OT: New Rifle Introducted For '08

[Pete44ru]

For those of us suffering with multiple inflictions of mannlicher-itis & 6.5-Swedism:

Lipsey's has introduced this year's Limited Edition:

A Ruger stainless M-77 RSI (International/mannlicher-stocked) carbine in 6.5x55.

http://www.lipseys.com/itemdetail.aspx? ... ire+Series

[canonsix]

Pete44ru,I did not need to see that ,one of my all time favorite rifles and my all time favorite calibers.Time to sell of some excess asap. Doug

[WCF3030]

Very Nice!
But why stainless?

[rbmcmjr]

Very Nice!
But why stainless?

To hazard a guess: All-weather usage?

It would look nicer with a black laminate stock, IMO.

[Rusty]

That was close... if it had been in 7mm I's have been a goner.

[WCF3030]

Very Nice!
But why stainless?

To hazard a guess: All-weather usage?

It would look nicer with a black laminate stock, IMO.

Shhhhh! If my blued walnut stocked rifles knew that, they would now longer want to go out in the rain and snow.

[Pete44ru]

[It would look nicer with a black laminate stock, IMO.]

The one from last year (or maybe the year before) did. It was a "Bob".

[JReed]

Cool. But why an 18" barrel? with that round I would want something with a longer pipe.

[H_Talon]

I'd of loved to see it in a 7mm-08 or 358win .... Oh wait
scratch that ----- my 99's would hate that

maybe toss in a scout rail .. hmmmmm add the black lam
stock .. I'd have to buy one of each .. glad they don't
read this

Talon

[4t5]

Very nice , but I just bought my last turnbolt rifle,a RUGER HAWKEYE in 257 ROBERTS, this is a great rifle!, and a RUGER VAQUERO in 44 mag, thank GOD for BILL RUGER and ECONOMIC STIMULUS CHECKS!

[CaptainFinn]

I think the Ruger short-barrelled carbines are at their best with a caliber in the .243 to 7mm range...the Swedish 6.5 is a fantastic round in a carbine--I'm still looking for a nice 94 mauser, I wouldn't change a thing about it, a perfect example of a military carbine that got it right the first time around.

But all the same...

I'd like the Ruger M77 MkII in stainless...with full-length synthetic mannlicher-style stock...in .35 0r .400 Whelen. I know you can put a scope on the mannlicher-stocked guns but they are so much better looking with just iron sights. And an iron-sighted gun should have a bone-crunching meduim-range round to go with it.

[jeepnik]

Good looking rifle, interesting caliber. But none for southpaws

[Rusty]

The #1 International is for southpaws... I R one.

[O.S.O.K.]

WOW about $675 wholesale if Lipsey's does their MSRP like everybody else...

I'd really like to get this but another gun or two would have to be sacrificed.....