Ammo Test - Ruger M77 Hawkeye 7mm-08 - Hornady, Barnes, Norma 

According to Ruger, the angled screw should be tightened to 95 inch pounds, which is equivalent to 7.9 foot pounds.

As I've mentioned before, open the bolt to quicken cooling time. Even better, stand the rifle up on a rack or just by the shooting bench to get a draft moving up through the barrel, which is even faster on cooling. She looks like

Some say to get copper bullets to shoot accurately one must clean the copper fouling from the lead core bullets first. Do you know anything about this?

That walnut stock is better than the average Ruger stock.

Love thst rifle!! I have one in 22-250

Hey how would you compare the recoil of a 308-7mm-08-6.5 creed thanks!🤙🏻

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.

Hi. My Ruger M77 7mm08 initially shot like crap. ISo I free floated the barrel and bedded the stock which helped alot(i never did it before. its easy). Also I eventually found 3 sweet loads because I reload. Using 135gn BT projectiles 1. 10 grains of trail boss for low sound 2. 50 grains of Stabal 6.5 for hunting 3. 32 grains of IMR4895 for general use. Anyone of these loads gives me very very good accuracy. Hope this helps

That looks like a particularly beautiful piece of walnut that you have on that rifle, on congratulations.

Lighten the trigger to 2 pounds. Believe me! My x-bolt 7mm-08 shoots .31 moa with those Barnes rings now .

Looks like tweaking helped you find a few good rounda.

I purchased a model 70 Classic Compact for my wife a in .243 and man it shoots button holes with almost any ammo- deadly accurate and easy handling- Deer Fear Her🦌- I have the 77 in a 308💪🏻 I love it

Can't hear anything you say

Beautiful stock on that ruger

Try the norma whitetail 150 gr

Did you torque the action screw first? Seems that's what I heard is the order? Another couple days I should be getting new rings for putting my good scope on a heavy .243 M77 Target.

I woukd torque it down too 40 PSI I had to torque my Winchester model 70 super grade 7mm08 to 45 psi specs call for 35psi. The Hornady whitetail 139 grain chose very promising results. 1)4 inch ro same hole ahots. Excellent round great rifle excellent video keep them coming. Es from Texas 8:41