OMG!! Ruger make a 357 mag bolt action!!!

badguybuster · Sep 5, 2011

Have ya'll seen this??? I just stumbled across it while cruising the internet. Anyone got one?? Unfortunately, it is only a five shot, hopefully someone makes a 10 shot mag for it.

Ruger® Rotary Magazine 77/357™ Bolt-Action Rifle Models

WC145 · Sep 5, 2011

Very cool. I'd heard about the .44mag but not the .357.

DeadAye · Sep 5, 2011

Only a 10 shot?
Hopefully someone will make a 50 round drum for it. Then you'll have a bolt action rifle worth having.

As someone who hunts with and loves single shots, I don't get it

badguybuster · Sep 5, 2011

I wonder if....since it was done in a bolt action....would it be a far cry to do it in an M1 style semi??? Using the rotary mags. I mean heck, most of the work is done right?

Maximumbob54 · Sep 5, 2011

I would still prefer to have a Marlin to go with my Winchester before buying a bolt action in .357, but if you prefer bolt actions to lever actions then this should be the rifle for you. My personal preference would have chosen to make it with an optional carbine length barrel at 16" and a compact stock to make it more handy in the woods.

thndrchiken · Sep 5, 2011

Interesting, I would prefer the 44 for a deer rifle though.

DeadAye · Sep 5, 2011

thndrchiken said:
Interesting, I would prefer the 44 for a deer rifle though.

Since badguybuster is hoping for a 10 round mag - Hopefully he isn't looking for it as a deer rifle!

H Richard · Sep 5, 2011

I just have to ask, "WHY"?

Rule3 · Sep 5, 2011

H Richard said:
I just have to ask, "WHY"?

Why what? The rifle, the mag capacity?

mac2 · Sep 5, 2011

H Richard said:
I just have to ask, "WHY"?

aha...maybe for the British market...pistols in that calibre are banned, but there's a market - usually lever actions - for rifles in pistol calibres and I still have my reloading dies in that calibre (and .44 and 454 Casull)

CajunBass · Sep 5, 2011

H Richard said:
I just have to ask, "WHY"?

Just because you don't see any sense in it, doesn't mean no one else does. Heck, I don't see any sense in either, but I don't give a hoot if they want to run it up the flagpole and see who salutes. If it doesn't sell, they'll stop making it.

Either way, it costs me nothing.

feralmerril · Sep 5, 2011

Why not just buy a winchester copy 92 lever in 357? I have a puma. Much faster for repeat shots, and also holds about 8 in the tube. Costs a couple hundred less too. Here is mine in 357 and a browning 92 in 44 mag. Add Edit. I suppose there ia a place for the ruger though. Maybe can scope, and a box detachable magazine is better than trying to unload a lever tube!

Smith357 · Sep 5, 2011

It looks interesting, but it leaves me asking why? I would think a stainless semi-auto .357 or .40 S&W based on the old Ruger .44 Carbine would be a much better selling product.

sipowicz · Sep 5, 2011

In a sport that doesn't take much to justify a purchase, that would take a lot.

Out West · Sep 5, 2011

Opinions & preferences - everybody has them. I just sold a Puma 357 lever in order to purchase the new Ruger M77/357. Nothing wrong with the Puma. I really liked it. But I like the Ruger better for these reasons:

Stainless Steel
Detachable magazine
Scope options
Lighter
Shorter

Some of you guys may be able to shoot a lever faster than a bolt. I maybe can too, but not if I am aiming at a small target. Give me a bolt for that scenario.

I'm really looking forward to partnering this rifle up with my PC 627.

Out
West

Cavaliere · Sep 5, 2011

For the average "armed citizen" a rifle and handgun in .357 probably makes a lot more sense than the same pairing in .44 magnum-- for what I would consider to be obvious reasons. Undoubtedly Ruger has taken a look at what sells, and has decided that since more people purchase .38/.357s than buy .44 Magnums, a quality .357 Magnum rifle makes sense. I, for one, agree with them. The lever action is great for CAS, and is no slouch when it comes to making meat. That said, if it was the be-all and end-all of hunting (or military) rifles, then it never would have been eclipsed by the bolt action rifle back in the 19th century.

bullseyebill · Sep 5, 2011

If a lever action /SA revolver in the same caliber makes kind of a cool retro old west package, why not a more modern bolt action/DA revolver package?
Bill

TACC1 · Sep 5, 2011

Going back about 5 or 10 years, when I got a 44Mag semi-auto
carbine, there was a fellow who made his own magazines for it.
I never did see the pic's of the magazine, but it was a 10-round one that
replaced the factory rotary box magazine. I guess the rotary
flush-mount mags were to keep the magazine from interfering with the smooth lines of the gun, per Bill Ruger. TACC1

gregintenn · Sep 5, 2011

TO each his own I guess, but to me it ranks right up there with the Taurus Judge and the Rossi Ranchhand. I can't help but think "It's ugly, and what would I possibly do with it.

nicky4968 · Sep 5, 2011

Today, after long interruption in my shooting related activities, I am casting several hundred of the 195 gr RNL from Lyman (don't remember the number.)

If I had this Ruger rifle (which I don't), sized and primed .357 cases (which I do), 2400 powder (got that, too), I would be pushing several pounds of lead down the range. Short of a .35 Remington, but a lot cheaper.

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