WOODS HUNTERS TAKE NOTICE

RUGER’S 77/357 FEEDS .357 MAGNUM AND .38 SPECIAL AMMO AS SMOOTHLY AS GREASE ON GLASS, IS ACCURATE, AND MAKES FOR A HANDY LITTLE HUNTING CARBINE.

BY LAYNE SIMPSON

AS THE OLD SAYING GOES, TIME SURE FLIES WHEN YOU are having fun. It seems like only yesterday that I introduced the Ruger Model 77/22 in .22 Hornet to the readers of Shooting Times, and yet it was way back in the September 1994 issue. The December issue during that same year featured my report on the little bolt-action rifle in .22 WMR. First of the 77 series appeared in 1983 in .22 Long Rifle (77/22), and as I described it back in the old days, with a scope mounting base integral to its slab-sided receiver and a classic-styled walnut stock, it appeared to be a scaled-down version of Ruger’s Model 77 centerfire rifle. Close examination revealed major differences that I will cover in this report. According to Ruger’s website,…

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