We bought a NIB M77 MKII for our son back around the first of the year. He lives in ND so it's never been fired but we hope to get that done in the next few days while he and his clan are here for a visit. I've taken it apart, checked it out and it looks like it's ready to go. Trigger is fair for a stocker and I put a 3-9 Leupold on it.
About the only question I have regards the barrel to forend fit and stiffness. Most all of my free floated rifles have pretty stiff forends and I never "feel" the stock move unless I want to make it move. When I grab the forend on this one I can feel it move. There's plenty of barrel clearance right up to where it lightly seats on the "rest' part of the forend but it just seems strange.
Does anyone know if this is normal.
My other MKII's are Varmint and -22 versions.
About the only question I have regards the barrel to forend fit and stiffness. Most all of my free floated rifles have pretty stiff forends and I never "feel" the stock move unless I want to make it move. When I grab the forend on this one I can feel it move. There's plenty of barrel clearance right up to where it lightly seats on the "rest' part of the forend but it just seems strange.
Does anyone know if this is normal.
My other MKII's are Varmint and -22 versions.