Remington 700 vs Ruger M77

[68wj]

Trigger

I have never owned a 700 so I can't speak to their traits. I own 3 77s though. One of them did have a very tough trigger and I was not happy with it for a hunting rifle. A Timney trigger resolved that issue and it is now a joy to shoot. Friends that shoot it immediately comment on how crisp the pull is.

As far as accuracy, two of them will eat anything and produce nice little ragged holes in paper. One is finicky and prefers lighter weight bullets.

Asthetics, Ruger has always seemed to maintain classy lines and great looks. Completely subjective though.

 

[gglass]

Fumbler
I have a bunch of friends with Rem 700 and I have yet to witness one shooting as well as people say (people claim "1MOA all day long").

How about "1/4 MOA all day long" out of the box, with an unmodified Rem 700P. Maybe your friends should learn the art of the rifle.

Most of these groups were shot with a cheapo $80 Wal-Mart scope.

 

[fireside44]

If money were an issue I'd probably go with a savage cuz I think thats really the best rifle for the price.

Your brain was trying to alert you to something here. With it's user serviceable barrel and lower cost as well as Savage's notoriety for out of box accuracy, I don't see why anyone would favor a Remington or Ruger myself.

 

[Crosswind81]

I recently bought my son a Ruger M77 in .270 and mounted a Nikon 3x9x40 on it sighted it in (well he did) and is is one fine rifle. I bought myself a Savage Model 116 Weather Warrior in 30.06 w/ Nikon 3x9x50 on it only because they had no more of the x40. We both love our rifles and in fact both took an 8 pt ea within 30 min of ea other last month. He loves the wood stock as I always have but I will tell you...the synthetic of the weather warrior is nice and I love the SS. Both are accurate and hold zero.

 

[Slamfire]

I have a Ruger M77 Tactical. After I bedded it, it was as accurate as any target rifle I own.

M700's are excellent actions, I would remove the factory trigger from the older actions which the safety locks down the bolt handle. Too many accounts of accidental discharges when the safety is taken off.


M700 are easier to bed than Rugers. That stupid off perpendicular front action screw on a Ruger makes it difficult to bed the actions in the stock. The round bottom on the M700 is only a little easier.

 

[RainDodger]

In 50 years of shooting, Rugers have never been my favorite... they still aren't... but nevertheless there is one in my safe. One time about 15 years ago I traded something off (I forgot what it was) for an early, absolutely pristine, M77 in .30-'06. I only traded for it because it was as-new. I fully intended to use it as trading stock. Someone had put it in a Bell & Carlson synthetic stock, but the factory stock was with it.

I took it to the range after slapping a Leupold 3-7X on it, and proceeded to shoot better with it than any other .30-'06 I've had. Nope, not a target rifle, but I can hit what I shoot at with it. Very respectable groups and the trigger pull is very nice and clean with no creep.

That rifle will stay in the safe, as it's reliable, nice looking (great bluing!) and accurate.

Buy the rifle you like the best, that fits you the best. They're both fine rifles.

Roger

 

[Fumbler]

How about "1/4 MOA all day long" out of the box, with an unmodified Rem 700P. Maybe your friends should learn the art of the rifle.

I'm talking about sporter weight barreled rifles.

 

[gglass]

Ah! That explains a lot.

That being the case, my recommendation would lean toward the Weatherby Sub MOA line of rifles.

http://www.weatherby.com/product/rifles/vanguard/submoa_matte

 

[CoastieShep]

I've had 3 Rugers in .22 mag, .223 and .270. Still have the .270, got rid of the other 2 for money reasons that don't matter here. All 3 were accurate enough for me to hit what I was aiming at. Loved those rifles, wish I had the 2 back. No experience with the Remington though.

 

[Ruger Redhawk]

I have several of the M-77's. I still have a couple 700's and have sold some 700's over the years. I've always been satisfied with all my Ruger's. Granted they aren't bench rifles. For hunting reliability and accuracy my go to rifle is one of my Ruger's. Most of mine are the All Weather's. I do have a brand new Hawkeye that I haven't fired yet. It does have a better trigger then the MKII's. Someone who knows what they are doing can dress up the MKII's triggers.

 

[HOOfan_1]

Most of these groups were shot with a cheapo $80 Wal-Mart scope.

Is that a Super Sniper you replaced it with?

 

[Coal Dragger]

Sorry gglass, but we are talking about hunting rifles here not bull barreled target rifles running match ammo.

Show us some groups fired with say Nosler Partitions, or Accobonds at .30-06 velocities and see if you can claim 1/4 MOA all day long.

 

[sansone]

since you are asking 700 vs m77.... rem 700, because Ruger accuracy has been hit and miss lately. Say what you want about new rifles going down hill but Rem 700 is still made in NY and still shootin' under 1.5" groups when sand-bagged

 

[jmr40]

1.5" groups ain't nothing to brag about with today's rifles and ammo. That is typical of a bad Ruger. Many, many rifles out there that will easily do well under 1".

Accuracy is only 1 of many things to consider in a hunting rifle. If I wanted to build a target rifle I'd start with Remington. For a hunting rifle to be used in harsh conditions It would actually be Winchester, but Ruger wouldn't be far behind.

 

[sansone]

not braggin about 1.5" groups, just stating honest figures with cheap factory ammo. The OP is asking us to compare 2 rifles. I'm OK with Rugers but have heard too many accuracy complaints lately