Comments on: Varminter.com Reviews Ruger 77/17 in 17 WSM Rimfire

By: Craig Aussie

Craig Aussie — Sun, 03 Dec 2017 11:24:58 +0000

Hi all I picked up a 77/17wsm about 2years ago nice rifle had a heavy trigger got my local gunsmith to do a trigger job on it now it has a pull of 1.3lbs with no creep very sweet. shooting golf balls out at 200 yards and rabbits don`t like it

By: Al Lilke

Al Lilke — Tue, 11 Jul 2017 02:57:42 +0000

I bought this rifle and the first thing I did was change out the 7.5 pound trigger for one adjusted to 1.5 lbs. Put a quality scope on it and started a proper break in with a lot of barrel cleaning between every five shots. I have now shot over two thousand gophers some out to 250 yards. Off the bench I consistently shoot under half inch groups at 100 yards. I’ve had 22 mags, 17HMR and nothing comes close to the performance of the Ruger 17WSM. No ricochet problem as the bullets blow up on contact, instant kills with no gopher crawling down a hole wounded.

By: ohcountryboy

ohcountryboy — Sun, 09 Aug 2015 12:47:48 +0000

Bought one of the first ruger .17 WSM’s. Beautiful rifle. Gave it to my father-in-law to use for groundhog hunting, along with 5 boxes of American Eagle ammo. Topped it off with a Redfield 3×9. He has been hunting all his life, and at 84 years old, he says this rifle is pure joy to shoot. He was using a Ruger .17 HMR prior to the WSM for varmits. Sighted in .5 inch high at 100 yards. He had shot 68 groundhogs with it to date. Said it has more knock down that the HRM and more accurate, shooting and hitting groundhogs from 40 yards – 200 yards plus. Not a scientific review, just a real world experience review; it’s a winner with this family.

By: Julio

Julio — Fri, 19 Jun 2015 07:05:59 +0000

I still find myself wondering what the WSM will do that the HMR will not *at the ranges at which the former has sufficient accuracy*. The Ruger’s disgracefully poor trigger notwithstanding, I’ve yet to read a review of any rifle that compliments its accuracy, or compares it favourably to the HMR in that respect. The WSM may indeed have better ballistics, but if it won’t group at least as well as the HMR then that’s pretty much irrelevant.

By: skeet_Man

skeet_Man — Thu, 18 Jun 2015 13:53:28 +0000

Gun manufacturers have been pawning off crappy rifle triggers on “legality” and “lawyers” for years. Simple fact is they are crappy triggers, and the mfg would prefer to deflect the blame instead of correcting the problem.

If mfgs can put rifles out that have 1.5lb triggers out of the box, or less, crappy triggers have nothing to do with legality (either that or the mfg needs a better legal team or insurer).

Honestly, how many of these does Ruger really expect to sell @ $700+ with a joke of a trigger???

By: John Leake

John Leake — Wed, 17 Jun 2015 22:44:35 +0000

I shot one recently at a manufacturers day on our local range. The gun is very nice, the trigger is AWFUL. The trigger must be at least eight pounds and has a creep as well as over travel. The Ruger representative said it was a legal thing, which I believe. Very sad state of affairs.