It was bought in 1971, i dont know much about it, it was handed down to me by my great grandfather. it looks to be in good shape but i cant find any info on it on the internet. its my first rifle.
A 6mm Remington should be perfectly adequate for deer hunting out to 250-300 yards. The 243 Winchester is a renowned as a great medium game cartridge with a 100 gr bullet at 2950 fps. Compare that to the 100 gr projectile in the 6mm Rem traveling at 3100 fps.
Yes.
Ruger's web site has extensive sn data.
Not currently cataloged.
100-1000 USD depending on specifics
If the ruger site comes back up, you can check there sn database
100-440 or so
If sales falter, yes.
1/10
100-450
Go to Ruger's web site. They have sn data you can look up.
The Ruger website, under customer service, historical data, rifle, M77, will have the serial number ranges for each year of production.
100-560 or so