The Ruger compact rifle is one of the best hunting rifes to be had. Ive got the Ruger compact rifle in 338RCM and it has iron sights too. Its fantastic. Also have the scout rifle in 308 win. Both mine are lefty handed.
Awesome video man.Just bought a engage for my ruger m77 all weather in 270 win.I know the feeling man I love shooting my sako 300 mag but it gets expensive very quick.
sub-MOA with factory loads is nothing to sneeze at. I'd love to see what you can get out of that little jewel with some your own reloads tailored (bullet seating depth, neck-sized brass, etc.) specifically to that rifle.
I love my Tikka .243. It shoots half minute 5 shot groups with 95 gr Berger Classic Hunters over H380 and 87 gr Hornady VMaxs over H4350. I'm also working on a load for the 85 gr Barnes TSX over Superformance; my current load shoots about a minute with a velocity around 3300 FPS.
I have the same gun...gun shoots great. Even dumped a deer at 287yrds with it. I shoot hornady superformance 95grn. I get the best groups with those rounds as far as factory rounds go. Good luck!
100 grain bullets and IMR 4350 has worked well for every .243 I've ever used. Current rifle is a 77 RSI with a 1-1/2 to 4x Leupold scope. I get 1 " 100 yd (3 shot) groups frequently. I think the rifle capable, but the scope limits me on the bench. it's a wonderful short to medium range setup though. Probably going to move up to a 2-7x though.
I have a Ruger M77 VT in 243 Win. It has a laminated stock with a heavy barrel. Great rifle. I have reload for it yet until I shoot my F.C factory ammo. Where in Canada are you from? I'm in Ontario.
Okay, I Don't have a Ruger 77 243, but I had a Stevens 200, Factory everything, including the crappy standard trigger, with a cheap Tasco 3X9X32 scope. The most accurate load I have had were with (factory) Hornady Custom 75 gr HP (flat base I assume). It shot 3 rounds in .38 inches at 100 yards, all under a dime. (Surprisingly it was in a cheap plastic stock, BUT, it was pillar bedded and free floated. Trying to duplicate that in a handload I used about 38 grains of IMR 4064 in a different .243 and got 1/2 inch groups with that. I bought a 250 round box of the Hornady 75 gr, HPs and then they discontinued them. the 70 and 80 grain Nosler Ballistic tips work well too for me. I'd think for that weight of bullet a medium burn rate powder would work well. Try removing your bolt and boresight through the bore. Get you a bout a 3 inch orange sticker and center it on your target.Adjust your scope to the circle you see through the bore, and then fire a round. Adjust to the bullet hole. (That just saves me ammo) Only problem I have found with the M-77s is Ruger practically welds the stock to the wood barrel and don't free float them at all. working up loads for my brother's, 77 in 7mm Remington mag, it would shoot 3 shots into .68 inches and a flyer 2.1 inches away, for a 4 shot group. Good for hunting, not so much for target, at least for that gun. I can help but think that's why some of them don't shoot so well especially at the range working up loads. Barrel heats up, expands and is touching wood. That would likely throw off some shots.
For what it's worth in my book, and I've only been teaching shooting since 1970 so I'm just getting the hang of it, I have never seen a Ruger Model 77 that wouldn't shoot at least into an inch with the right ammo and the right person operating it. But it is also been my understanding that most guns actually will outshoot most people. The only gun I've ever owned that was a 4-inch gun it was a mini-14, and the only one I have for a very specific purpose is it close range tactical carbine. And considering I'm not envisioning ever having to use it Beyond perhaps 200 yards. It's not that important. That's what it was designed for in the first place. With a 13 and a half inch barrel and a welded on muzzle device, a folding stock, it will do the job of any other 223 or 556 when an AR-15 has long given up. You can reduce the effects of the muzzle brake considerably If instead of having a trying to redirect the gases straight out to the side or even backwards a little bit, that it's redirects the gases but at least five degrees forward. It stops that huge blast that even the operator gets and mitigates it for people around you. It's not as completely effective as it was before, but it's effective enough. The 223 with a muzzle brake is utterly useless. Which is why the muzzle device on my particular combat carbine I can't add all of the ports forward by probably 20°. Because the 223 doesn't have any recoil anyway. I don't know why anybody puts a muzzle brake on a 223. The only reason I use this device is because it makes the barrel legal length. And it has the site on it that I use for the iron sights. I put a red dot on it but it's on a 30° cant off to the side of the rifle. If you want to back up gun in bear country, carry the newer Marlin trapper in 4570. It will do the job all day long on grizzly. But it is a handful to shoot that Grizzly load out of a 7 pound rifle. A little note about the partition bullets. If you aren't exactly accurate on your bullet placement, they will wound an animal and a heartbeat. They are worse than useless. The front portion of the bullet fragments really quickly and the back of it just Zips right through. It's a useless load for hunting. It's possible that at extended ranges like 350 to 400 yards or more that it doesn't come apart, but there are much better bullets out there.
Nine dead deer with my .243 . All clean one shot kills. I have no use for heavy recoiling rifles. I usually follow the manufacturers recommendations on barrel break in. Some say just shoot it and some advise shoot, clean, repeat. 100gr. Grand Slams work great for deer. The most accurate round believe it or not are the 80gr Federal Blue Box.
There is not a damn thing wrong with a ruger 77 I have one in 22-250 that is a tac driver all day long! I have never had a deer take a step after punching it through the lungs with it! My other go to rifle for long range is a Remington 700 BDL in 7mm Rem Mag! I have 30-06 in 1903 springfield and M1 Garand's in both 30-06 and 308. I have some of the finest rifles ever produced but my go to rifles for four legs are the 22-250 and 7mm rem mag! For two legged prey the 30-06 and 308 can't be beat!
