I am no expert, but some thing's are odd from what i see. m77 mk ii's in 260 rem came in gloss blue wood stock and stainless with synthetic stock. not sure of any 260 rem hawkeye's, they came with the matte finish but yours is not stamped hawkeye and the stock is of the mk ii variant also the...
I have a tang safety M77 in 7x57 also it is an early one with the non fluted front sight. I will have to try that load have not loaded for it yet just shooting factory to get brass to reload.that is a helluva group or you could call it hole.
I like them also, i prefer wood, but i like it on my 338 win mag rs, it don't kick that bad, found one at a gun show for 20 bucks guy seemed happy to get 20 for it. put the wood inserts in that one also Ruger sent them to me free and put it on a hawkeye in 30/06. bought one on here and put that...