Need a 77/44 ?

Great price. But read the listing, it is for a black plastic stock.
http://www.cabelas.com/product/bargain-cave/firearms/pc/105591780/c/1044661680/ruger-centerfire-rifles/2415396.uts?slotId=4

Called local Cabelas and they are all sold out. So ordered one on line. I could not pass it up at that price.

Wow. That is the way those rifles should be priced.

AKDRSS said:

Great price. But read the listing, it is for a black plastic stock.
http://www.cabelas.com/product/bargain-cave/firearms/pc/105591780/c/1044661680/ruger-centerfire-rifles/2415396.uts?slotId=4

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Scroll down! Walnut and blued too!

I paid $200 more for all stainless with the black stock, a couple of years ago. Very lightweight, and comes to my shoulder effortlessly. The only part that chaps my hide is the inability to use longer cartridges because of the magazine restricting the length to 1.65 inches. Of course you can shoot the longer cartridge single shot, but I bought a repeater cause that is what I wanted.
gramps

Well they DID list blued/walnut at the time I posted, must have quickly sold out! .... gone now.

I got a synthetic stocked model - thanks for the heads up!

I wish there was a Cabela's in Florida.

Here is the map of stores. http://www.cabelas.com/stores/stores_home.jsp

I ordered one on line last night. Too good a price to pass on. Waiting for a email letting me know it has arrived. Excited. Link indicates all are sold out now.

Bill

How much were they going for?

Back up to $800.00 now. Anybody know if the 77/44 shoots well with mid-weight lead bullets? Something like a 240 grain SWC at 1300 fps.

My 77/44 favors jacketed bullets at higher velocities for accuracy. Cast lead bullets 240 grain at 1000 FPS give about 2 inches at 50 yards, making it hard to hit with them past 70 yards. I have a 6" swinging steel hung at 70 yards that I can hit regularly with cast lead, another at 140 yards that needs jacketed 240 grain bullets to hit.

My 240 grain jacketed bullets use enough 2400 to get 1300 FPS from a revolver.

The jacketed bullets group to 2-3" at 100 yards fired from a benchrest, rifle equipped with a Leupold 1X4 power compact shotgun scope.

Hmm, I wonder if the bore on these is a wee bit oversize. Most .357 and .44 lever actions are most accurate with a lead bullet properly sized. Do you cast your own? What are they sized to?

I do cast my own, 240 grain tumble lube bullet from a Lee mold, sized .429, and loaded to 900 FPS. The same bullet shoots better out of my Rossi 92, but that rifle can't be scoped, the 77/44 can.

There is a note in the owners manual that best results are obtained with jacketed high velocity bullets, going so far as to say "avoid cheap cast lead ammunition", or something to that effect. Didn't see the same note in my 77/357 rifle owners manual.

So, I don't shoot a lot of cast lead through the 77/44, I have a Leupold 1 X 4 power shotgun scope on it now and with it I can hit out to 140 yards, the longest shot on my property. Using jacketed 240 grain bullets...

The magazine limits cartridge length to 1.65 inches, which limits heavy for caliber lead projectiles. Of course you can use it as a single shot with the longer bullets
gramps

I shoot lead boolits from mine all the time, 200 grains up to 310. .429 is likely too small, I size mine to .432 and get good accuracy. I wish the magazine could take a longer oal and swc boolits don't feed great. But I really like the handiness of the rifle.

35ruger said:

How much were they going for?

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$399

I picked up 4 today at my local Cabelas. I was hoping I could present my FFL and be out of there in 15 minutes.
3 HOURS and a 4473 later, I finally had them. The P.O. Box address on my DL caused many a furrowed brow, though with the proper alternative ID it should have been routine.

GAO LLC said:

I picked up 4 today at my local Cabelas. I was hoping I could present my FFL and be out of there in 15 minutes.
3 HOURS and a 4473 later, I finally had them. The P.O. Box address on my DL caused many a furrowed brow, though with the proper alternative ID it should have been routine.

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Wow and Wow. That was an interesting purchase for sure.

Just got an email that mine has arrived.
Got to go pick it up.
Need a distraction to get it safely into the house.
Strategy: Truck to Garage, garage to gun safe.

Bill