Kudu m77
Single-Sixer
I recently bought a Ruger M77 in 7RM, I think it is an 88 model.
When I first had a look at the rifle I could see that the rifling in the throat was still sharp. There was a few small dents in the stock but it looked more like a rifle that was handled indoors (like a shop or stored in a bad place) than outdoors.
I glass bedded the action and floated the barrel before I even shot it. I have had great results in the past by doing it this way. After glass bedding the action I fitted a Timney trigger as I got one for a pretty decent deal. I also stripped the old finish from the stock, ironed out the dents, sanded the stock surface smooth again and gave it an oil finish. The oil finish makes it a lot easier to remove dents in future and some people like the oil finish better.
Next I replaced the old scope with a Sightron Sii Big Sky and I am very pleased with it's performance.
The barrel on this rifle is most probably a Wilson barrel and shoots incredibly well. My third time out with the rifle I decided to shoot a 5 shot group with my reloads at 100m. Usually I shoot 3 shot groups with hunting rifles but I knew I had something special here.
Below is pictures of before and after finishing the stock.
Before:
After:
Here is a 5 shot group fired at 100m with 140gr NBT, Rem brass, CCI 250s and Somchem S386 powder.
Last weekend I gave the rifle to my brother as a birthday present. This will be the first rifle that he will put on his name, and I thought it would be great if I could give him a guaranteed shooter. His birthday was is in late December but guess it was worth the wait Cannot think of something else that might last a 'few hundred' years and brings so much joy at the same time!
Pieter
When I first had a look at the rifle I could see that the rifling in the throat was still sharp. There was a few small dents in the stock but it looked more like a rifle that was handled indoors (like a shop or stored in a bad place) than outdoors.
I glass bedded the action and floated the barrel before I even shot it. I have had great results in the past by doing it this way. After glass bedding the action I fitted a Timney trigger as I got one for a pretty decent deal. I also stripped the old finish from the stock, ironed out the dents, sanded the stock surface smooth again and gave it an oil finish. The oil finish makes it a lot easier to remove dents in future and some people like the oil finish better.
Next I replaced the old scope with a Sightron Sii Big Sky and I am very pleased with it's performance.
The barrel on this rifle is most probably a Wilson barrel and shoots incredibly well. My third time out with the rifle I decided to shoot a 5 shot group with my reloads at 100m. Usually I shoot 3 shot groups with hunting rifles but I knew I had something special here.
Below is pictures of before and after finishing the stock.
Before:
After:
Here is a 5 shot group fired at 100m with 140gr NBT, Rem brass, CCI 250s and Somchem S386 powder.
Last weekend I gave the rifle to my brother as a birthday present. This will be the first rifle that he will put on his name, and I thought it would be great if I could give him a guaranteed shooter. His birthday was is in late December but guess it was worth the wait Cannot think of something else that might last a 'few hundred' years and brings so much joy at the same time!
Pieter