard the story of why Ruger changed the Bollt The Flatbolt handle was Rugers attempt to copy the handle of a David Llewellyn Lloyd stalking rifle. Although elegant in design, the gunwriters of the day generally panned the styling. Bill Ruger listened, and changed the handle to a Brownell style shape with a hole in the knob, the “Hollowbolt”. It was short lived on long action rifles only and was eventually changed to the round bolt we all know. Last edited by 3dtestify; 09/19/22.

Re: Ruger flatbolt sqweeler #17618607 09/19/22
Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 4,418 Northern Hill Country D DesertMuleDeer Campfire Tracker
DesertMuleDeer Campfire Tracker D Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 4,418 Northern Hill Country	Originally Posted by sqweeler Got it today.Came out of a collection,unfired.Dried factory grease on the bolt. Ruger had an ad about 30 years ago that feature a rifle just like yours that an Australian commercial hunter used to kill 10,000 animals and then sent it in to be rebarreled. I'm a flat bolt fan. Would love to have an early one in .308. Great score on a nice rifle!

Re: Ruger flatbolt sqweeler #17624697 09/21/22
Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 189 Pittsburgh, PA M mackafoose Campfire Member
mackafoose Campfire Member M Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 189 Pittsburgh, PA	Very nice Flatbolts gentleman. I was fortunate to get my hands on a 284 FB. I'll try and get some pictures up

Re: Ruger flatbolt sqweeler #17624723 09/21/22
Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 189 Pittsburgh, PA M mackafoose Campfire Member
mackafoose Campfire Member M Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 189 Pittsburgh, PA

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