H&K 770?

[CountryGent]

Has anyone had experience with the H&K 770 rifles? They are a .308 / 7.62㎜ sporting rifle produced back in the day. I'm not up on all things H&K, but the traditional styling, the chambering, and the 4 and 10-round magazines are interesting. The one I'm looking at on an auction site has some nice original optics and mount too. All that said, I don't know a whole lot about them. And, for the matter, I'm not sure on the parts and magazines for these.

Anywho, I haven't bid upon said yet, but I have it on watch. Any thoughts (good, bad, or ugly) on the topic would be of interest. Thoughts on what is a reasonable bid price and what the spare parts situation looks like would also be good to know. Vielen Dank.

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[11Charlie]

I have never heard of one. So after some research it seems like a really cool rifle. Found this video which might be an interesting watch for you Countrygent.

 

[CountryGent]

Thanks for the video. Much appreciated @SKrueger.

 

[11Charlie]

Thanks for the video. Much appreciated @SKrueger.

No problem. I found it really interesting. If I found one for a good price I would probably jump on it. Seems like a sweet rifle.

 

[IronMonster]

I had one back in the mid 90's. It was a fine shooter and well made but not really all that "fun" to shoot.

 

[Argonaut]

As I remember, they were expensive. Probably didn't sell that well. Did some have polygon bores?

 

[IronMonster]

Mine was a poly bore, I think they all were. If I recall I paid $1500-ish for it around 1994 which adjusted for inflation would make it like $3000 in todays dollars.

 

[mrblond]

wow, they are pretty spendy and it looks like you will need to take a loan out for mags

 

[Argonaut]

As I remember, H&K experimented a lot with the Pollygon bore barrels but went back to more conventional rifling after a while. They tried them on a broad range of there guns. I studied them at one point. Don't think they were particularly accurate but easy to clean. Isn't this a little more sporting version of the SL7?

 

[IronMonster]

Isn't this a little more sporting version of the SL7?

Yep, I think that is exactly what it is. When I bought the 770 what I actually wanted was an SL7, which is probably why even though the 770 was a fine rifle it never really excited me much.

 

[CountryGent]

Thanks all for the thoughts, etc. I just checked the auction and it is almost over. It is currently at just under $2K. Considering I don't have any experience with them, and the price of mags, I think I will pass on this one. Though, I will say, they do look neat-o. Thanks again.

 

[TheFuture]

I have a HK 630 (.223 version of the same gun) and it's a great rifle, but mags and accessories are exceedingly hard on the wallet and can be difficult to source. It took my years to find 30mm rings for mine. That said, they're very well-made, accurate, and reliable. Keep in mind the scope mount alone goes for around $500, so if it comes with a mount then $2k is a good price, especially if you get a couple mags with it.

 

[Certaindeaf]

I had an SL7 that I bought brand new back in the day.. it was awesome. Way more handy than the battle ready 91

 

[candy]

Has anyone had experience with the H&K 770 rifles? They are a .308 / 7.62㎜ sporting rifle produced back in the day. I'm not up on all things H&K, but the traditional styling, the chambering, and the 4 and 10-round magazines are interesting. The one I'm looking at on an auction site has some nice original optics and mount too. All that said, I don't know a whole lot about them. And, for the matter, I'm not sure on the parts and magazines for these.

Anywho, I haven't bid upon said yet, but I have it on watch. Any thoughts (good, bad, or ugly) on the topic would be of interest. Thoughts on what is a reasonable bid price and what the spare parts situation looks like would also be good to know. Vielen Dank.

I have owned one since they first came out. it is an excellent hunting rifle. superb accuracy, comfortable to carry and shoot. recoil operated, very fast
the safety located on the left forearm takes a little getting used to, but I'm left handed so any standard gun is a bit different. only bad ting I will say is it dents the casing lip during ejection. I wish I had 3 of them.

 

[ilikegunspdx]

Has anyone had experience with the H&K 770 rifles? They are a .308 / 7.62㎜ sporting rifle produced back in the day. I'm not up on all things H&K, but the traditional styling, the chambering, and the 4 and 10-round magazines are interesting. The one I'm looking at on an auction site has some nice original optics and mount too. All that said, I don't know a whole lot about them. And, for the matter, I'm not sure on the parts and magazines for these.

Anywho, I haven't bid upon said yet, but I have it on watch. Any thoughts (good, bad, or ugly) on the topic would be of interest. Thoughts on what is a reasonable bid price and what the spare parts situation looks like would also be good to know. Vielen Dank.

Dunno but I sure like the sl7. Damn spendy though. Saw one yesterday I think it was over $5000. Forgotten weapons probably has a video on them.

Looked like this

 

[ilikegunspdx]

Wiki says it's roller delay which is way cool for .308 imo. Kinda sounds like 770 is more of a sporting version of the sl7? If so probably shares most all the same parts (guessing on my part, I don't know that). Sounds like sl6 was the same as sl7 but in 5.56

They changed for the SL8 (5.56) which uses the same short stroke gas piston system as the hk 416. Roller delay is smooth. Ar-180 based is more abrupt. Pluses and minuses to both systems.

I'm a big fan of roller delay .308. Just got this one. Can't wait to shoot it. The 12.5" recoil is very mild, about the same as 300 BlK. Haven't shot the 8.5" version yet.

 

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[ilikegunspdx]

Video from Jerry. Sounds like it cycles fast and throws cases a long ways. I woudl be curious what degree locking piece it uses. Using a lower degree locking piece can smooth out recoil and not toss brass so far but I don't know if those are available for sl7/770. G3 ones are about $12. If it uses g3 action maybe they are the same?

View: https://youtu.be/nT7dYZETY28?si=vk4j44bMMMcFGtC4

View: https://youtu.be/Z2pd-71ToyM?si=VhCCqQMiGNj11BX5

View: https://youtu.be/KwJDC7QwCmk?si=W5MHVhccwYNR49Z-

 

[ilikegunspdx]

Here is locking piece table from 2007. If you could find an older table or just see if it uses the same as a g3 (which shouldn't be that difficult to find I would guess) then you can see what locking pieces can be used. Smaller angle ones are used for less felt recoil and running suppressed.


New hk locking piece ($12)