Ruger American Ranch

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Ruger American Ranch

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I told my BIL about all the good things I've read about the Ruger American Ranch rifle in 300 Blackout and so he bought one.

I told him I'd sight it in for him.

I took it out today and was extremely disappointed. The whole thing feels really cheaply made and rough. The bolt lift was incredibly heavy. I cycled it about a hundred times but that didn't help. :x

The magazine is hard to load. Push down and then slide back. The rim of the top round catches the mouth of the lower round sometimes. :x

And to top it off, because of light primer strikes it wouldn't fire a single time. :evil:

I disassembled and cleaned the bolt and will try some other ammo tomorrow.

I wish I wouldn't have recommended this rifle to him. :oops: :evil:
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I had to hear this...
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I tried again today and still no joy with factory ammo.

I loaded some rounds and used CCI small rifle primers. 3 for 3 and put them into .75" @ 60 yds.

Trouble is my BIL isn't a handloader. :(
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Bummer sorry to hear this.
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I did some more research and it turns out that there are some of these with headspace issues. I put .015" of tape on the base of a new round and it still chambered easily. The rounds I reloaded were neck sized and fit snugly so maybe that's why they fired reliably.

Back it goes to Ruger.
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Keep us posted to the warranty results I love the Ruger vaqueros I have always loved the warranty as well.
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klr, thanks for the report on the Ruger.

Ammo's been sitting in the closet waiting for the right rifle to come along.
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Me too.... +guns

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Actually I've been waiting on an upper I ordered from Radical Firearms on 1-31-2016. :shock:

The lower has been built for weeks.
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