If you google the reviews, those Pigs will shoot!
Yes they shoot very well, I have a Ruger Ranch rifle, however I just prefer the original!
Ruger American Rifle Gen II
- Thread starter Sun_and_Steel_77
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Yes they shoot very well, I have a Ruger Ranch rifle, however I just prefer the original!
The 3 round magazine doesn't stick out much. The magazine protrudes less than the trigger guard. It's easy and comfortable to carry a rifle like that with your hand in front of/on the magazine.
BullOnParade
CGN Regular
- Location
- Eastern Ontario
This is what I’m hoping for. I imagine the bolt has a new notch to interact with the extra stage in the safety. If retrofit is an option, I’ll be interested. I believe the safety is built into the trigger assembly, so assuming timney makes a replacement, it will be part of that.
Don’t care about factory cerakote, I’ll do that myself if I want.
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FatCatsDad
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
That would be nice, the Rimfure Ranch as well.
Nothing on the Boyd's sight I could find, otherwise I'd have one
I dont think they easily can with this magazine system. Ive debated many times to make a stock for my Ruger American Predator. You'd almost need to use/make a plastic insert as a magwell from above.
Boyds has wood stocks for Ruger Americans and Ranches
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6bd6DyOm2w
https://www.boydsgunstocks.com/ruger-american-magazine-styles
they come with magazine wells /trigger guards. Read the bottom section.
At that point you could afford a gun that came with these things to begin with though.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6bd6DyOm2w
https://www.boydsgunstocks.com/ruger-american-magazine-styles
they come with magazine wells /trigger guards. Read the bottom section.
At that point you could afford a gun that came with these things to begin with though.
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just got one, thought I'd treat my ranch to an upgrade, grade 1 Clara, fleur checkering, and shows up with the fore tip cut off at an angle lol...so pissed it's collecting dust, who's into this and can finish that tip properly and refinish the entire thing when done? that will be my last Boyds, never did think much of the couple at-one stocks I bought and I know I bought something else from them too...what an inconvenience, a custom order and that's what they send out the door
pm me your offers for those who want project at good price lol
The new bolts are confirmed stainless steel and are tumbled for smoothness. I see a ranch in 22 ARC in my future!
I would be curious to see if an MDT flush fitting 3 rounder would fit and function on the standard models.
I would be curious to see if an MDT flush fitting 3 rounder would fit and function on the standard models.
- Location
- SE corner Sk
Wonder if they'll come in LH. Wouldn't mind having one in something like 7.62x39 or a 223?
A Z T E C ARMOURY is verboten on CGN.
Unlike the Pontiac of which you speak that quickly faded into obscurity these Gen II’s are going to be a smashing success and will be here to stay.
Ruger has knocked it out of the park with these and I predict that the Ranch models in particular will be the most popular bolt action in Canada in short order.
The aftermarket will be receptive and then robust as well.
When I picture these in a different stock ( rumour has it Stockys’ is working on one ) the Tikkas in my safe break out in a cold sweat.
Feel free to bump this thread and ridicule me if the Gen II’s fall flat on their face but I’m feelin like Nostradamus on this one!
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A Z T E C ARMOURY is verboten on CGN.
Unlike the Pontiac of which you speak that quickly faded into obscurity these Gen II’s are going to be a smashing success and will be here to stay.
Ruger has knocked it out of the park with these and I predict that the Ranch models in particular will be the most popular bolt action in Canada in short order.
The aftermarket will be receptive and then robust as well.
Feel free to bump this thread and ridicule me if the Gen II’s fall flat on their face but I’m feelin like Nostradamus on this one!
Canadian price depending, it may sell well.
I won't bite on any of the current gens above $600 to my door lol.
Very cheaply made piece of rifle all around. They can throw it in camo stocks and ceracote the #### out of them I ain't paying near $1000 for one.
Made in the age of disposable rifles, not the kind of thing you pass down to your grandkids, I wouldn't even trust one of these to a grandkid.
