That's interesting. I polished the cut in my bolts to make sure there weren't any burrs but it wasn't due to a known problem. In fact if I hadn't read that article awhile back I probably wouldn't have thought about it at all.

The M77's I have- a 7mm-08 Frontier for the boys, an Express in .30-'06 and a .375 H&H RSM for me- must be some of the absolute best buys in hunting rifles. Hard to believe Ruger could produce those features for that price.

I'd like to find one of the distributor-special stainless/walnut RSI's when they get the 7mm-08 out later this year. Next to my Winchester levers the Rugers are starting to become favorites of mine and I haven't seen any real fleas on them so far.