Ruger 77/22 hornet

[bigbore375]

I'm looking at a Ruger 77/22 hornet, standard model wood/blued.

I have read they have/had accuracy issues.

Not sure if the current production ones still have the issues or not.

Anyone have experience with the 77/22 hornets?

Thanks

[fps plus]

I have owned several. I found glass bedding the action and the 1st inch of barrel and floating the rest made big improvements . I for one would not hesitate to by one . The triggers can be worked over or replaced as the factory setting is not good . I have also made some into 22K hornet and that conversion is a dandy. . I have shot coyotes with the 40 gr v max at a few hundred yards with no issues.

Good luck

[double gun]

Did the K- hornets feed properly from the mag?

[elkhunter11]

It took some work to get decent accuracy out of my Ruger 17 Hornet.

[fps plus]

Originally Posted by double gun

Did the K- hornets feed properly from the mag?

One magazine fed with no alterations . Others fed fine with a very small amount of metal removed of the sides of the feed lips .

Any i rifles have had would easily shoot 3/4 and often 1/2 inch at 100 yds . Mine were all spotter barrels

[fps plus]

It’s a very over looked cartridge . It’s a powder mizer , usually 10- 13 grs per round . Barrels don’t get very hot when shooting in gopher patch.

[Dean2]

I MUCH prefer the CZ 527 in 22 Hornet. Far less trouble getting them to shoot. I have tuned 4 or 5 Rugers so they would shoot well, (one need a whole new barrel that Ruger supplied, all needed bedding and most need their bolts shimmed) but it is quite a lot of work to get to where the Browning, Zastava, Savage or CZ is right out of the box. They are a nice looking gun but far too expensive to need that much tuning.

[Long Ranger]

I have had a 77/22H for over 16 years now. Stainless/laminate with considerable load development done. Most loads average under 1 MOA. For example, one of my favorite loads uses the 40 gr Speer and Little Gun. The load workup for average of three, three shot groups; .375 .495, and .875 for an average of 0.56.