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I think your idea makes more sense in the context of a Ruger 77/44 than a Ruger 77/357. The .357 depends upon high speed for its effectiveness, so most useful loads will be supersonic, thus loud even if silenced. You'd need to be shooting .38sp level loads to get effective silencing. Fine for small game at close range, but with a loopy trajectory, very suboptimal even for that. Very limiting in this sort of rifle.
With a Ruger 77/44 you can shoot .44sp, which depends on the weight and fatness of the bullet instead of speed for its effectiveness. Standard 240 grain loads are subsonic. Keith style bullets or flat nose hard cast bullets in .44sp are effective on deer and black bears. Hugely underrated cartridge, the .44sp.
With a Ruger 77/44 you can shoot .44sp, which depends on the weight and fatness of the bullet instead of speed for its effectiveness. Standard 240 grain loads are subsonic. Keith style bullets or flat nose hard cast bullets in .44sp are effective on deer and black bears. Hugely underrated cartridge, the .44sp.