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<blockquote data-quote="LBnM" data-source="post: 3021544" data-attributes="member: 817"><p>I don't know about the Ruger American - never even looked at one. But, I've owned lots of 77s (and Rem 700, and Win 70, and Savage 110, and Sako and Husquvarna and Brownings and ......) and of all I've owned over the last few decades a Ruger 77 in .280 Rem and one in 7x57 were the two most accurate of the bunch. I did handload then so I worked thru lots of ammo. The next most accurate was a tie between a Husquvarna mauser in .30-06 and a custom shop Remington 700 Classic in .375 H&H. All my .358s would keep the round into minute of Elks ear. The Ruger engineers designed the angular bolt to pull the action hard into the stock. Some like it - some don't, but it has stood the test of time. Remington has had lots of problems in later years. A big part of the accuracy complaints of the Ruger 77 were due to the trigger. That was primarily resolved with the introduction of the LC6 trigger several years ago. If Elk is part of the equation I would recommend not going smaller than 7mm. And a 7mm mag and .300 mag are some of my least liked rounds. A .280 or .30-06 does everything the mags do at <em>decent hunting distances</em> with efficiency. Again, I believe it's how you <em>hunt</em> and the bullet choice for most cartrfidges.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LBnM, post: 3021544, member: 817"] I don't know about the Ruger American - never even looked at one. But, I've owned lots of 77s (and Rem 700, and Win 70, and Savage 110, and Sako and Husquvarna and Brownings and ......) and of all I've owned over the last few decades a Ruger 77 in .280 Rem and one in 7x57 were the two most accurate of the bunch. I did handload then so I worked thru lots of ammo. The next most accurate was a tie between a Husquvarna mauser in .30-06 and a custom shop Remington 700 Classic in .375 H&H. All my .358s would keep the round into minute of Elks ear. The Ruger engineers designed the angular bolt to pull the action hard into the stock. Some like it - some don't, but it has stood the test of time. Remington has had lots of problems in later years. A big part of the accuracy complaints of the Ruger 77 were due to the trigger. That was primarily resolved with the introduction of the LC6 trigger several years ago. If Elk is part of the equation I would recommend not going smaller than 7mm. And a 7mm mag and .300 mag are some of my least liked rounds. A .280 or .30-06 does everything the mags do at [I]decent hunting distances[/I] with efficiency. Again, I believe it's how you [I]hunt[/I] and the bullet choice for most cartrfidges. [/QUOTE]
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