Ruger .308 Varmint

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Stephen Perry

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Ruger 77 .308 Varmint

I am buying this Ruger in October. Bedded by my smith, canjar set trigger, all the .308 reloading gear. Going to shoot jacketed and cast. Start out with Leupold 12x scope maybe my Leuold 6.5x20 target later. I'm interested in this gun and caliber. I sold Rugers for 25 yrs in my buds shop, great gun for the money. This gun has been a closet dweller for 20+ yrs. I'm a BR shooter my best two 200 yd groups in competition were at Phoenix 10 years ago, a .158 and .175 back to back in a Phoenix blow, only 3rd in the great agg I shot. My best 200 yd aggs were both .18xx one at Visalia one at Phoenix in 2001.

What should I expect with the Ruger given my BR skills. I always shoot over flags in practice, read mirage, and reload what I shoot.

Stephen Perry
Angeles BR
 
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Ruger .308

Factory rifles capable of honest 5-5 aggregate of sub 1/2 inch at 100 yards are a rare find. Often the quality of the barrel is the critical thing.

In the past I have tinkered with factory rifles trying to make them accurate by bedding, free floating changing trigger etc. Often it has mostly been a waist of time. Even the sought after Sako chambered in proven accuracy chambering like .222 could not been made to shoot accurately as of under 1/2inch. Of course accuracy means different thing to different people and different rifles.

Many times one had to be content with .750- one inch aggregates. The most productive change to a factory rifle seemed to be a new match barrel making them capable of sub 1/2 inch aggregates. But of course then they no longer were factory rifles.

.308 is known to be an accurate chambering as in the old days of the .222 .308 was often used for benchrest shooting. To cut it short in my opinion if this rifles shoots aggregates under an inch it is a good rifle. If it shoots near the 1/2 inch mark it is an excellent rifle.

Other opinions may vary.
 
.25shooter

So So true. Please tell the guys on my factory gun group Thread what you just said. .25 you are a breath of fresh air. That is exactly what I have experienced in all my shoot days and I shoot BR also.

Stephen Perry
Angeles BR
 
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