My take is primarily for the weather proofing aspect of it than the color itself. It just so happens that it blends in great in the dry grasses I sit around in sometimes, otherwise I don’t care much for the color.I must be in the minority, but I don't care for the Go Wild camo and burnt bronze at all. It could be because I had two ARs done in burnt bronze about 10 years ago, so the "cool" factor of burnt bronze has worn off to me.
I've got the Predator version in WMR and that dang thing is a squirrel killing machine! I snipe them off my deer feeder in the back yard all fall long.I ordered an American standard in WMR from the LGS two or three months ago. I suppose I should check with them to see if they lost my phone number. Kind of itching to get my mitts on it and get it dialed in for squirrel shooting.
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that is correct!That's a good group for 500 yards!
Just kidding. the top one was the first round, then the 3 shot group was after adjusting the scope, right?
Sounds about like what id expect an American to turn. My best would stack shots, my worst would shoot 1-1.25 for 5 shots.....average was about .75Just got ahold of some calipers and the 2 groups that i shot were .72in and .92in at 110 yards with a rickety old wood table and some bags today.
I have a Ruger American .308. Only things I didn’t like were the flimsy stock, and the trigger. Swapped the stock out to an Oryx chassis, Anarchy grip, and the trigger to a Timney. Love the gun. Accurate and easy. Even swapped some bolt parts out with Anarchy parts . Never getting rid of it.A little backstory, I am a pretty young guy having grown up in the firearm world and have only been able to buy my own for the past few years. With my desire to hunt that meant i was at the mercy of my parents and grandparent to give or purchase a rifle for me to use and typically they didnt want to spend a whole lot. This lead to my first centerfire being a savage axis in .223 and later when i wanted to hunt deer my grandmother upgraded me to a Ruger American in .308. Despite my jumble of different rifles that have come and gone i still have not found rifles that shoot better than those had for me in the past. In my opinion, the ruger american has pretty much killed the standards for utility of rifles that are $400+ and really set the bar high.
This lead to me walking into academy and seeing the american go wild edition that comes threaded, ceracoated and takes aics magazines in my local academy for a price i was more than happy to pay. This particular edition is in 6.5 Creedmoor, of which i will most likely seek reloading advice soon enough.
I completely understand one cannot replace quality fitting and a gorgeous wood stock but if you need something to shoot they are one heck of a deal in my opinion.
My question to you all is for those who own or have owned ruger americans, what do you all think of them? Are you one for the classier things or is this enough to fill your need?
I was able to find some federal fusion 140gr for my 6.5 so later this week I will have another couple groups to show how mine is shooting. I'm hoping they do well, the federal fusion130gr 270s I shot last year were the best performance on game I've had of any bullet yet.Just ran my dads Pred thru its paces at 100yds, its slightly better than average, and about on part with my other two 6.5CM Americans...... Things are consistently, boringly........ accurate.
Ive had good accuracy with fusions, less impressed with performance on game, but most of what ive shot was relatively small...... actually RMR has the .264 140s for sale right now, might pick some up since my dads blowing thru my supply of bullets as fast as i can load them.I got the Federal fusion out today and i apologize for lack of pictures but in a sample size of 2, it was shooting .85 moa groups and I couldn't be happier.