Ruger Hawkeye Long-Range Target Rifle Field Trial & Review

By L.P. Brezny

Opinion
Shooting the distance with the new Ruger Hawkeye Long-Range Target Rifle: Ruger has taken off the gloves on this one, believe me.

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The new Ruger Hawkeye Long-Range Target Rifle, a Ruger M 77 derivative, is not just another nice looking fire stick. In this case, the rifle starts with the well known and very solid Mauser M-77 long ejector action, and a heavy contour target barrel of 4149 chrome-moly steel, that makes use of a Russian developed 5R rifling system. R5 rifling retains minimum bore and groove dimensions, and also very tight head space in the centralized chamber. This barrel is equipped with a Ruger designed muzzle break that by hands-on testing to the tune of 300 rounds down range has indicated that the rifle has reduced …Read the Rest

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