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Re: The New Ruger 77/357...thoughts on this?
Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 8:24 pm
by hirundo82
speedsix wrote:G.A. Heath wrote:A lever gun with a tube magazine can also shoot .38sp where the rotary mag can't handle the shorter cartridge.
...do you know that from experience and would the .44 mag be the same way? That's why I never bought their .44 rifles..kept hearing that bad news but never nailed it down...
Not particularly an issue if you reload--just load .44mag down to .44spl levels. .44spl is pretty much a reloading proposition anyhow with the lack of choices in loaded ammo.
Re: The New Ruger 77/357...thoughts on this?
Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2011 9:48 am
by seeker_two
I'm interested....but I wish they'd used the 96 lever-action to introduce .357Mag in a rifle....and I'm a little disappointed that it won't feed .38Spl....so I'm not sure if I'll go for this one or just get a Marlin levergun....
Re: The New Ruger 77/357...thoughts on this?
Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2011 4:34 pm
by KDD
Should be a very fun and effective gun, the 357 is a entirely different gun with the longer barrel.
Re: The New Ruger 77/357...thoughts on this?
Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2011 11:22 pm
by speedsix
hirundo82 wrote:speedsix wrote:G.A. Heath wrote:A lever gun with a tube magazine can also shoot .38sp where the rotary mag can't handle the shorter cartridge.
...do you know that from experience and would the .44 mag be the same way? That's why I never bought their .44 rifles..kept hearing that bad news but never nailed it down...
Not particularly an issue if you reload--just load .44mag down to .44spl levels. .44spl is pretty much a reloading proposition anyhow with the lack of choices in loaded ammo.
...loaded quite a bit of .44 Spl...but don't load .44Mag, since I don't shoot it...so it'd be a whole nuther setup...not worth it to me to "solve" the problem that leverguns already have solved...don't understand why that tiny difference in case length keeps the Spl from feeding from the Mag rotary mag, though...
Re: The New Ruger 77/357...thoughts on this?
Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2011 9:54 pm
by Mastodon
74novaman wrote:Meh. I don't see that it offers any advantage over a good .357 lever gun. Solution looking for a problem in my mind. If you gave me a choice between a lever gun and bolt gun both in .357, I'd take the lever every time. It can do everything the bolt gun does, with a few advantages like higher capacity.
I'll take my Marlin 1894c in .357.
But, a Ruger revolver or two.... SP101, GP100...
