Hillbilly686
Bearcat
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- Mar 12, 2017
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A few years ago I bought a rifle from a close friend of mine. He picked it up in 2012 at our LGS. It was a 2005 new old stock 77/22 all-weather paddle stock that is factory threaded 1/2x20. Model number in 07022. Catalog number is K77/22RP-SPL. I can not find ANYTHING online about this rifle. I called Ruger and posted on a couple forums when I first picked it up and it seemed to stump them as well. They gave me the contact info for Jay Hanson. They said he is in charge of the Ruger Collectors association. I called and messaged him but never heard back. So it has just been sitting in my safe for a few years. I pulled it out last week and it sparked my interest again so I called Ruger back and talked to a super nice lady in customer service named Chris. She made it her personal mission to find out something about this rifle. After a couple of hours she called me back with some interesting info. These rifles were made for EXPORT ONLY from 1995-2009. This was right through our Assault weapons ban when nothing was being threaded and at a time that I believed that Bill Ruger was not threading anything. I was wrong. This rifle sat on a shelf from its manufacture date in 2005 til 2011 when it was sold as new old stock to a distributor called Acusport. What she could not tell me is how many were sold off at that time to this US distributor. Due to the lack of info out there on this rifle, I believe I'm sitting on a fairly rare rifle. There can't be many of these floating around the US. If anyone could shed some light on how rare this rifle is , or any other info really, I would greatly appreciate it. I found a Silencerco stainless 1/2x20 to 1/2x28 adapter that matches the finish perfectly. This rifle is stil unfired. Should I shoot it and enjoy the rare find? Should I keep it unfired as I have the box and everything for it? Decisions...........