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RTFM

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Ruger M77/357
« on: October 10, 2012, 06:03:28 PM »
Watching Guns and Gear today and Tom Gresham showed the M77 in .357
Anyone have any experience with one?

I love the .38 / .357 and do not have a carbine in pistol caliber - but have been looking around for one.
I look at as win/win as I have a good selection of revolvers in .38 and .357 - it seems like the natural progression and I just LIKE the .357 a bunch.

Thanks.


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Re: Ruger M77/357
« Reply #1 on: October 10, 2012, 06:13:01 PM »
If I were going to get a pistol caliber carbine, I'd go lever action, if nothing else it holds more rounds than a bolt gun.
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Re: Ruger M77/357
« Reply #2 on: October 10, 2012, 06:23:11 PM »
I'd prefer they made it in .357 Max.  More power, more versatility.
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Re: Ruger M77/357
« Reply #3 on: October 10, 2012, 06:33:02 PM »
Quote from: tombogan03884 on October 10, 2012, 06:13:01 PM
If I were going to get a pistol caliber carbine, I'd go lever action, if nothing else it holds more rounds than a bolt gun.

Doing my due diligence - I read that lever guns need round nose or the "rubber" tipped rounds *you know the kind I mean... just can't remember the mfg name there red tipped) that do not get "wonkie" in the feeding process.
The bolt gun feeds all round configurations AND .38 sp - great for teaching and the wife if she should like to shoot it.



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Re: Ruger M77/357
« Reply #4 on: October 10, 2012, 07:26:10 PM »
Quote from: RTFM on October 10, 2012, 06:33:02 PM
Doing my due diligence - I read that lever guns need round nose or the "rubber" tipped rounds *you know the kind I mean... just can't remember the mfg name there red tipped) that do not get "wonkie" in the feeding process.
The bolt gun feeds all round configurations AND .38 sp - great for teaching and the wife if she should like to shoot it.





I don't think there would be a problem getting wonkie with pistol cartridges...I believe the problem was with long ogive pointy rifle bullets?

The soft tip things are called LeveRevolution by Hornady

http://www.hornady.com/store/leverevolution
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Re: Ruger M77/357
« Reply #5 on: October 10, 2012, 07:29:04 PM »
Quote from: RTFM on October 10, 2012, 06:33:02 PM
Doing my due diligence - I read that lever guns need round nose or the "rubber" tipped rounds *you know the kind I mean... just can't remember the mfg name there red tipped) that do not get "wonkie" in the feeding process.
The bolt gun feeds all round configurations AND .38 sp - great for teaching and the wife if she should like to shoot it.


Hornady..... LeverEvolution.......... excellent ammo.....IMHO....   ;)
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Re: Ruger M77/357
« Reply #6 on: October 10, 2012, 07:36:48 PM »
A lever should feed any round nosed, or soft point or wadcutter fine and safely. I had one in .44 mag. The deal was no pointed rounds, but that sure didn't stop me from feeding 240gr soft points with great success on hogs. I own and love a Ruger M77. Its a great rifle, but it just seems wrong for a pistol cartridge. Plus, they ain't cheap. I'd look at the Rossi lever. But its your gun, and my .270 M77 is a tack driver.
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Re: Ruger M77/357
« Reply #7 on: October 10, 2012, 08:15:31 PM »
The problem with lever guns was pointed bullets in a tube magazine.
Bullet tip against the primer of the round ahead of it under recoil , bad juju.
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Re: Ruger M77/357
« Reply #8 on: October 10, 2012, 10:21:19 PM »
Quote from: tombogan03884 on October 10, 2012, 08:15:31 PM
The problem with lever guns was pointed bullets in a tube magazine.
Bullet tip against the primer of the round ahead of it under recoil , bad juju.
Or when you drop it, or hit it hard on the ground etc. But with the rounds mentioned or the Levevolution rounds mentioned by Peg (though I don't know if they come in pistol calibers), you're fine.
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Re: Ruger M77/357
« Reply #9 on: October 10, 2012, 10:49:56 PM »
Quote from: fightingquaker13 on October 10, 2012, 10:21:19 PM
Or when you drop it, or hit it hard on the ground etc. But with the rounds mentioned or the Levevolution rounds mentioned by Peg (though I don't know if they come in pistol calibers), you're fine.

357 & 44.
The 44s reside in my 629 & Marlin 44 lever.
Also available as reload fodder.  :)
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