Odd Caliber Ruger 77 Mk I's

[Black Fly]

Just curious how many of the following were made.
223. 416 T, and Remington 458 Magnum. I've never seen any originals in these calibers, although I did see one picture of a 416 Taylor. I've seen and handled all the other calibers. I did not know that Ruger even made a small bolt face in that model.
Thanks
Bfly

 

[buckeyeshooter]

never heard of a 458 rem mag, but I've got a 458 win mag.

 

[chet15]

There were only 12 or 13 M77's made in .416 Taylor.
Of the .223, there were probably thousands. .458 Win Mag...probably several thousand.
Chet15

 

[Black Fly]

Thanks. The 458 Remington is a stranger to me as well. Ruger lists it as one of the calibers that they made in the tang safety model. I've never seen a cartridge for that caliber either.
I've seen quite a few of the Win Mags, and the one's I've been around have been great shooters, but can be hard on stocks.
Tang safety 223's have escaped me. Boy would I love to have one of them in an RS or RLS, but I bet they didn't make any or many of them.
Bfly

 

[wwb]

I have a real oddball M77.... a .30-06.

 

[chet15]

Hey, you are right on the .223 tang safety. I was thinking M77 Mark II when thinking about those, but in a tang safety I don't believe I know of any either. Same on the .458 Rem.....Mark II only.
Chet15