I see myself buying one of these. Variety is the spice of life, and I've always wanted to build my own scout rifle. I wouldn't have went the route ruger did, but it turned out nice and I like it.
If for hunting, wouldnt just a regular M77 Hawkeye work just as well or better?
I don't hunt anymore. I need to start back, but for the moment I don't. But yes, a regular m77 will work just as well or better. But if the industry is going to force only what works on us and forget about rest, let's quit making any handguns except for Glocks and Ruger Revolvers. I mean, they work just as well as anything else, right?
If for SHTF, wouldn't you rather have an AR or AK or M1A or other semi auto?
I'm not really big into SHTF planning. If the SHTF and I really need 30 or more round mags and 1000's of rounds of ammo for a firefight, I'll likely die in said firefight if I don't have several buddies backing me up in an organized manner. If I really want to plan for SHTF, I'd sell all my worldly possessions and move out in the mid-west spending my weekends grizzly adams style.
For home defense it wouldn't be my first choice, either. But if I was somehow defending from a distance, I'd be ok with this rifle.
So yeah, plinking I guess? All my rifles are for plinking I guess. I don't hunt and I'm not in any competitions.
I'm just glad Ruger is building stuff outside of the norm and trying to listen to us. I wish other companies would do the same.