Ruger American Rifle Gen II

Suther said:
Hopefully they show us lefties some love with the Ranch line this time. Would love a compact lefty in 7.62x39, 223, or maybe 6mm ARC.

That rear sling swivel looks weird...
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Agreed. If they bring some lefties in it might be time I try. A Ruger centre fire. (Also did but missed out on a 375 ruger a while back)

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Cerakote , rather have polished blue or parkerized.

They save money by cerakoting, but spend money on spiral barrels ?

More ugly plastic stocks, gross looking to boot.

No one today appreciates polished blue and walnut.
 
I don't really understand the cheek riser obsession these days either. Does everybody mount their scopes on extra high rings now?
I always mount my scopes low as possible, out of the 4 target rifles I have with adjustable cheek risers, none are raised. Even the 2 Magpul Hunter stocks I have, I had to seek out zero rise cheek pieces because the .25 was even too high.
 
Hitzy said:
I don't really understand the cheek riser obsession these days either. Does everybody mount their scopes on extra high rings now?
I always mount my scopes low as possible, out of the 4 target rifles I have with adjustable cheek risers, none are raised. Even the 2 Magpul Hunter stocks I have, I had to seek out zero rise cheek pieces because the .25 was even too high.
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I go as low as possible as long as it clears the scope. Unfortunately my Ruger ranch has the stock design too low and had to add for my eye alignment. I could see the new design would work out better for me.
 
Hitzy said:
I don't really understand the cheek riser obsession these days either. Does everybody mount their scopes on extra high rings now?
I always mount my scopes low as possible, out of the 4 target rifles I have with adjustable cheek risers, none are raised. Even the 2 Magpul Hunter stocks I have, I had to seek out zero rise cheek pieces because the .25 was even too high.
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Is your cheek bone actually resting entirely on the stock? Is your neck still holding up your head when you aim off a bench?
 
350tracker said:
I go as low as possible as long as it clears the scope. Unfortunately my Ruger ranch has the stock design too low and had to add for my eye alignment. I could see the new design would work out better for me.
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The early gen RARs had a nice low rail on them. Wasn't picatinny spacing though but it was lower than what they put on them now. Helped.

FatCatsDad said:
No one today appreciates polished blue and walnut.
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Not for the Ranch's jobs
 
Jahnj0584 said:
Is your cheek bone actually resting entirely on the stock? Is your neck still holding up your head when you aim off a bench?
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Yeah, it's good, I like to be behind the scope as vertical as possible with my head.
I bought this oddball HVA 1600 with a Dahlberg stock, this is a much better solution for me, and not something I've seen anyone copy. Instead of Monte Carlo, or cheek risers, it's dished out and flattened.
Works great, complete opposite of what everyone else is doing.

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If they are marketing it as a Hunting rifle then why not have a hinged floor plate? I would find the magazine sticking out like that getting in the way when setting up the shot.
 
FatCatsDad said:
Mini 14 blued and wood works fine for 3 quick shots.
Barrel is hot after that and turns into minute of barn door
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Indeed! haha.

I'll pass. Really wouldn't be interested in a Mini for bouncing around in quads, canoeing, being out in crap weather etc. Nothing against nice rifles but they just don't strike me as tools in the same way.

IvoB said:
If they are marketing it as a Hunting rifle then why not have a hinged floor plate? I would find the magazine sticking out like that getting in the way when setting up the shot.
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Can't say thats ever happened with any non-flush magazined rifle, like Enfields or AR patterns or the Ranch.

What gets in the way of what, exactly? Like trying to get it down over a pack or something?

Definitely handier without it.
 
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conor_90 said:
Shockingly nice hunting rifles are in fact designed for hunting
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Awesome.

I don't like beating them up, having them out getting roughed up for several days, etc. Happy with em as nice weather guns.

People who prize that can have em :)
 
What gets in the way of what, exactly? Like trying to get it down over a pack or something?
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Harder to rest on the hood of the truck.

I guess we all have different definitions of nice rifles. I think the guns in the "old do it all rifle" thread are just about my perfect definition of it.

Something to be said for a nice well worn wood and blued gun too though.

Oh well, back to ruger Americans.
 
conor_90 said:
Harder to rest on the hood of the truck.

I guess we all have different definitions of nice rifles. I think the guns in the "old do it all rifle" thread are just about my perfect definition of it.

Something to be said for a nice well worn wood and blued gun too though.

Oh well, back to ruger Americans.
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I'm with you on that for hunting, never needed a 10 round mag hanging out for that. I get hung up enough in bush and branches with flush mags and blind mags.
 
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