alleyyooper
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Yes I also own a few Rugar rifles along with my Remington 700's. My first experance with a Rugar rifle was a 77 243 I bought for my dad. He had bought a Winchester model 88 a lever action rifle in 284. That thing was a killer and a wounder at the same time.
Sounds funny untill you experince it, dad would take it out to our range setting on the bench and touch it off. it was deadly on the milk jugs of water 150 yards down range but dad also would come away with a cut over his right eye.
We bought reloading dies for it and tried different powders and bullets to try to stop that scope eye dad was getting when shooting it. We were able to get it down to where it was just a small cut.
Dad Had a Birthday comeing up and I went gun shopping ar our favorite gun shop. Had thought for here in Michigan a 25-06 would be a nice caliber but at the gun shop I was showen a 243 Rugar 77 tang safty brand spanking new in stock.
I had my own 243 in the Remington 700 So knew the round was a good Michigan whitetail deer round, along with wood chucks and crows.
So I bought it for his birthday, going to our range now was a family affair with My Remmey 700, Brother Rob with a Winchester 70, Dads Rugar and a cousin with a Savage all shooting 243's.
When dad decided to hang up his hunting and fishing adventures he was 84 years old.
I got two of dads guns the Rugar 77 with the Simmons 3x10 scope and his Ithaca Model 37 feather weight 20 gauge.
Brother got the model 88 and a Winchester gallery model 22LR.
I was looking for a varmint rifle and for some reason had my heart set on a 220 Swift. I didn't want a bull barral rifle or could have bought a Remington 700. I spent a long time visiting gun shops around the state on days off.
You never know what lurks in used gun racks in those days. Of course today most have them all listed on computer and sell on line even.
I was leaving a bussiness card at most that were small, figureing they might think of it if some thing came in.
That did pay off after about a year and a half I got a call and was asked if i were still intrested in a 220 Swift varmint rifle.
Story behind it was fellow had bought 2 a couple years before, one for him and another for his dad. A trip was planed to go west and shoot PD's, dad got sick before the trip could come about. Dad had cancer and passed away.
Son asked the gun store to sell the rifle on consignment, shop owner thought of me and called.
I went and looked at it and decided to take it.
That was Rugar # 2 and just what I was looking for.
Next was a Rugar 7722LR.
I had wanted a Remington bolt action 22lr but was having trouble finding what I was really looking for.
Ended up buying my son a Rugar 77 22lr. Put a swift 3x9 scope on it and I liked it so bought one for me when I ran across a used one. I put a simmons scope on mine.
So that was # 3 for me.
But wait today I have a 4th one. During the shortage of Rim fire ammo I was looking for some thing I could use in place of a 22 mag or 22 LR.
I was told to buy 22 hornet if I could find one or spend the money for a new one. Speers #11 reloading manual has load data to bring the Hornet down to 22LR speeds with a 40 grain bullet.
I got lucky and found a used Rugar 77 22 Hornet. a set of dies and 2 pounds of powder now discontinued so wish I had bought a 8 pound keg.
Al
Sounds funny untill you experince it, dad would take it out to our range setting on the bench and touch it off. it was deadly on the milk jugs of water 150 yards down range but dad also would come away with a cut over his right eye.
We bought reloading dies for it and tried different powders and bullets to try to stop that scope eye dad was getting when shooting it. We were able to get it down to where it was just a small cut.
Dad Had a Birthday comeing up and I went gun shopping ar our favorite gun shop. Had thought for here in Michigan a 25-06 would be a nice caliber but at the gun shop I was showen a 243 Rugar 77 tang safty brand spanking new in stock.
I had my own 243 in the Remington 700 So knew the round was a good Michigan whitetail deer round, along with wood chucks and crows.
So I bought it for his birthday, going to our range now was a family affair with My Remmey 700, Brother Rob with a Winchester 70, Dads Rugar and a cousin with a Savage all shooting 243's.
When dad decided to hang up his hunting and fishing adventures he was 84 years old.
I got two of dads guns the Rugar 77 with the Simmons 3x10 scope and his Ithaca Model 37 feather weight 20 gauge.
Brother got the model 88 and a Winchester gallery model 22LR.
I was looking for a varmint rifle and for some reason had my heart set on a 220 Swift. I didn't want a bull barral rifle or could have bought a Remington 700. I spent a long time visiting gun shops around the state on days off.
You never know what lurks in used gun racks in those days. Of course today most have them all listed on computer and sell on line even.
I was leaving a bussiness card at most that were small, figureing they might think of it if some thing came in.
That did pay off after about a year and a half I got a call and was asked if i were still intrested in a 220 Swift varmint rifle.
Story behind it was fellow had bought 2 a couple years before, one for him and another for his dad. A trip was planed to go west and shoot PD's, dad got sick before the trip could come about. Dad had cancer and passed away.
Son asked the gun store to sell the rifle on consignment, shop owner thought of me and called.
I went and looked at it and decided to take it.
That was Rugar # 2 and just what I was looking for.
Next was a Rugar 7722LR.
I had wanted a Remington bolt action 22lr but was having trouble finding what I was really looking for.
Ended up buying my son a Rugar 77 22lr. Put a swift 3x9 scope on it and I liked it so bought one for me when I ran across a used one. I put a simmons scope on mine.
So that was # 3 for me.
But wait today I have a 4th one. During the shortage of Rim fire ammo I was looking for some thing I could use in place of a 22 mag or 22 LR.
I was told to buy 22 hornet if I could find one or spend the money for a new one. Speers #11 reloading manual has load data to bring the Hornet down to 22LR speeds with a 40 grain bullet.
I got lucky and found a used Rugar 77 22 Hornet. a set of dies and 2 pounds of powder now discontinued so wish I had bought a 8 pound keg.
Al
Al
