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Ruger 77/44 for $399 at cabelas.
- Thread starter jwill130
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Just got an email that mine was delivered today to acworth.
Synthetic. When I was first trying to decide if I even wanted to order one they still had the wood available. But this way I don't have to worry about dents or scratches. I'm thinking of having the stock hydro dipped anyway.
I’d want the wood stock but stainless barrel and other exposed metal parts.
Sometimes I wish more gun companies offered a wood-looking synthetic stock as an alternative to black, or camo.
Sometimes I wish more gun companies offered a wood-looking synthetic stock as an alternative to black, or camo.
This Ruger 77/44 has a 1:20 rifling twist rate, which should be ideal for stabilizing 300+ grain bullets.
That would make me want to thread the barrel for a .44 / .45 Colt /.454 /.458 SOCOM rated can.
A .30 rifle with subsonic ammo won’t use bullets any heavier than about 220 gr.
With a .44 bore rifle, you could bump up the bullet mass to nearly double that, keep the same muzzle velocity at around 1050 f.p.s., and thump the deer with a silent strike that’s got a half-ton of kinetic energy.
That would make me want to thread the barrel for a .44 / .45 Colt /.454 /.458 SOCOM rated can.
A .30 rifle with subsonic ammo won’t use bullets any heavier than about 220 gr.
With a .44 bore rifle, you could bump up the bullet mass to nearly double that, keep the same muzzle velocity at around 1050 f.p.s., and thump the deer with a silent strike that’s got a half-ton of kinetic energy.
I should have gotten 5. The wood is beautiful on this one. It took me an hour and a half waiting to pick it up at Cabelas. They were BUSY!
Just one of these and one youth savage axis 223. 200.00 plus the rebate of 50.00. Not a bad gun for my son for 150.00 net price.
