So that happened….
The 77/357 handles and feels like a .22 rifle. It is very light and just feels good. Accuracy with open sights at 50 yards was excellent. It fed everything I put into int including .38 WC and sharp-shouldered Keith bullets in .357. Since it shoots a small pistol cartridge like the .38/357 it should prove to be a pretty economical gun to shoot. And, of course, I plan on spending some time with the heavy bullets at subsonic speeds to see how well this thing will work with a suppressor.
This particular gun is a somewhat limited offering from Ruger and it was difficult to find. The .44 versions were abundant but I scoured all the usual sources and this was literally the only one I could find.
But I really enjoyed ringing the steel with it at 50 yards with the open sights and can see it’s probably going to become a favorite rifle.
They’ve always been pricey & scarce. Wanted one for years and finally gave up.
A .38/357 rifle could be interesting……..
I would still like to get a 9mm carbine.
Good looking rifle that one.
Gather up a bunch of mags for that thing, it’ll serve you well.
I too shoot 357 mag from rifles: a scoped H&R single shot and a scoped M92 Rossi. It’s great fun working up high performance loads: the fave in MY rifles is 21.5 gns H110, spmag primer, under a 125 gn polymer-coated lead truncated cone bullet. 2350 fps out of the H&R, right at the edge of the 30-30. NOT FOR REVOLVER USE… RIFLE ONLY!
Enjoy!
SP RN
Sweeet !! That sounds like a lot of fun to plink and hunt with. Sounds like a great woods rifle.
I’ve got a Marlin .357 that I really like for tromping through the woods and given the choice between the two, I’d probably run around with the Marlin just for its handiness. But the bolt action has a lot going for it in terms of accuracy potential vs a lever action, less particularity to bullet type, and it came from the factory already threaded which is nice. But theyre both fine candidates for short-range deer hunting. The 77/44 will be even more so.
I had of those and I loved it. Handled everything I ran through it. Must be even better suppressed.
Schweet!
some more sweetness CZ…
https://dailytimewaster.blogspot.com/2024/06/nice-arsenal.html#comment-form
How quiet is it?
There’s one of those rifles for sale on a local trading site, NIB, without threaded barrel for $1,300.00! I will stick to my stainless Rossi ’92s with 2x scopes and my Marlin 1894 with Skinner peep. I’m still working up loads for the Ranch dog 175 grain GC RNFP. That will give the .30-30 and .38-55 a run for the money. Gray Fox