They are odd little guns to shoot well off a bench. I picked up one of the Compacts in 243 with the ceracote and 16" barrel, adjusted the trigger, tweaked the mags to feed properly, then my brother scooped it as payment for doing my floor, I had a box of ammo loaded up for it and got out with him to line it up. Let him get it zeroed and told him to fire off a few groups. He was getting 2-3" at 100 which he was happy with for deer, I grabbed it and put 3 into about 2 inches with my regular hold on a bench rest. Then I put 3 touching simply by pulling it hard into my shoulder instead of my loose "let it free recoil" method. Let him try it that way and he put all his next groups touching. I dunno, I suspect it's the stock flex or something, but holding her tight she shoots well. Hell...bolt was even very smooth, no zipper noise, no tool marks, much better then any one I had or had seen before, kinda liked it.
So when the 308 Compacts were on sale at Tenda (18" barrel, 12.5" lop, similar to the Go Wild ceracote 243 but just blued/black stock) for $500 I thought hey why not, kinda into these small lightweight handy carbines, nice to carry, they shoot well, seemed Ruger finally figured out how to finish these half decent.
It's the same OAL as my CZ527 x39 carbine, so very handy, but alas, goddamn zipper city with the bolt lol, guess they are still hit or miss. Barrel though is completely centered in the stock, which is not the norm from any I have had through here...so that's good I guess.
Loading for it now, will see if it shoots next nice weekend.
