ruger o/u are they worth the price that they sell for

There are many better alternatives. The foreends tend to become loose. They do shoot and fit well for most. I shot the 20 and 28 prototypes and owned a 20. I did shoot them well. The wood is nothing spectacular. Fit and finish varies somewhat. Stainless on Stainless galls! So, a good lubricant is needed at all times. The frame and related pieces are ALL investment cast. There is not much machinning done. Most of the shotguns in the same price range will have a forging (much better!!!) action.

Best regards,
Henry;)
 
Owned a 12 and 20... no good. I have had stogers better. Action comes loose, forend comes loose... buy a beretta or browning... Trust me.

-Brent
 
I recently bought the Red Label Sporting Clays model with the 30" barrels and I love it. I've put over 1000 rounds through it in two months and no problems. It fits me perfectly and swings very easily, even with the longer barrels. I have used it in the field for duck hunting as well as for Skeet and Trap and have found that it performs very well in any situation. It also weighs over 1/2 lb. less than a Citori with shorter barrels. I find the fit and finish to be much better than on the Stoegers, CZs and other cheap O/U shotguns. The wood is nice straight grain walnut, and the cut checkering is sharp and flawless. While it is not as nice as the Berettas I have shot, it holds its own and for $1000 less than the low end Berettas and Brownings it can't be beat. The action is very solid, tight and smooth and the frame is not as bulky and heavy as the Brownings. And to top it off, its made in the US, not imported from Japan like the Brownings, or Brazil like the Stoeger. Another advantage of the Red label is the mechanical triggers. The Brownings have inertia triggers (with the exception of the Cynergy). With the mechanical triggers you can still fire the second barrel if the first one misfires, something you can't do with inertia triggers. I would recommend buying the Red Label over anything else in the price range. Wholesale Sports sells them for $1599. You won't be dissappointed as the red label is way more gun for the money than a cheap Russian or Brazilian import or an overpriced and overrated Browning which is nothing more than a Japanese Miroku with a different name and a higher price tag.
 
I have had a 20 ga for about 10 years now. I have lost track of the rounds that it has fired and I have never had a problem with it in the field, duck blind or on the trap field. X2 for the great customer service. At the time I think I paid $1100 I was looking to buy one in 28 ga for my wife but found a deal on an Italian gun that I couldn't pass up. I am not as happy with this gun as I am with my old red label.
 
Don't worry about the actions being investment cast.
I am a Patternmaker and have made tooling for investment cast foundries.
Ruger is the world leader in investment casting. They can hold tolerances
of 0.003" to 0.005". I have several Ruger rifles with cast actions, all are
tac drivers.
I konw several people who have Ruger shotguns, all happy and no galling.
If no machining is needed you can cast a very hard wearing material and
don't have to invest in expensive cutting tools or secondary operations.
It helps keep quality up & costs down.
Investment castings are a lot stronger than regular sand castings, and are
comparable to forgings.
 
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