I bought a 77/22 Hornet used recently and am wishing I had done some homework before I decided to buy it. First of all the Hornet brass is real thin and has to be reloaded carefully. I took it to the range yesterday and it wouldn't group at all with factory ammo and several different handload recipes. It's on the bench now. The barreled action is sloppy in the stock and if I loosen the front action screw the barrel raises anout a 1/8" which means it's bound up. I've never bedded a ruger before so wish me luck. I'm going to play with some shims before bedding. Everything has to be right or I could bugger up the magazine fit etc. I wanted to take this Sage Rat shooting, but that probably won't happen now. It was a good buy though! Ken