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Ruger MK77 accuracy, marginal
Leebo95
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More of a rant than a question, but feel free to give me your opinion/help.
I bought a used MK77 Ruger 30-06 about a month ago and have been dicking with it ever since to get it to shoot decent. It is an older model made in 1987 if I traced the S/N correctly. I am getting 2 to 3 inch groups with flyers out to 4 to 6inches.
The gun shop that I bought it from has been good with giving me advice and it has helped but I still have more work do.
We found that the last inch of the stock was touching the barrel so I took that off with a dermal tool. This helped but I was still getting flyers.
I took it back today to see how much of a bath I would take if I traded it in and I was not about to take that punishment.
One of the guys there with years of experience told me to float the barrel even farther back and then take some epoxy and bed the barrel just behind the sling swivel.
I just spend the last half hour floating the barrel and I will go get some epoxy tomorrow to bed it with.
I was also told that Ruger are generally less accurate than Remington's, Winchester's etc etc etc.
While I am not the most stellar shot in the world, I have had Remington's that I have grouped under an inch at 100 yards with.
Anyone else experience this frustrating issue?
I bought a used MK77 Ruger 30-06 about a month ago and have been dicking with it ever since to get it to shoot decent. It is an older model made in 1987 if I traced the S/N correctly. I am getting 2 to 3 inch groups with flyers out to 4 to 6inches.
The gun shop that I bought it from has been good with giving me advice and it has helped but I still have more work do.
We found that the last inch of the stock was touching the barrel so I took that off with a dermal tool. This helped but I was still getting flyers.
I took it back today to see how much of a bath I would take if I traded it in and I was not about to take that punishment.
One of the guys there with years of experience told me to float the barrel even farther back and then take some epoxy and bed the barrel just behind the sling swivel.
I just spend the last half hour floating the barrel and I will go get some epoxy tomorrow to bed it with.
I was also told that Ruger are generally less accurate than Remington's, Winchester's etc etc etc.
While I am not the most stellar shot in the world, I have had Remington's that I have grouped under an inch at 100 yards with.
Anyone else experience this frustrating issue?
Comments
Clean the bore real good to get out all the powder residue, and metal fouling. Check the muzzle crown to see if it's in good shape.
Buy some high quality commercial ammo, with various bullet weights. To see if it prefers one, over another.
If nothing works out to your satisfaction, get rid of it.
This was a rant too.
I have never owned a Ruger rifle except for the mini-14. What a POS.
I was stupid enough to send my single six back during the recall. When I got it back, it had tool marks all over it and the magnum cylinder would not work in the pistol. After many calls to Ruger they gave me a return authorization number. When it got back -- after a LOOOOOOG wait it had been reblued, but the magnum cylinder still would not work in the pistol. I tried several times to get Bill Ruger himself on the phone,but he was always "unavabile" at the time. When I sent word that I was going to take them to small claims court, I got one of the higher up flunkies on the phone. He gave me an authorization number for a return. When it got back both cylinders worked and both were numbered the same, BUT they were not numbered to the pistol. They ruined any possible collector value. I personally hope Bill Ruger is roasting in hell now - he deserves it. What they should have done is take one of the new gun off the line and send it to me. Nope not that bunch of cheap Ba$%@%!*. I traded it off at a gun show for one that had not had the "safety" factor parts installed. Had to give he a pretty good chunk of money to boot. I keep both the single six and mini-14 in my safe to remind me every time I open the door to NEVER buy another Ruger again. You could not give me one and require that I had to keep it. I have several other Ruger horrow stories but this is turning into a tome not just merely a reply.
Best Regards[:D]
Steve Adams
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The bore and barrel look like they just came from the factory. My wife joked that the reason the gun looked so good was cause the guy never shot it cause he could not hit anything.
I am finding that there is a lot of negative views of Ruger's accuracy. To bad I did not read up on this first.... I do not want to take a $200 bath on this thing.
In addition, I have thought about the scope but don't think that is it. If the scope was wandering, I don't think I would put on in the bull and then one 4 inches away and then one in the bull...
If after I bed it like I was told and I can get a 1.5 inches out of it then I will use it for deer this season and sell it next year.
Thanks for the advice.
Lee
also, use a good foaming bore cleaner over a 24hr period to completely clean the bore of copper and powder. a good bronze brushing during this period will help expediate the process.
then retry some premium ammo.