I recently purchased my 1st Ruger M77 Hawkeye that has the Ruger specific rings. My rings have ‘shoulders’ where the upper and lower halves meet, seems like the lower halves stand proud of the upper halves. Are there other (better) rings for a Ruger or just gonna have to lap these and go that route?

I don't know about shoulders on 'em or what standing proud means, but if you don't like them, you can always go with Warne vertical splits......

Lap them.

They mic at 1" at the base of the top half right above the shoulder or step to the bottom half. I thought I might have gotten 30mm tops and 1" bottoms, but that is not the case.

Don't lap them. If you call Ruger, they will likely replace them free. Was the gun new?

No, it was an older model produced in 2009. The 16.5” barreled compact stainless 300RCM.
If you google Ruger rings though, they all look this way. They are split lower in the circle than say Leupold rings. Almost like the top is 60% of the ring and the bottom is 40% vs. Leupold’s 50/50.

Ruger and their scope rings....LOL. I own 1 Ruger centerfire rifle. I put Leupold rings on it.

Leupold or Warne...mucho better.
Bob

I have Ruger rings on several rifles, and none look like what is pictured.

As noted, Leupold. Their lows are lower than anybodies.

First measure top to bottom of the hole with the screws snugged down. If under I" they are likely correct with nothing to be concerned over. Do they tighten up on the scope??

Leupold has started relieving the tops of their PRW rings, now called PRW II's. This stops the bottom edge of the bore in the top half from scarring the scope when installing or tightening.

Top to bottom is .960”, I did not tighten them down on the scope because they look like they will gouge it. Think I am going to dig out an old package take off scope to Test on.

Line the bases and caps w/ 3M vinyl electrical tape, 120° centered B/TDC.

Grease/torque/set/torque cap screws.






GR

Not sure there are worse rings on the market than the factory Rugers. They aren't even round. Lapping them is an eye opener on how bad they are. Get some Warnes, etc.

That's a good looking rifle, but I think the bolt handle is on the wrong side ;-)

I was over/under thinking it...when the ring is gapped to 1" like it would be mounted to a scope, the "shoulder" or "step" is not noticeable.

You didn't over think it. According to this thread, you're supposed to buy at least 2 other brands, lap them, not lap them, & call Ruger.

Or,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, use the ones ya got.

Maybe that's why I never noticed it. I'll be damned.

Bingo^^^

You made some happy temporarily that were just waiting for the opportunity to take a jab at Ruger. RJ

Meh, Ruger creates abundant opportunities on their own.

Like a 16 inch barrel with 60-65 grains of medium-slow gun powder. Holy sht, what the fk were they thinking?!

Surprised no one has recommended the Accurate Arms detachable rings Morris Melani makes in Big Lake Alaska.

They are also another solid option

They're not made to tighten completely against each other as you have found out it looks like. You may still want to lap them though.

they are working great on my 375 ruger and he made even for the left handed actions.

These are without a doubt the FINEST rings available for M77's or No.1 Rugers, IHMO!!!

As Paul said, call Ruger, they should replace them. I had some odd ball Rings on one, they replaced them with no question.

I've also ordered 5 or 6 new sets of rings from Optics planet ( with no issues) in 30 mm, for a cost that was lower than Ruger's Dealer Price.

Lol, I think that may be just the rifle I purchased, 16.5” 300RCM