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Article: Ruger's super scout: John Taffin: 7mm-08 Frontier Model 77.
- Article from:
- Guns Magazine
- Article date:
- March 1, 2007
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If it is possible to love an inanimate object such as a rifle, I am definitely in love. This Model 77 Mk II Frontier is everything I had been looking for in a lightweight, compact, easy-to-carry 7-08mm bolt-action rifle and more. But my love for the 7mm started long ago, although my first encounter with a 7 was a bit off-putting, so to speak.
Our peaceful day was definitely rudely interrupted. You expect to find things very calm and peaceful hunting groundhogs in rural Ohio and, when you're using a .22 for the task, very little changes such expectations. It was 45 years ago and a friend and I were enjoying a vacation from college classes and taking the opportunity ...