I'm trying to figure out the value of my rifle

 

Rugar m77 30-06 with iron sights, weaver mounts, weaver rings, wood stock and blued barrel. This is the old style

I just called ruger and the approx manufacture date is 1981-1982. I can send away for an auth cert if I wish

Older ones have red butt pad. GB search 380-525.

This one has a red butt pad

 

Hard to tell in that pic but it's red.

That action looks familiar.......modified M1917 Enfield action? Has the same peculiar bent back bolt .

Quoted from wiki

 

The Ruger M77 is a bolt-action rifle produced by Sturm, Ruger & Company. It was designed by Jim Sullivan during his three years with Ruger. The rifle features a traditional Mauser-style two-lugged bolt with a claw extractor.

 

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From the beginning, the Ruger M77 was intended as a modernized Mauser 98, though numerous changes were made. Bill Ruger wanted to use investment casting in place of a forged receiver. The Sullivan-designed bolt dispensed with the Mauser blade type ejector and instead used the simpler plunger style of ejector. A two-position tang safety and redesigned trigger system were also designed from scratch.

 

Perhaps the most novel feature of the M77 is the only one that has not been redesigned, the angled action screw. The front action screw of traditional bolt-action rifles draws the receiver directly down against the stock. The M77 uses an angled screw that draws the action down and to the rear, tightly bedding it against the stock.

Looked it up in the trusty ole' Gun Traders Guide book. They made like a million different model 77s chambered in about every caliber there is, with a million different options. They all seem to be priced around the same though.

 

Book say's (priced w/o scope)

NiB: $500-$525

Ex: $382-$430

Gd: $247-$315

 

Id say you'd be on the higher side of all those including the scope.

Hope that helps a little

Quoted from wiki

 

The Ruger M77 is a bolt-action rifle produced by Sturm, Ruger & Company. It was designed by Jim Sullivan during his three years with Ruger. The rifle features a traditional Mauser-style two-lugged bolt with a claw extractor.

 

HideDesign and features

 

From the beginning, the Ruger M77 was intended as a modernized Mauser 98, though numerous changes were made. Bill Ruger wanted to use investment casting in place of a forged receiver. The Sullivan-designed bolt dispensed with the Mauser blade type ejector and instead used the simpler plunger style of ejector. A two-position tang safety and redesigned trigger system were also designed from scratch.

 

Perhaps the most novel feature of the M77 is the only one that has not been redesigned, the angled action screw. The front action screw of traditional bolt-action rifles draws the receiver directly down against the stock. The M77 uses an angled screw that draws the action down and to the rear, tightly bedding it against the stock.

 

Don't forget that Bill Ruger went to Leonard Brownell who had a handle in designing the straight-combed classic-style stock as well as a variation of the dog-legged "flat bolt" which was modified later in 1971. The rifle has always had classic lines thanks to some gun-making talent.