Thread: Ruger M77 Skeleton Stocked Rifles

I'm in the "love 'em" camp. They came out on the market as the first mass production S/S rifle when I was a high school student in the early 1990s and I thought they were the shit! I got one in .270 in 1995 as soon as I had enough cash to buy it. It is the only centrefire I have ever bought brand new.

Used it for about five years, when I swapped it for a browning A-bolt in .243. While I like the .243, really didn't like the A-bolt (have changed my mind on that since). Sold the .243 after about 18 months and got a canoe paddle in .308, which I hunted with for about 10 years.

In reality they really weren't/aren't that great. They are heavyish, not as accurate as firearms produced these days, kick a bit due to the stock design and that those bloody integral sling swivels will drive you nuts (I cut mine off).

Still they feel really good in my hands, they are completely bomb proof. If I had a lazy $1k or so I'd buy one in completely original condition just for the sake of owning it. A modern classic that for sure.