Win M70 Featherweight vs Ruger M77 MK ii accuracy

[Forestryguy]

Anyone have real world experience in accuracy between these two rifles? The Ruger is one that was after they fixed their barrel issues with synthetic stock. The Win is a later 90s with wood stock. Both in 30-06.

 

[Unckebob]

My Featherweight (early 2000's) in 308 shoots great. I have no experience with the Ruger.

 

[walk2112]

My 2019 vintage Model 70 FTW has so far been about a 1.5 MOA gun, after putting it in a Bansner stock, but it deserves some more ammo variety and load development to be sure (each barrel is unique ya know?) It shows promise of being about a 1.25 MOA gun once I find a bullet/powder it prefers (not there yet) and it handles, feeds, balances like a dream.
I've seen Mark ii's that straight out of the box shot really well, and then others that had bedding pressure problems on either the barrel or had the action experiencing some torsion/binding on the magazine box that caused them to shoot sporadically. Or action screws not torqued to spec. Same with Hawkeyes for that matter, which is very similar to the Mkii.
That being said I have 5 M77's, one a tang safety, the rest Hawkeyes. The tang safety barrel walks when hot, so not good, but that was before the Mkii. Stainless Hawkeyes have been a labor of love in general, always function 100%, and generally feel bombproof... but all of them except my 16" GSR did not shoot well out of the box (which drives most people nuts) and needed some smoothing of the action, a careful bedding job (free floated or pressure bedded depending on barrel profile and caliber), maybe a different stock, and making sure the magazine box isn't bound up between the floorplate and the action... all of which can be handled in the garage.
Now, with the right load (or couple of loads) they are as accurate as anything else I own except for my Tikka T3 CTR.
M77's are not for everybody in my experience, but not as bad as playing Kimber roulette... as the in-house hammer forged barrels themselves don't seem to hold them back, just all the other quirks of the system if not handled correctly. They are not the 'easy button solution' sometimes, but I think Model 70's need some love sometimes too in order to shoot like they ought to.