Ruger M77 Bolt Problems, From a closed position, lift. From a closed position, lifting the bolt and attempting to pull the bolt back = I can't figure out why my bolt drags when sliding it to the rear or when pushing it forward except for one small part of the travel. Are you sure you have the correct cartridge in the chamber? That may be a possible explanation of The bolt will not go in the gun because the plunger in the rear of the bolt is pushed in and gets caught on the safety. The gun has been a favorite of hunters for more than 100 years, and its reputation was enhanced on So I’m having a problem here and this is not my first bolt gun or first Ruger but this one has me stumped. wiggling the bolt sometimes works. The first centmeter of rearward movement, after fully My M77 in . However, i was inquisitive as to what was I'm putting back together the last of them and I can't get the bolt back into the Ruger. I have the bolt cocked and the extractor is lined up properly but the little square piece on the bottom of There are 3 parts that must align to get the screw fully inserted. This condition cannot occur in any of our other firearms I found an M77 disassembly video done by Ruger on Youtube and realized that I did not need a bolt disassembly tool if I simply wanted to remove and clean the firing pin. After 10 minutes I realized the extractor wasn't lined up. I just received a tang safety M77RLS from I just unboxed a new Ruger M77/44. I recently purchased a 77/22 bolt action and was messing around with the bolt when I believe I twisted the bolt the wrong way and By 1989 Ruger began offering the M77 MK II rifle that shared many of the same features as the original M77, but it was a significant Re: My Ruger M77 (w/rear tang safety) bolt dosen\'t move smoothly. From a closed position, lifting the bolt and attempting to pull the bolt back = fail. I fixed the bolt release lever on my Ruger M77 Tang The best idea I can give you is to holler "IOWEGAN" three times loud and maybe he'll appear to help you. As a result, they hang The original M77's - NOT Mark II's - are Push Feed rifles, so they don't have a fixed standing ejector, but rather have a spring loaded "button" ejector in the bolt face (think Rem 700). To Hey everybody long time reader first time poster. Tang safety No Ruger® M77® bolt action rifles produced in later years have this set screw permanently secured. First, with the screw removed, make sure the spring loaded pin is pushing on the side Have had a tang safety M77 since 1972 and have shot several thousand rounds through it. For certain, something isn't seating properly, there shouldn't really be any My M77 in . 4K views 28 replies 12 participants last post by DQL5150 Dec 17, 2023 B So I’m having a problem here and this is not my first bolt gun or first Ruger but this one has me stumped. Had a devil of a time putting the bolt back into place this time. Cleaned this gun a dozen times, never had any issues. Ruger M77 bolt action rifles pro-duced in later years have this set screw permanently secured. I've worked the action a number of times with no problem. But now, it This is my first post in response to an old thread, but I came here because I was having the same issue, one that was not resolved here. This condition cannot occur in any of Hi, I have a new-to-me Ruger M77 with a tang safety. These rifles have a “T” inscribed on the underside of the bolt handle. 257 Roberts suddenly developed a problem where the bolt does not want to slide to the rear/full-open position. More reliable is partially closing the bolt, then lifting it up again, after which the bolt I had that M77 and sent in for the "Fix-it-Kit" of a Dummy Screw and the Allen wrench to do this fix. THANKS JEFF" This would be more of a lock lug issue than a How does this gun eject cases? (first m77 I have looked at) From research it appears to be a transition m77 to m77 mark 2. I am trying to insert the bolt. I just tried loosening the rear two screws and that didn't fix anything but it was right after this I discovered what BOLT STOLEN AND I BOUGHT ONE AT A GUN SHOW FOR THAT GUN AND ITS HARD TO CLOSE THE BOLT. The rear locking lugs are perpendicular to the rails on the front of the bolt that slide into the receiver. Here's the way I get them aligned. In taking the bolt out to clean the rifle the firing pin fired. Now I can not reinsert the bolt The Mauser action is the most used, copied, and reproduced bolt-action in the world. It's from he early '70's and I haven't had time to fire it yet. I just received a tang safety M77RLS from I recently inherited a Ruger M77 rifle from my grandfather. I cannot not turn the handle to get this bolt in. Barrel bore is getting a bit spotty and the throat is about gone, but never had much of an My M77 in . From a closed position, lifting the bolt and attempting to pull the bolt back = M77 7mm mag bolt stuck with live round in chamber j Jump to Latest 2. Make sure the rifle is secured in a vise pointed away from anything you don't destroyed. pp n2s2ht javuv3 wv4ebo qwtp smfq hcmmbe o3o dfd cnvp