Ruger American Rimfire?

[.45Coltguy]

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That’s my wife and her Ruger American Rimfire (and her Ruger Bearcat) killing ground squirrels over on our friend’s ranch last spring. She killed over 200 of the little varmints with her American Rimfire, and another 25 or so (the close ones) with her Bearcat, and I don’t think either gun “failed” to do anything - not even once.
It probably doesn’t apply to you, but one of the things my wife likes most about her American Rimfire is its component stock. My wife is only 5’1” tall, and she has short arms to match. Therefore, every time she gets a new long gun (except for one “youth model” 20 gauge) she has to have the stock shortened (and sometimes the cheek piece modified) before she can use it. With her American Rimfire though, all she did was order a component kit from Ruger, install the right components herself, then have the scope installed at Sportsman’s - where I bought the rifle for her birthday. I bore-sighted it for her.
At any rate, the rifle is dependable as can be, and while not quite as precise as my tricked out, heavy-barreled 10-22, with a good rest, it will keep all 10 shots in an inch at 40 yards. On top of that, my wife’s American Rimfire uses the same magazines as my 10-22 - I'm pretty sure that’s one of MY extended 10-22 magazines my wife had in HER rifle last spring.
Oh yeah - flat pointed bullets, like my favorite ground-squirrel killing bullets (Winchester Power-Points) don't feed real smooth in my wife's American Rimfire. But they don't feed all that smooth in my 10-22 or my Kimber bolt (I forget the model number) either. So we just restrict our Power-Point usage to our revolvers.

Those pics are in some nice country. Reminds me up around Medicine Lodge area.

 

[CraigC]

I've got three of them in .22LR, .22Mag and .17HMR. All great shooters. The .22Mag even cuts tiny groups with 45gr subsonics.

That’s my wife and her Ruger American Rimfire (and her Ruger Bearcat) killing ground squirrels over on our friend’s ranch last spring. She killed over 200 of the little varmints with her American Rimfire, and another 25 or so (the close ones) with her Bearcat, and I don’t think either gun “failed” to do anything - not even once.

Color me jealous! That's my kind of safari.

 

[CraigC]

I thought we are talking about the RAR which is a different rifle. I don't know, I shot a pair of new CZ 457's that I posted a few months ago. My RAR is a mag, my CZ's are .22LR so I don't have a direct comparison.

The RPR uses the same barreled action.

 

[Howa 9700]

Wasn't sure if this should be posted here or on the Boyd's stock thread, but since problem lies with the Ruger rifle, posted it here. Same guys will see it anyway.

So ordered a Boyd's stock and immediately ran into trouble swapping them out. There are two parts that have to be pulled from the old stock and the one shown in the circle won't budge . I thought this was simply pressed in with a friction fit, but it won't move at all. Have tapped on it as hard as I dare with a punch and it is as if it is still screwed in or something.

Anything I am missing?

 

[troy fairweather]

Wasn't sure if this should be posted here or on the Boyd's stock thread, but since problem lies with the Ruger rifle, posted it here. Same guys will see it anyway.

So ordered a Boyd's stock and immediately ran into trouble swapping them out. There are two parts that have to be pulled from the old stock and the one shown in the circle won't budge . I thought this was simply pressed in with a friction fit, but it won't move at all. Have tapped on it as hard as I dare with a punch and it is as if it is still screwed in or something.

Anything I am missing?

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They can be pretty tight, I just wedge something in the u shaped part to get it out like a screwdriver or a bolt just undersized.

 

[dranrab]

4 different American rimfires in 4 different calibers. Can't say that I love any of them. None are impressively accurate. Only one hasn't had occasional extraction issues. I rejected the first 17 Mach 2 that showed up at my FFL. The bolt lift was obnoxiously heavy. The one that I got to replace it is only slightly better. It splits brass badly and has FTEs The 17 HMR will occasionally split brass and FTE. The 22 magnum has occasional FTEs. They are a model of modern day Ruger QC and mediocrity.