Trey Veston
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Dad gave me this for Christmas. Very impressed!
Video review of my Ruger Red Label...
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JCooperfan1911
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Nice.
Good luck, I had a Red Label All Weather in 12 ga. Thought it was a great shotgun but after 2 years of shooting it I realized it was spending more time with a gunsmith than me. It was stupid things like the lower barrel wouldn't fire or a shell would fall through the extractor every once in awhile.
Still, if someone could have corrected the issues it wouldn't have been a bad shotgun. The misfires drove me nuts, the gun would come back from the shop and the next outing the problem would still be there. Don't know if I blame the smith or the gun.
But, I hope yours gives you many years of trouble-free shooting.
Still, if someone could have corrected the issues it wouldn't have been a bad shotgun. The misfires drove me nuts, the gun would come back from the shop and the next outing the problem would still be there. Don't know if I blame the smith or the gun.
But, I hope yours gives you many years of trouble-free shooting.
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Very nice, I really like the custom straight English style stock.
I bought my Red Label 30+ years ago. It was my primary waterfowl and pheasant gun for about 20 years.
Only trouble I have had is that it has double fired maybe 10 times. The owners manual explains at length that a double fire is impossible, it's possible.
The first time it happened the stock split at the pistol grip. Ruger replaced the stock and forearm to match at no cost and had the gun back to me in under a week
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It is somewhat heavy, a plus in the duck blind but not so much when pheasant hunting.
I bought my Red Label 30+ years ago. It was my primary waterfowl and pheasant gun for about 20 years.
Only trouble I have had is that it has double fired maybe 10 times. The owners manual explains at length that a double fire is impossible, it's possible.
The first time it happened the stock split at the pistol grip. Ruger replaced the stock and forearm to match at no cost and had the gun back to me in under a week
.It is somewhat heavy, a plus in the duck blind but not so much when pheasant hunting.
I have had three different Ruger Red Labels. Hope it works well for you. My first was a skeet competition gun. It was worn out at about 45,000 rounds. Went back to Ruger and they replaced a bunch of internals. Lasted about another 5000 rounds before started having misfires and more problems. Went back again, they replaced more worn parts. During this same three years I had a Sporting model Red Label, it had occasional problems when switching barrels and not firing. Had it a few months and passed it along. Had a wonderful little 28 gauge Red Label, loved to carry it hunting and occasional sporting clays. Kept it quite a few years, maybe had 2500 rounds through it before it started misfiring and problems with barrel selector. Mostly shot when I wanted it to, but someone offered me pretty good money for it with full disclosure about it's problems.
I absolutely loved how they felt, fit and fired, when they fired. So, three different Ruger Red Labels, 2 with problems before they hit 3000 rounds. The 28 gauge Ruger wouldn't work on as they had been out of production long enough to not have any repair parts available left. Like I said hope it works well for you but my history with them is not uncommon that they will eventually start messing up.
I absolutely loved how they felt, fit and fired, when they fired. So, three different Ruger Red Labels, 2 with problems before they hit 3000 rounds. The 28 gauge Ruger wouldn't work on as they had been out of production long enough to not have any repair parts available left. Like I said hope it works well for you but my history with them is not uncommon that they will eventually start messing up.
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Trey Veston
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I don't shoot skeet and rarely hunt, so I figure it should be just fine.
You should be fine for a long time.
ColtPythonElite
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It is an attractive gun.
SwampWolf
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I always liked them; still do. A great o/u shotgun value.
Capybara
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I have a Red Labels Sporting Clays with the 30" barrels. I've never had an issue with it in 15 years but I don't shoot high volume with it. I have maybe 4k-5k rounds through mine.
If I was going to get serious and start shooting clays as a regular hobby all of the time, I would personally get a Beretta or Browning, but I have had good times with my Red Label.
If I was going to get serious and start shooting clays as a regular hobby all of the time, I would personally get a Beretta or Browning, but I have had good times with my Red Label.
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I shoot with a older guy that has shot a red label for many years. Only problem he’s ever had is the bead at the end of the barrel fell out a long time ago. He never replaced it and shoots great. I asked way he doesn’t replace it. He said “aahk don’t use that anyway”.
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