Quote Originally Posted by Taz72 View Post
On its own the similarity on the bore size means very little.

Other than both being HW's with the same trigger, the the handling and shooting characteristics of the rifles differ significantly : the weights are different, the balance is different, loading is different etc.

Given that you've already got a 95, I would go with the 77 by way of variation, but to be honest I'd handle both side by side first if you can - If you've not already shot a 77/97 then you really need to shoot one so you can decide for yourself: break barrel vs underlever is a bit like a front wheel drive car vs a rear wheel drive car - they both do the same basic job but they feel very different in the way they do it.

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