Thread: Walnut and blued steel,

Ok, this one is not as nice as some of the rifles posted on here, but there is some history.

I bought this Ruger M77 M2 in 223 with my old man in probably '92 or 93 when I left school. It was in my possession until I went off to the UK when I gave it to my old man in 2000. I don't think that he ever really had it out *.

While in the UK I surrendered my FAL when it came up for renewal. When I came back from the UK I never took up hunting again.

During COVID my old man passed away after a fight with the C, and I got a family friend to look after the firearms. It then took me another 2 years to get my FAL**

So rock around the summer of 2023, I have Dad's rifles back and I have plans to get out and about, then plans fell off the ladder - quite literally. Dislocated shoulder with 3 fractures. Shit.

4 Weeks off work, surgery, another 6 weeks of working from home and no lifting, 4 months of light duties a then finally cleared to start to use it fully.

Back to the plans of last year - get out with this rifle and maybe find a deer...




An hour after these photos I had a tumble on a slippery rock and put a good scrape in the woodwork

* there was still half a box of ammo when I got it back that looked very much like it was the last box I bought.
** it was one of the many that were in limbo during the changeover

Lovely rifle , bit of a soft spot for those , great story and comeback mate , best of luck with the hunting