Glass Bed my Ruger 77, 7X57mm.

[Ben]

Yesterday , I glass bedded my new ( to me ) Ruger 77, 7X57 mm rifle.
Once the bedding was completed , I cleaned up the surplus glass and shot a few photos.
I also mounted a Weaver K-15-T with A/O.
Not much for a hunting scope but it will tell me what the rifle is capable of on target.

Ben

 

[Brother_Love]

Ben,
It looks great! Bet it shoots as good as it looks too. What kind of bedding do you use?
Thanks, Malcolm

 

[Brother_Love]

One more question. A lot of folks bed the tang too, I never have. Do you?

 

[Ben]

Brownell's Acra-Glass Gel.

Ben

 

[Ben]

One more question. A lot of folks bed the tang too, I never have. Do you?

I will often times bed my own rifles without the tang area bedded.

If I feel that the tang not being bedded is an issue when I shoot the rifle, I can always come back later and bed the tang area of the rifle.

Ben

 

[Ian]

Ben, that scope looks like it grew there, I like it even though it may not be any good for low-light or woods hunting. If you ever need any action pillars that aren't available commercially, let me know and I'll see if I can make some.

 

[JWFilips]

Ben,
Looks like the original inlet was pretty good to start.
Not much excess epoxy in the recoil lug area

 

[Ben]

If you ever need any action pillars that aren't available commercially, let me know and I'll see if I can make some.

A wonderful offer.
Many thanks,

Ben

 

[Ben]

Ben,
Looks like the original inlet was pretty good to start.
Not much excess epoxy in the recoil lug area

Yes, the original cuts were real close.
However, the barreled action would easily fall out of
the stock when the action screws were removed.
It doesn't do that now.....................
I've never felt that a barreled action that will fall from a stock by its own weight was a good thing.

Ben

 

[Pistolero]

Looks like a new barrel. What do you know about it?

Bill

 

[Ben]

The owner of an OK gun shop was at the Tulsa Show last week.
He had an employee of almost 30 yrs. that was a Ruger 77 Collector.

He bought this rifle, ordered the laminated stock, had a gunsmith barrel it with a stainless steel barrel chambered in 7X57mm. Put it in his safe for a couple of yrs. Then came down with cancer and died.

The owner of the shop was selling his guns at the show. Proceeds to go to the man's wife.

Ben

 

[Pistolero]

Seems a shame. Do you know how the throat is cut? 7x57s are all over the map. My Ruger is
the original 1976 bbl, very long throat but shoots well. It dotes on 140 TSXs and 160 Partitions,
and shoots the old 175 RN real well, too. I glass bedded it a long time ago, really love where the
safety is, too.

Good rifle, Ben. Will be interesting to see how it shoots.

Bill

 

[Ben]

Bill,

I have loaded 50 rounds of cast for it.
The loads are in " 5 round lots ".
My barrel dimensions are pretty tight.
Seems the throat is a bit shorter than my other two , 7X57 mm rifles.

Ben

 

[Pistolero]

I thought it might have a shorter throat, seems to be the norm these days for the
7mm Mauser. "a bit" ......My Ruger has a very long throat, probably .7 inch or so,
so even 'a bit' shorter could be a substantial throat, I guess.

I have only shot a few groups with cast in my Ruger 7x57, got good results right
off with a LBT 150 gr bullet. Haven't pursued it further.

It will be interesting to see your results. You get some
amazing groups!

Bill

 

[Ben]

You get some
amazing groups!

Bill,

I just get real lucky sometimes.

Ben

 

[Pistolero]

Your "sometimes" seem to come a lot closer together than
most of the rest of us, somehow.