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Old 04-21-2010, 09:49 PM
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Default Don't give up on the Ruger 77 too soon

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Originally Posted by cjw3 View Post
Groups at 100 yards were a little under an inch from the trombone rifle, something I have not been able to achieve since with a Ruger 77, but, oh well.
cjw3,

A little off subject, but a local gunsmith has made several Ruger 77's shoot well simply by putting a shem under the front of the action to lessen the pressure point on the barrel...not make the barrel free floating...but to lessen the pressure "a little." He has made several 77's go from 2" shooters to under 1".

My pal down the road fixed his Ruger 77 himself by putting a piece of a business card under the front of the action as a shem. And sure enough, the group tightened up dramatically. Wish I had known that before I got rid of my old M77.

Rafter
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