Ruger M77 Mk. II Express Magnum Rifle : Big Game Gun Review

By AmmoLand Editor Duncan Johnson

By David Tong,
In this article, David Tong reviews the powerful Ruger M77 Mk. II Express Magnum.

U.S.A. –-(Ammoland.com)- In the waning days of the late William Ruger senior’s management, a man who loved classic styled firearms and had recently updated the company’s Model 77 rifle into controlled feed design, authorized the development of the Express Magnum variant of the M77.

By doing so, the rifle was easily capable of handling the largest cartridges typically used for African hunting, including the .375 H&H, the .416 Rigby, and the .458 Winchester.

Ruger M77 Mk. II Express Magnum Rifle

The design ethos of a straight-combed, “classic” stocked rifle with a heavy barrel, integral quarter rib with Express sights and folding leaves, integral recoil lug, barrel-band mounted forward sling swivel attachment, all harkened back to their original British roots.

It was only produced for three years and sold for the princely sum of $1,999. Its action was extra-long for those cartridges (though too long for …Read the Rest