Just when you think you think you know what you want, Ruger pulls another one out of their hat.
Ruger's latest news release is a rotary magazine .357 Magnum, lightweight bolt action rifle. Handloaders love the .357. You can load heavyweight thumpers for taking deer or wild hogs, or load it down for plinking and small game. The new Ruger comes equipped with iron sights, plus a set of Ruger scope rings.
This lightweight little rifle weighs just 5 1/2 pounds, and can quickly be unloaded by dropping the five round magazine and ejecting one cartridge. Lever action .357's will run about one pound heavier, and the magazine tube must be unloaded by levering every cartridge through the action. I can see this little sharpshooter standing by the back door, ready to take on coyotes, skunks, and other varmints that invade the homestead. I have been rolling my own loads for a .357 Blackhawk for well over thirty years, and this new rifle would be a great companion for my revolver.
A source at Ruger tells me that the rotary mag will also feed .38 specials, "Most Of The Time." The shorter cartridges will occasionally "rim lock" causing you to clear a jam. Use .357 brass for all of your field loads and you will have no problems. Ruger has a nice introductory video on their website;
Click Here to see it.
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Sturm, Ruger, and Co.
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ReplyDeleteRuger says: "The 77/357 will usually function well when loaded with .38 Special. However, the left over space in the magazine allows .38 Special cartridges room to migrate, occasionally to where the rim of the top round gets caught behind the rim of the round below, causing a “rim lock” jam. The incidence rate of this malfunction is fairly low, and varies by ammunition type. If you want to shoot .38 Special in your 77/357 you are welcome to do so, but you can’t blame your gun if it does not function perfectly! The gun was designed to shoot, and will shoot best, with 357 Magnum ammunition."
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