I do not recall a special M77 Mark II rifle model that was produced for Ruger's 50th Anniversary in 1999. But an avid collector recently found a blue M77 Mark II in .257 Roberts with walnut stock and a floorplate that has Ruger's traditional style floorplate engraving (of later models) with a 50th Anniversary 1949-1999 motif laser engraved and in gold. Anybody else seen a rifle like this?
The kicker is, the gun is serial number 781-94804 and when plugging that into Ruger's serial number lookup page we find it was shipped as a barreled action model 9277. I suspect the gun was put together, the floorplate perhaps coming from Numrich (maybe Ruger sold their one-off pieces parts to Numrich??)
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1949-1999 50th Anniversary M77 Mark II rifle ???
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Re: 1949-1999 50th Anniversary M77 Mark II rifle ???
I've not seen a rifle like you described, but I have one of the 1 of 1000 264 win mags made in 1998 for the 50th anniversary. It's a KM77RP M77 Mark II stainless with zytel stock and engraved floorplate serial number 786-67559. I think they were made for GO Sportsmen and AcuSport.
Re: 1949-1999 50th Anniversary M77 Mark II rifle ???
Its not so much the rifle, because the blue .257 in question shows as being shipped as an Action Only.douglastwo wrote: ↑Mon Dec 25, 2023 10:03 pm I've not seen a rifle like you described, but I have one of the 1 of 1000 264 win mags made in 1998 for the 50th anniversary. It's a KM77RP M77 Mark II stainless with zytel stock and engraved floorplate serial number 786-67559. I think they were made for GO Sportsmen and AcuSport.
I'm just curious about an actual 50th Anniversary 1949-1999 M77 Mark II rifle.
The 1 of 1000 guns in .264 are in stainless, but the machine engraving on this blued floorplate appears identical except is with the "1 of 1000" at the bottom.
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