.338

[chunter]

A friend has a .338 Ruger 77, the older style with the Tang safety.  It has a muzzle brake and is sitting in a custom pillar bedded HS Precision stock.  He is finding that he doesn't shoot it anymore, due to him not hunting.

He is thinking about selling it, he just doesn't know where to start or how much it is worth?

Anybody got an idea?

[FDemsEMT]

do you have pictures??  What type of muzzle brake?? Is it the m77 or the m77 mkII ??

If it's the plain 77,,  worth is about $300.00  depending on condition....

[PA-Joe]

Do a search on Gunbrokers.com to check current prices

[chunter]

I will get some pictures of it up.  There really isn't anything comparable to it on the gun auction sites, because it is a Ruger action sitting in the custom stock, it has also had a bit of tweaking with the bedding and muzzle brake.  The stock alone is probably worth more than $300.00, I don't know for sure. He is once of the best silhouette shooters in the nation, and really likes a comfortable accurate rifle.  He just doesn't shoot highpower rifles like he used to, he seems to be enjoying the smallbore silhouette more than hunting.

I will get more information on the muzzle brake and if it is a mkII. All he said was that it was the older tang safety style.  He claims that he was able to get .5 inch 3 shot groups at 100 yards with it.

[chunter]

Here is the pictures:

http://cc.usu.edu/~chunter/rugerfs.htm

[Yukon Jack]

If it has the tang safety, it's the M77S or RS, not the Mark I or II.

One thing to note, even though this rifle has the claw extractor of M98 and Win M70 fame, it is not a controlled round feed action.  It's a push feed with the big extractor.

[chunter]

[chunter]

rifle is still for sale...please email/pm if interested.