Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunting Rifles Ruger M77 Mark II w/zytel stock

They are great rifles. I wish I would have bought more back in the 90's when they were $350.00 new. I remember running across a 270 win for $270.00 and regret not buying it (still kicking myself in the azz over that one). Last year I had the opportunity to buy a like new 30-06 for $400.00. Stupid on my part to not buy it, even though I had 4 30-06's in the stable already. I have 1 SS MKII 300 win mag boat paddle tucked away for future use. These rifles keep going up in value. The rubber goodyear butt pad sucks and needs to be replaced with a limbsaver or similar recoil pad, especially on the heavy kickers.

I had one in a 280 just like you mine [bleep] green box lights out big regret getting rid of it yrs ago.

I call these the "Three Sisters":

Left to right, custom .338WM built from parts, .300WM, .30-06.



Lighter than walnut, accurate, impervious to wet weather, dang near indestructible.

They seem to be good luck, too. Five trips to the field, five elk. Two with the .338WM, two with the .300WM, one with the .30-06.

I did the same thing - found a stainless .270 Win for $325 at a gun show, didn't buy because they wouldn't come down to $310. Dumb. Went back the next morning to buy it and someone else was filling out the paperwork. Still kicking myself when I think about it.

I've had a 223 and a 308. Before I shot each of them, they got lightened triggers, bedding and floated barrels. They both shot sub-MOA, 3 shot groups. I sold both to fund new projects and wish I still had them!

Zytel .338?

Ouch!

Tighten the angled front screw to 65 in/lb and the rear screw to around 50 in/lb. Snug the middle screw but not tight and you may want to use a little blue loctite on it. There are instructions on how to do a trigger job (if needed) on the internet. A good gunsmith can handle it easily. Use a finishing nail to unscrew the firing pin assembly from the bold and strip all of the oil off of it if you hunt in cold temps.

Same for me ! I had a s.s. zytel in 270 Win. that I bought at a pawn shop for $250 best deer rifle I ever had!
$250 will not get one now!

Yep, what a steal back in the day. No way anyone would touch that rifle now for less than $650.00. The true beauty in these is their usefulness and ruggedness. They are a pure utilitarian rifle that just flat out works. The triggers are so simple, yet rugged and the 3 position wing safety is easy to manipulate. They handle great and shoot fine and the stainless finish puts up with a lot of abuse. To me, these were the new "rifleman's rifles" and I regret not buying more when I had the chance.

You'll notice that one has the limbsaver on it. CH is a smart man. I don't think he cares for the tire tread the stocks originally came with, especially on the heavy kickers...

Thanks, BSA, but the only one that bothered enough to change was the .338. For rugged, I like the tire treads. Not so much for shooting in tee shirts, which tends to leave marks.

I bought my 300 Win boat paddle new in 98. It has been one of the most consistently accurate rifles I've ever owned. I shot it for years with the tire tread pad but finally wised up and put a real pad on it.

Yeah, I think we talked about that before

Same here on the 280

I would rate the finish on the one I bought at 95-97%; paid $477 for it on Gunbroker....imagine that!

Couple months back I sold a 260 boat paddle on gun broker for just under 1500.00. It had factory sites on it and was pretty rare.

I have three, a 7mm rem mag, .338, and a .22 mag. I've used that 7mm mag more than any other rifle I've owned and really need to get it back out in the daylight one of these days. I've taken game from spitting distance to a couple of deer at the 600 mark.

It's spent countless hours/miles in a horse scabbard and plenty of time in a four-wheeler scabbard being bounced around. It's worn a Leupold 4.5-14x40 AO since it's 2nd year and I've never once had to adjust it's sight in other than an occasional change in it's diet and those were minor tweaks at best.