OT: Who Has Ruger 77/22

[3leggedturtle]

How do you like it. Is the barrel easily switched like the 10/22 and does it use the same clips as the 10/22? What are its good and bad points.

[Rusty]

If you go to rimfirecentral.com you'll find a lot about them there. Not only does the barrel attach in the same manner, with a little modification a 10/22 barrel can be used. Meaning the cheaper 10/22 aftermarket barrels will work.

[Pete44ru]

There are only two negatives, or bad points.

1) It's not a levergun.

2) You don't own one yet.

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[Shooter973]

I have 3 of these fine rifles in different configurations and every one is a great rifle.
Yes you can use 10/22 mags in them they just don't fit the stocks perfectly. Function fine but stick out just a tad.
They are very good shooters right out of the box and are sized like a real rifle not down sized, lie a 10/22 feels like.
They are a tad expensive to purchase but you do get what you pay for.

[AJMD429]

My fancy stainless/synthetic one has a peep that fit into ruger scope base cuts, and is my 'rain' gun, and the wood (I enlarged the factory stock channel) stock blued one with Green Mountain bull barrel is really accurate; I want to try it with subsonics this summer out to longer ranges because I heard they stay more accurate past 100 yards even though they drop more due to slower velocity. Should be fun.

Magazines all interchange between 10/22, 77/22, and the LEVER one - 96/22, and 50-round Ramlines WILL function in all three guns - kind of funny looking on a lever, but a blast to rip off 50 fast levergun .22 LR's.

Barrels come close to interchanging, but there ARE good barrels available for all three versions aftermarket.

There is a floorplate of sorts on the wooden stocked model I have, so I'm not sure you could switch synthetic and wood stocks back and forth; never tried. Maybe just different vintages, I don't know...

[donw]

i have the 77/22 in .22WMR and did a barrel change to a voltquartsen .17HMR with no problems...very, very accurate...

[44shooter]

I have one of the first ones with the plastic buttplate. I got when I was fifteen and it is the only rimfire rifle I have ever owned. Matter of fact I killed a couple of tree-eating beavers today with it. It is very accurate with several loads. Drawbacks are a heavy trigger pull for the weight of the gun, and a muzzle-light balance. I installed a Dayton-Traister trigger a few years back. That trigger was $40 well spent.

Like everyone else said, 10/22 mags work but protrude very slightly. I never removed the barrel, but it has a V-block clamp like the auto.

[HORACE]

I have one in 22 Hornet, it is a grey stainless/laminated model. At first I didn't think it would shoot well, but after some experimenting with different handloads, I discovered it can shoot far more accururately than I can. My wife loves to shoot it at the range.

[AJMD429]

See http://www.levergunscommunity.com/viewt ... =1&t=17663 for a Range Report!

[Meeteetse]

I have one that dates from the earliest production and came with the open sights standard. I have never done anything to it except add a scope and shoot it. It is very accurate as the varmint families who are missing relatives can tell you. Taught my son to shoot with it more than 20 years ago. Because it is a full sized rifle the transition to larger calibers was easy. Nice gun. Glad I have it.

[95fan]

My dad bought me one when I was thirteen. At the time I thought it was the most beautiful gun I had ever seen. It has well over 10,000 rounds through it now, and is still one of my favorite guns to shoot.