[mosin warrior]

My younger brother is looking at different rifles for his first deer rifle and he likes the Ruger M77 Hawkeye. Can anybody tell me what the weight and accuracy is like. I am curious because I have a Remington Model 700 Mountain Rifle that shoots lights out to compare it to.

[DaTeacha]

Don't know about the Hawkeye variant, but I used to shoot eggs from 200 yards with my M77, bone stock except for freefloating the barrel. Chambered in 6mm Rem. 6X limit on scopes. Basically you got the finest crosshair scope you could find and the hairs still covered the target so you sighted in to hit in the "corner" of the cross.

[samuel]

How do you calibrate a barrel to maintain a gas seal to use eggs,or do you have a special sabot for them?I can understand why you would have to be 200yds away from everything to shoot eggs,but wouldn't plain oldfashioned bullets work better? LOL. sam.

[sell33]

lol^^

where is ArkansasHunter I'm pretty sure he has a hawkeye in 308...hopefully he will chime in...

[mosin warrior]

Well a Hawkeye 308 is what my little brother is looking at. I can shoot eggs at 200 yards with my absolutely bone stock Remington Model 700 Mountain Rifle in 7mm-08.

[DaTeacha]

The eggs are used when shooting at high flying waterfowl, especially ducks. In the event of a miss, the birds see the eggs going by, wonder "What the Quack?" and turn around to see what's going on, giving you another shot. The projectiles have even been ruled as environmentally acceptably in California, although the PETA types insist on the use of non-fertilized eggs from free-range chickens.

[OneHoleWonder]

I bought a Ruger Hawkeye in .270 caliber about two weeks ago and had a chance to take it to the bench and check it out at 125 yards. Not knowing what ammo to feed it I picked up some Win 130 gr. Powerpoint and some Win 130 gr. silvertips. My glass for now is a Bushnell Trophy 3-9 power.

I started working with the Powerpoints and was on paper with two shots at 40 yards after bore sighting. I was about 5" high. I took two shots at the 125 yard target and was still about 5" high. I lowered my elevation and took another shot at 125 and center punched the bullseye! The next two shots were within an inch of each other 2" high and left. I wanted to zero about 2" high at 125 yards so I tweaked my windage.

On my next three shot group the first two bullets were 2" high and touching. I lost my concentration a bit on the third shot and it was 1" from the other two.

I shot another three shot group. This time the first two bullets overlapped each other. I tried to make a cloverleaf with the third but ended up 3/4" away from the other two.

I switched to the silvertips and fired two more three shot groups. They printed just a shade lower than the powerpoints but each of the groups were 1" groups.

Needless to say I'm thrilled with this kind of out of the box accuracy from a $600 factory rifle. I'm not a great rifle shot. Based on some of the groups I shot with bullets touching or overlapping I know this rifle can shoot better than me. I've already shot a 3/4" group with factory ammo and I've fired less than two full boxes of ammo and only experimented with two different types. I'm nearly certain a really good rifle shot could consistently print 3 shot groups of 3/4" with this rifle.

While on the bench I shot with a 4x4 block of wood topped off with some sandbags. No vice or lead slead. The trigger on this rifle is OUTSTANDING. There is no slack and the trigger feels like it breaks around 2 pounds from the factory. I find the light trigger pull really helps with accuracy. The integral scope mounts and factory rings seem to work great and you save a few ounces by not having to install a base.

I'm a Win Mod 70 man at heart and own a couple CRF versions. For a long time my number 1 deer rifle was a Rem Mod 700 Mountain rifle in .280 caliber. Now I have a safe full of rifles of all kinds. Next deer season I plan on taking my rack buck with this rifle to see how well a 130 gr. .270 bullet works on a 200 pound buck. The Hawkeye carries like a Mod 70 Featherweight or a Rem Mountain Rifle and so far it seems to shoot just as nice. It has a free floated and bedded barrel and the one I bought came with a nicely figured stick of wood.

I think it's a heck of a rifle for $600 and it's made in the USA!