1949-1999 50th Anniversary M77 Mark II rifle ???
Posted: Sun Dec 24, 2023 12:26 pm
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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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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