M77 barrel history.

Can someone refresh my memory on the barrel history of the M77.

Douglas...

Wilson....

In house hammer forged....

Yes, in that order.

robertkirksey said:

Yes, in that order.

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Can you confirm the dates?

Douglas barrels to about 1974.

Wilson barrels to about 1991.

Ruger hammer forged 1991 - todate.

From what I have heard, the changeovers started about a year before the dates you mention. Of course I am sure they did not run out of all caliber barrels at the same time and some of the old and the new were probably mixed together (after all, a barrel is a barrel, right?) so there was surely some overlap as to the time of change.