I have the Ruger, bought it last summer & love it. It is a tack driver. Constantly shoots from .500 to .750 groups. Did I say if there was very little crosswind. Will vaporize a small varmit or crow at 100 yds. Makes shooting a .22 again very boring.
I have a Ruger 77/17 with a Weaver Grand Slam 6-20x40 scope. Accuracy is superb. My buddy has a 50 acre walnut orchard that was overrun with ground squirrels. Did you notice that I said "was"! Another friend of mine has the same rifle/scope combo, and he and I whacked approx 500 of the little devils this summer. This the most fun I've ever had shooting a rifle. We actually quit shooting the orchard because we wanted to leave enough breeding stock to ensure that we had squirrels to shoot next year!
Posts: 586 | Location: paloma,ca | Registered: 20 February 2002