Anyone bought the Ruger M77/357?

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I bought a used one for $500. I like it. Recoil is similar to a M1 Carbine. I just put a scope on it this weekend. Haven't really shot it for groups yet. It shoots .357 mag and .38 special just fine. Trigger pull on mine seems to be 4 -5 lb. I love the light weight and it is a very handy carbine.
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Thanks FMJMIKE. :cool:

I've been thinking of this one as a substitute for a lever action in this caliber, seems like a lower powered variation on Col. Cooper's Scout rifle.
I have yet to see one in my local shops, guess I'll have to make the rounds and see if that's changed.
 
I wish it held more rounds. For the price I think I'd choose a Marlin 1894C over it.
Not that I can afford another rifle now, anyway.
 
I want one, and I want it threaded! I darn near bit the bullet to have a 357mag bolt gun custom made for me last year, glad I waited for this to come out.
 
I want one!!!!

Before the 77/357 came out I had been considering making a 44 necked down to 357 wildcat using a 77/44.

My guess is they wont shoot too well, but I WANT ONE!!!

And I want it with a wood stock!
 
I'm tempted, but I'm trying to figure out how it would really be better than an 1894C. Can the magazine handle longer OALs than the action of the 1894C? Are there spitzer bullets out there of the proper diameter?
 
I have had the much beloved Marlin 1894s before too. They aren't as great as many would have you believe. Some of them have a problem where the lever will lock up and you have to send it to a gunsmith to fix. It has something to do with a bad angle or burr on the lever (Marlins bad machining). From my limited experience with both rifles I will take the Ruger 77/357. It is just as light and handy to me. It is stainless steel which makes it easier to take care of. It is easier to scope. The synthetic stock is easy to take care of. If you want to feel like a cowboy get an old pre Remington made Marlin. Be wary though. I bought an old Marlin 1894 one time and its owner had the lever lock on him. Unfortunately the owner pried the bolt open with a screw driver and damaged the bolt. Luckily he took it back for a refund. Yeah..........Gotta love them Marlins...........:scrutiny:
 
The Marlin Jam isn't that hard to prevent, or for that matter to correct.
The 1894 is also available in stainless steel. Oh, and there's all the various 1892 clones in 357 we could discuss as well. How is the 77/357 easier to scope than an 1894?

I want one of the 77/357s, don't get me wrong. I'm just not sure what it does better than any of the lever action .357s.
 
Some of them have a problem where the lever will lock up and you have to send it to a gunsmith to fix.
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I'm no gunsmith, but was able to find one for a steal and fix it myself with less than 30 minutes of time in looking up the fix online, doing the work, and about $0.15 worth of materials. Not a single problem since.
 
I'm also looking for a .357 rifle, would love to hear other opinions. Marlin lever is would be nice, but I hear quality went down the tubes after Remington. Also they sound near impossible to find.

Think I'm down to this, or a Henry or Rossi lever.
 
Gryffydd said:
The Marlin Jam isn't that hard to prevent, or for that matter to correct.
The 1894 is also available in stainless steel. Oh, and there's all the various 1892 clones in 357 we could discuss as well. How is the 77/357 easier to scope than an 1894?

I want one of the 77/357s, don't get me wrong. I'm just not sure what it does better than any of the lever action .357s.
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Scoping a 77 series ruger.

Remove rifle from box
Attach supplied rings
Mount scope
Rejoyce


What kind of rings or mount does the Marlin come with?

I too have had an 1894 that jammed and honestly having owned both guns I'd say there actually isn't anything the Marlin does better than this ruger.

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What kind of rings or mount does the Marlin come with?
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Seeing as how I don't find MidwayUSA that difficult to use I don't really find that to be a challenge.

How easy is it to mount a scout scope on the Ruger? How easy is it to find peep sights and the like for it? How about getting it to hold 10 rounds? What's the rate of fire compared to a lever? How easy is it to top off the magazine without taking it out of action?
There are a lot of things the Marlin, (or lever actions in general) do better than the Ruger. They may not be things that matter to you, but they're there.

So what does the Ruger do better than the Marlin other than that it happens to ship with scope rings?
 
Well for starters every round you load into the ruger doesn't have to be ran through the action and scattered far and wide to unload.

It has a three position safety that wasn't designed by an 8 year old

Its lighter

It feeds any bullet that will pop into or out of the mag

In my experience its more accurate

The rifle loads in seconds.

A NEGC sight fits right on the reciever with just a quarter for tools

It doesn't double feed rounds underneath the bolt locking the gun up


Ruger is still ruger. Marlin is ..well a Remington



Ill think of more later. But this is where you begin the incoherent ramblings about follow up shot speeds. All you Jack gun guys are the same. Weither its a big bore ar cartridge or this ruger you guys cannot sit idly by and not bash on the platform that you precieve as stealing a bit more of your levetguns dying market.

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First off, I want to reiterate that I really am tempted by one of these. I really am looking for reasons it's worth buying. I'm not trying to put it down. I want to want one.

Your point about unloading is a good one.

The point on the safety is good, though one can get rid of the silly safety on the Marlin altogether and just use the hammer.

It is lighter by half a pound, but that's mostly thanks to the chintzy plastic stock. It's also more than half a pound heavier than a Rossi '92 in .357.

Reliable feeding with multiple bullet shapes is good, though most people don't seem to have a problem LSWCs etc. in their lever guns. The big question I have that no one has answered yet is what is the max OAL that the magazine will hold. The other big advantage would be if there were spitzer bullets in the caliber that you couldn't use in a tube magazine, but I'm not really seeing any.

I would really like to see a head to head accuracy comparison some time. They're both short range guns that I personally would never put a scope on, so it would be interesting to see if there's a significant difference within the typical usage of this type of gun.

The rifle does load in seconds, provided you have purchased and pre-loaded multiple magazines.

Do you have a link for that NEGC sight? I'm not finding anything on it.

If a lever gun is double feeding rounds it is broken.

I'm not one of those "Jack gun guys". I only have very limited use for a lever gun, and a pistol caliber carbine is about it. In any case, rather than rambling incoherently about follow up shot speeds, I'll just ask if you can do this with a 77/357:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nepNhDko5zs#t=23s
I'll be looking forward to the video, and have fun with the reload half way through. :)

Here, let's try a slight adjustment of your last paragraph:

Whether its a big bore ar cartridge or this Ruger, you guys cannot sit idly by and not bash on the leverguns that you perceive as a dying market. I'm not hating on either platform or the people who like them. You're getting more riled up than any of the lever gun guys in this thread ;)
 
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