These Rugers are light rugged accurate rifles. How is the Picatinny rail mounted? Is the action drilled and tapped on the top of the receiver bridge? I ask because as far as I’m aware Rugers don’t have screw holes on top of their actions. They are designed to use with Ruger proprietary ring mounts. Cheers 🍻 🍻
Great question! I can tell you that there are four screws on top of the pic rail attaching it to the top of the action, so it was drilled and tapped for that at the factory. And it also has some type of round wedge type things for the round recesses where the ruger rings normally go.
Hey, it is what it is. I have two LEs, an issue 1943 Maltby No4 Mk1 and a sporterized 1944 Long Branch No4 Mk1*. They usually need to be bedded. Lots of RU-vid videos on the topic. Not difficult or pricey....essentially I used a small sliver of thin cardbord and boiled linseed oil. Accuracy went from 10" at 50 yds to 4" at 100 yds. from a bench. Not bad for 71 y.o. eyes. BTW, the Lee Loader is slow, but will do the job for you. Started with one back in 1972!
My favorite guns are definitely rimfire. When I shoot my hirer power rifles I always have the calculator in my head going ( ok I just shot $30, time to quit). As far as my favorite caliber, it depends on the day. Today I'd say 17hmr tomorrow it might be 22lr
Another note on Barnes bullets and maybe other monolithics. Ron Spomer found that you must throughly clean your barrel before shooting Barnes bullets, for some reason they don't like the gilding metal left behind by other bullets. He recommends cleaning the barrel and then only shooting Barnes bullets in it if they shoot well.
I have 2 ruger M77s and an American. The 77s are not free floated from the factory and they have a pretty hard trigger pull. You can put a lighter spring in the trigger and get it down to around 2 pounds and you can put shims under the angled recoil lug to get clearance on the barrel to see if it makes a difference. I cut shims out of a pop can on mine and it worked so well I left them in. I think I put 2 layers in each and they are still there 10 years later. It brought my M 77s down to or just under MOA. I also added Limbsaver donuts to all my rifles about 3 years ago and I regularly get 3/4 MOA or better out of all modern rifles. My M 77s are in .243 and .308. The American is 7mm08. I hope this helps, the only other thing you can do is reload. Then you can tune a load specifically to your rifle.
Thanks! I'll keep those suggestions in my back pocket. I did find some other factory ammo that did just under 3/4 inch 3 shot groups on a different day.
A Hawkeye can be made as smooth as a Tikka with a little polishing of the action. Wrap a popsickle stick with 400 grt sand paper. Remove the bolt and go to work. Finish off with fine grit. I used 2000 grit and some and some Mothers mag polish. Do the bolt with the mag. polish also. Polish the mag. follower also. No need to over do it just remove the burrs and casting inperfections. Will be as smooth as a Tikka only with controled feed and Made in the U.S.A. Ruger M77s are accurate and will go bang when it is cold outside.
awesome video, love this rifle in 308, almost got one, may have to one day, I did get a sako 90 peak also 20" and love it, I group tested a bunch of ammo with mine, 8 different kinds, it hated the 150/165 fusion but LOVED the 180 fusion (.6" ctc for 3) and it also loved the hornady white box 168 eld-m match for .6" ctc 3 shot also, it did not like the 178 eld-x, none of the cx copper options, it was okay with federal blue box 150, and I think I'm forgetting....point is, try the 180 fusion if you want it to like fusion, I was hoping mine would like the eld-m and at least one of the fusions and it got what I wanted, my sako was 5 lb 10 oz out of the box though, it's light, went 1-6 trijicon accupoint which is heavy and arc m-10 low rings...also heavy and still ended up 7 lb 3.5 oz all up for my light general purpose 308
Why do you have your camera in mirror image at the start? Everything is reversed as you are showing off the backwards scope mount, bolt and safety backwards.... At least when you got to the shooting area the image returned to normal. I'd try to zero at 100 yards. You have simple options to either "shim" the scope rail or "Mill" scope rail and scope base true flat or even mill the rail slightly to give an angle. See a machinist or good gunsmith.
how was the removal of the rear pin retaining wire, its stuck on mine and no matter how i hammer it its not budging.... no gun smiths in the area so im gonna have to file, Dremel or drill it out
These retaining wires can be hard to remove, so use as much muscle as you need to get it out. You won't be reusing it anyway. I removed mine with a combination of hammer, steel punch and molegrips. The gun itself needs to be held securely during this removal process.
The wire has started to rivet and now looking like a nail head, didn't want to damage it any further. It's now wedge shaped and the punch slides off and scratches off the black coat, local gun shop has another store next town over to smith it out.
If you move your hands up a bit closer to the hammer the gun will not kick up as much when firing .357 rounds, this should also keep your thumbs from getting near the cylinder release.😉
Could a gunsmith tap it further along the barrel to mount a small long eye relief scope as on a scout rifle? That should hold zero & be lighter to carry & good for quick shots in woodland.
