Ruger Hawkeye stainless .243

tiny-nioclas

Hi lads, im going looking at one of these tommorow in .243, has anyone shot one before? Are they accurate? Are Ruger a good predictable rifle?

Sika_Stalker

i shoot two ruger m77mk2's (old version of the hawkeye)
1 in 25-06 and the other in 220 swift
they are very good guns for the price and id consider mine a working rifle which if a mark appears on the stock im not to worried but if its the stainless with the hogue stock if you intend toput a bi-pod on it, it may push up againt the barrel to much
i cleared out the the barrel channel in mine to float the barrel which made mine more accurate
if you dont like the trigger on them then you can put in a timmeny trigger
ammo wasnt really a problem as most would work in them

tiny-nioclas

Yeah thats exactly what im looking for really, a working rifle as such that i dont have to mollycoddle it i live right beside the sea aswell(35-40 yards) so the stainless barrel would help prevent the salty air corroding it, cheers sika.

Sika_Stalker

no problem tiny
glad to help

jimmyzx

Hi tiny,
I have a stainless M77 MK2 in .223 and find a great little rifle. While maybe not a tack driver, it is accurate enough to do what I need it to do
regularly, old reynard can vouch for that .
I've had to change the trigger to a Timney, but seemingly the hawkeye remedied this by coming with an adjustable trigger as standard.

tiny-nioclas

I've had to change the trigger to a Timney, but seemingly the hawkeye remedied this by coming with an adjustable trigger as standard

Yeah hopefully it'l have an adjustabe trigger, sound like a good allrounder to me,so far so good!

tiny-nioclas

Bought her today anyway, collecting it in the morning, very very nice rifle, couldnt suit me better, i noticed its not free floating though

Sika_Stalker

tiny-nioclas wrote: »

Bought her today anyway, collecting it in the morning, very very nice rifle, couldnt suit me better, i noticed its not free floating though

Well you could free it out yourself but if its the Synthetic stock and you put a bi-pod on it, it may touch the barrel
but still it could shoot just as well as a floated barrel

tiny-nioclas

Yeah il definately have a bipod attached most of the time, i got the synthetic one

Sika_Stalker

Well see how she shoots first of all and try as may different bullets as possible in it before making any modifications to the stock

tiny-nioclas

Any reccomendations for a good all round bullet for mostly fallow,and the odd foxín in .243? ive never shot a .243 before

Jonty

58 grain V max hornady, for foxes and neckshooting deer. Or maybe a 70gr Nosler Ballistic Tip Federal??

tiny-nioclas

She likes the taste of 85grain Federal, very accurate!

Sika_Stalker

now that is a sweet looking rig

tiny-nioclas

Cheers buddy, more pics in the shooting photo thread.