RUGER M77 MKII LIGHTWEIGHT BUILD

[Alex white]

IMO, this juice isn’t worth the squeeze. You’re going square peg into round hole here.

Sell it if you no longer want the rifle and start over building light from the ground up with plenty of other options for parts.

I get there are better builds, but this was my dads gun, it’s getting restored with his ashes in the new custom stock, sure I could go buy a fierce 6.8 western or 7prc in sub 7 lb package and it would be great.

But this will be within 1 lb, and it’s going to be customized to myself with a tribute to the old man with the rifle I learned to shoot on. That’s hard to beat

 

[rickyw]

MPI can make a custom stock light weighted for under 20oz for the ruger mark ii

 

[SDHNTR]

I get there are better builds, but this was my dads gun, it’s getting restored with his ashes in the new custom stock, sure I could go buy a fierce 6.8 western or 7prc in sub 7 lb package and it would be great.

But this will be within 1 lb, and it’s going to be customized to myself with a tribute to the old man with the rifle I learned to shoot on. That’s hard to beat

Agreed. That’s really cool!

 

[Luke S]

The stock I used was an MPI done by Extreme Rifle Works. Extreme Rifle Works did work on my Rifle twice and I was happy. The folks at MPI seem less impressive (late) so be prepared to wait. But it was nice in the end.

 

[eamyrick]

I’d have Brown Precision stock it in a pounder stock. Should finish at 21-22 oz or so and you can get whatever lop you want. Other than that you can lose some weight cutting the barrel down and getting a custom contoured slim brake. While you are at it you can have a Spartan Tripod adapter in stock and drop another pound on bipod.

 

[Clarson757]

Following along. I have a tang safety m77 that my uncle gave me. It was my first bolt action. 25-06. Just decided to tinker with it a bit. Usually shoot it at the range a few times a year and it’s incredibly accurate.

Thinking about taking it to the next level and actually hunting it. Am I spinning my wheels here? Doesn’t seem like there is a lot out there for the tang safety models besides a trigger upgrade.

 

[BCsteve]

Pulled the custom .35 Whelen barrel off my Ruger MKII to be sent and screwed on Tikka action. I weighed the action to give an idea on the weight saving. Should save roughly 10oz on the action alone.

 

[EricBender208]

Sure will, should be about 3 months, if I haven’t said boo by April please remind me

How did that stock turn out?

 

[Alex white]

Better than I ever could have imagined, I am beyond impressed with it, feels like a whole new gun.

 

[noKnees]

I have a number of MKII and hawkeyes. Most are in Mcmillian MKII (sako) classic stocks but I have a handful in the LW version of the MPI stock. a 358 win with a #2 contour 20" barrel, MPI LW stock and a leupold 4x is around 6.2 lbs. with a 22 30cal barrel and VTX 2-10 HD LH its about 7lbs.

The MPI is pretty light but has a bit more forearm flex than I like. I would certainly be happy to find a 25oz stock that is as stiff as a McMillan edge. I Have a couple of rifles I would consider restocking.

Although if I were starting out to build a Lighter CRF rifle, I would start with a Kimber Montana and rebarrel if you need a chambering/barrel/twist not available from the factory.