The shoot great sillyness is not some new found manufacturing process, I have guns 120 years old that shoot great, and they will continue to do that for god knows how long, and they retail for half the price or less then new Ruger Americans.
I always found it kind of odd, that the Americans had this reputation for accuracy since introduction, yet the very overpriced Hawkeye or whatever they call their flagship Mauserish model these days has a reputation for being very sloppy on targets.
Who in their right mind is comparing these to 120 year old heirloom quality rifles?
Is it unacceptable to have 800$ dollar rifles share the same safe as my 4000$ ones?
Is it acceptable to take a budget rifle to the range on the same day as a premium priced one?
I am quite enjoying the “age of disposable rifles” as you put it… you know, the same age as laser rangefinders, heavyweight high bc bullets with stunning uniformity and proper factory barrel twists to accompany them,Doppler radar chronographs, precision ballistic calculators on my disposable handheld phone, ultralight composite gunstocks and all that horrible stuff.
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Seems to be the only positive consistent comments about them...they shoot good.
So you just have to overlook the zipper bolts, MIM quality everything else, pile of plastic rifle and yeah, I guess they are the cats ass lol.
120 year old heirloom? I'm talking 1900 Swede Mauser sporters for $300-$400 that shoot as good or better. But yeah, it's 6.5x55 and doesn't say Creedmoor after it, so probably worthless today.
I do like the American compacts, at around $500 they are ok with all the negative low grade manufacturing, with the shorter LOP and 18' barrels, they are the same OAL as my CZ 527 carbines, stocks have been stiffened which is good, the odd bedding situation has been improved as well where the action sits even and the barrel channel doesn't need trimming to free float...but hey that's only on 3 recent examples I've dealt with, a 4th which a buddy bought had a seized ejector out of the box, one of the $900+ tax/shipping GoWild cerracote 6.5CM units...shot 1 round and off to warranty for 6 months to a year.
I have a new found liking for short handy rifles, and these fit the bill if you are into 1 of the 4 chamberings they come in. The newer flush fit mags, non-rotary versions, seem to be pretty good with some minor tweaks. File a bevel on the front feed lip, deburr the mag follower well, tweak the mag spring so there is some actual tension pushing the follower up, and all is good. The flush mag is one of the other pluses for me. The zipper noise takes some work to correct, shouldn't even leave the shop floor like that, but you get what you get at that price point, and everyone seems pretty content with how crappy these are made, don't understand it, but it is want it is.
To all the stuff you added after my initial quote.
You can buy all the tech you want, doesn't make you a marksman or better shooter, just eliminates a whole lot of skills that people use to have to learn for long range shooting. One of those breaks down, your toast, and the more crap you add the more chance something is going to crap out, just a playing the odds game.
But yeah, if you got the money to burn, lots of toys to make long range shooting easier for sure.
I definitely need my $100 shooting chrony, the free Strelok was a great app now banned due to Russia being Russia, ranging I still prefer to do manually.
But all this is wayyy off topic to this thread.
You talking the mausers chambered in 223, 450BM, 300BLK, 22ARC Etc.??? Or maybe you mean the Swedish mausers that are 6.5 Creedmoor???
Or how about the CZ 527 that uses STANAG mags?
Once again NOBODY but you in this thread is comparing these modern Rugers to any of the classics you are talking about they have a completely different set of features for a completely different market that Tradex Swedes have no place in.
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Hey, I also have a bunch of #### like that in several different chamberings...just not Ruger Americans.
Renegade built up on otherwise useless AR parts, half dozen chassis systems on Rem 700 and Savage 10's that take AICS mags.
Couple of them may be a little more $$ then a predator or ranch, couple are under that.
I'm not opposed to long mags, just isn't my preferred set up for hunting, and this is the hunting thread, oddly most posts about these kinds of mag fed rifles are "where can I find a flush fit AR/AICS MAG"...in reality they are a PITA in the bush.
If that American with AICS or AR mags checks all your boxes, have at er. I can live with the base model as a beater, but I will gladly go another route of higher quality even if it's only mag compatibility for a few $$ more.
