Still, I hunted with the rifle a lot and held onto it right up until the time my military career took me to Idaho. Funny thing, within a year I purchased another M77 RSI. I shot a few deer with the rifle and in a moment of weakness, while lusting for a different rifle that would not let its bullets stray, I sold it. The same could also be expected if you fired more than two or three shots the barrel got hot and bullets sprayed the target. If the temperature dropped, if it rained or if it got hot, the point of impact would wander. It shot reasonably well, but its point of impact changed with the weather. Having grown up shooting mountain-style muzzleloading rifles with full-length stocks, I was always drawn to the RSI and purchased the first one I found. Ruger offered the M77 RSI from 1986 until 2010. One of the best-looking Ruger M77s ever produced was the RSI, or International as it was called, with its full-length Mannlicher stock. But, Ruger was also smart in that it sometimes offered the M77 chambered for classic cartridges and in some not-so-usual configurations. Ruger wisely included features like a three-position safety and a Mauser-like claw extractor. There’s no question the Ruger M77 is one of the most successful bolt-action hunting rifles of all time.
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