Hello, I live in Oregon, so it was a fairly inexpensive two day hunt for me. My total cost was under $350. I spent one night camping and one night in a hotel because it started pouring rain. Resident hunting license and elk tak was $84, cheap hotel was about $105, gas was probably $80 including traveling from home to hunting area. Maybe $50 on food and stuff. I am not counting the cost of rifle, ammo and other hunting and camping gear of course. I hope you are able to do your OTC hunt with your sons and you have success! Thanks for watching and commenting!
Maybe not so much with 357 and 6" barrel, but I'm not surprised if it was painful to shoot with the way you grip the revolver because you are gripping the gun so LOW. Also, it looks like your thumb joint might be in line with the path of recoil. So, perhaps the backstrap might be hitting your thumb joint with the recoil. If so, it's probably pretty painful. I don't know if this is the case or not, but regardless, take a look at where Jerry Miculek places the web of his hand when he grips. Hickok45 is another good example. They grip much higher such that the hammer spur almost touches the web of the hand in double action. When you hold the gun like they do, the recoil should come back to a meaty part of your hand (it's almost like the palm of your hand). I think this should make the shooting experience much more comfortable.
Thank you for posting this as I got a similar mount here in the UK for my LE No. 4 MkII AND… by total,coincidence I found the same scope as you in my local Gunshop secondhand so exactly the same set up. Good see and hear your views.
i always found lead bullets were more accurate than full metal jacket rounds. i used to shoot 180 grain soft point then my buddy handloaded some 165 grain for it. price of ammo now a day it gets very expensive
I have the gen 1 in 7. Based on price i would get gen 2 for 100 more. Adjustable stock, muzz B, comb and smoother bolt. Looks better. But if around 4 can't beat gen 1. Just as good with a couple upgrades.
I've noticed that the ejection of the spent cases on Lee-Enfield rifles is much weaker than equivalent bolt action guns from the same era e.g Mosin, Mauser etc... The brass just barely makes it away from the action...
@@MisterBrewer Maybe something to do with cocking on closed? Cocking on open might need more rearward force on the bolt handle? Would the stiffness of the magazine spring make any difference?
Hello! Those are Talley precision mounts with one piece integrated bases that screw right into the barrel's action. No separate bases or rail needed. The item number (SKU) is 740725 for the 30 mm tube. Hope that helps! Thanks for watching and commenting!
I bought this exact gun from a pawn shop in the early 90's for $150.00 and loved this gun. I sold it a few years later and I have regretted selling it ever since.
I have a Ruger M 77 rifle that is inconsistent also. It’s a hunting rifle so it’s the first cold bore shot that counts. Did you check to see which one of the shots was the first one out of the cold bore? My experience tells me that the first shot is the outlier of the three shot group. That’s the one you need to adjust the scope to. Take a single shot then wait 15 or more minutes between shots. Let the barrel cool down to ambient air temp if possible.
Great point! Thanks for watching and commenting. I have since gotten some sub MOA groups with this rifle with Hornady Precision Hunter, Norma Tipstrike, and Hornady American Whitetail, and Barnes Vortx 120 Grain TTSX. I think my setup that day an the very hot weather conditions contributed to the larger groups. I agree that the cold bore shot is most inportant!
Love the ruger m77. Have it in several calibers. I don't drop down in low grains. They seem to not group as well. Also I prefer a flat base bullet which is like the norma tipstrike. But to help tighten your groups up significantly, have your rifle stock bedded!!! Also it may help to lighten the trigger pull if its still factory!!! I like around 3lbs trigger pull. But if you have the stock bedded and the trigger pull reduced you will see much better results!!! Infact, you will shoot all those same ammunition better. But I would come up in grain with the barnes. However, the barnes is a bolt tail. Not my first choice. But my ruger 30-06 does shoot it exceptionally well. And maybe your ruger will do the same. I've just always had better results in all my other ones with flat base bullets.
Good video thanks for shooting some paper. That is much more accurate , than the Henry .22lr I had but compared to my Savage rifles no where close, I use scope and peep sights on them, do have open iron on the semi auto B22 and they will give dime size groups at 35yd. but my eyes are getting old at 75 so mostly shoot scope or peep. I also shoot five round groups, think that tells a little better what a rifle will do. Some times 10 round groups but end up with one hole so you can't even tell how many rounds are in it. Again thanks for the video, Keep thinking of another leaver rifle but want one more accurate than what Henry seems to be putting out. Would love to get the Henry garden rifle, but have never seen one for sale up hear in Canada.
Got one in the 300rcm love it then Hornaday decided they were to busy to make the round anymore they mandated the jab for their employees stupid idiots
I had this problem with my no4 mk1 enfield. Gunsmith told me last 4” of barrel were wore out. He cut 4” off and crowned the barrel for me. It shot decent groups after that.
