ruger 77

[redhawk41]

i have a tang safety ruger 77 and there is a hole through right side of the reciever between the locking recess and the extractor port.

am i correct in assuming this is for gas redirection in case of malfunction?

thanks, just curious

 

[cntryboy1289]

yes

correct

 

[artsmom]

/*I have a tang safety Ruger*/

I am partial to tang safeties, I think Ruger screwed up when they went to a Winchester Model 70 type safety.

Any Ruger M77 with a tang safety automatically gets a second look from me when I browse the gun shops or gun shows.

 

[redhawk41]

cntryboy1289, thanks

artsmom, it took me four hours of serious digging at the gunshow to find this one
it's a .308, heavy barrel, not the best for lugging around the hills, but i'm still young