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I had one of the early 90s stainless, boat paddle stock, push feed M77 MkIIs that wasn't relieved at the bottom of the bolt face as the newer ones are. It fed well enough though. It went back to Ruger when it wouldn't eject out of the box. After the claw extractor was replaced by Ruger, it extracted properly. It never was a very accurate rifle. Federal GMM 168gr BTHP .308 went into about 2" at 100yds. My best reloads did about 1.5" at the same distance. Playing with action screw tension and stock clearance were frustratingly ineffective. I finally sold it to a buddy who enjoys it more than I did. I have a few other Rugers, but that limited experience soured me on their bolt rifles. The mkII's were never push feed's. They were all CRF.... I've owned 2 Mark II Rugers that were push feed. Both stainless boatpaddle stocks. One in 338 Win Mag and one 308 win
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There were a some in the first year or two that they did not mill off the bottom edge of the bolt, making them push feed/CRF ejection hybrids.
If you send it back to Ruger, I think they will still mill the bolt bottom for you if asked.
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I have one of the push feed Mark II's in 300 win mag. VERY accurate rifle. No reason to change. I will keep mine as it is.
bsa1917hunter is not correct in saying all mark II's were crf. There are plenty out there that are push feeds.
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I had one of the early 90s stainless, boat paddle stock, push feed M77 MkIIs that wasn't relieved at the bottom of the bolt face as the newer ones are. It fed well enough though. It went back to Ruger when it wouldn't eject out of the box. After the claw extractor was replaced by Ruger, it extracted properly. It never was a very accurate rifle. Federal GMM 168gr BTHP .308 went into about 2" at 100yds. My best reloads did about 1.5" at the same distance. Playing with action screw tension and stock clearance were frustratingly ineffective. I finally sold it to a buddy who enjoys it more than I did. I have a few other Rugers, but that limited experience soured me on their bolt rifles. The mkII's were never push feed's. They were all CRF.... I've owned 2 Mark II Rugers that were push feed. Both stainless boatpaddle stocks. One in 338 Win Mag and one 308 win The very first MKIIs were push feed. Ruger used to convert them to CRF for free. My 250ai is built on one of those.
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I've never had a bad Ruger. I've had a couple #1s that were beautiful and very accurate. At the moment I've got a tang safety Ruger 77RLS .30-06 that is simply the best rifle I've ever owned. I just bought a 77 Hawkeye .270 Winchester that should be here in a week. I've also got an SR-1911 and a 22/45 both of those are accurate and 100% reliable.
I really should get a 10/22 at some point.
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it seems to me rugers get sufficient respect, just not on some gun boards. i read last year (in a gun rag) that only remington sold more center fire rifle than ruger in the last 10 years. as for the actual sales figures, i believe most gun manufacturers keep those numbers in house.
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I own 3 of the LH stainless steel laminate Hawkeye's, a 25-06, 270 win and 300 win mag. I put lower power trigger springs in all three. I also floated and bedded the 25-06 and 300. All three rifles shoot 1/2" at 100 yds.
The only knock I have with them is the large bolt throw, small safety and sloppy feeling bolt.
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