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Ruger M77 Hawkeye Cerakote £1,350

OUR VERDICT

If there was an award for the best long-lived modern rifle action, other than the Mauser 98, it would certainly go to the Ruger M77. Bill Ruger imagined a sporting rifle without compromise yet featuring the accuracy and reliability you would expect from a hunting arm, and the M77 was born.

Essentially a modified Mauser bolt-action design, as most rifles were back then, Ruger’s investment

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