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Post by Woody Williams on Sept 6, 2016 19:12:38 GMT -5
Question - Is the "American" the same gun as the 770? Greenfield has the 770 in both .243 and .308 but at $284. No $199...
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Post by dbd870 on Sept 7, 2016 6:39:11 GMT -5
Different gun; I got the last American they had.
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Post by Woody Williams on Sept 7, 2016 6:53:29 GMT -5
Different gun; I got the last American they had. OK... I did a search for Ruger rifles on the Walmart page and the 770 is the only one that came up. No American. That was a heck of a close out deal!!
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Post by dbd870 on Sept 7, 2016 6:58:58 GMT -5
Yep - from what I understand they really went fast. The 770 is a Remington; odd that it came up on a Ruger search. There have been some not great reviews on the 770 anyways.
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Post by Woody Williams on Sept 7, 2016 7:33:11 GMT -5
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Post by dbd870 on Sept 17, 2016 17:31:49 GMT -5
Put the 243 loads over the chronograph this afternoon. 3 rounds between 2877 and 2882. 35gr 3031 and a 95gr Nosler. Now we need a day at a 200yd range. Chamber is tight on that rifle.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 20, 2016 13:51:46 GMT -5
A little late, but I just purchase the Ruger American 308 Win with scope. Best I could find. I'm going to try to site it in a 100 yards soon. If not, I will have to use my slugs one more season. Hope not. Plus this will be my yote gun after deer season. I have read reviews that the scope is already close to be sited at 100 yards. I hope so, to reduce my adjustment shots and time being this late to gun season. I'm going with 150 grain loads.
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Post by throbak on Oct 20, 2016 13:55:25 GMT -5
I think the American or 770 is made in Mayfield KY ?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 20, 2016 14:12:45 GMT -5
I know it's made in American, but I don't know what town for sure. I think Remington is in Mayfield. I think the Ruger was made in the Arizona plant. I tried to google with some limited information. At least it's USA made.
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Post by subzero350 on Oct 20, 2016 14:33:08 GMT -5
I was able to get one of the Ruger American Rifles that were on double secret Wal-Mart sale back at the end of August. The barrel stamping on it says it was made in Newport, NH, USA.
For those of you who don't know, Wal-Mart ran a secret clearance sale on some of their in-stock firearms this past August. It was an unpublished sale, but somehow the info got leaked to the internet where word quickly spread like wildfire. Some people reported the sale price did not show up in their computer systems when they typed in the sku, the employee actually had to scan the barcode on the box to see the sale price.
There were a number of Ruger American Rifles clearanced out @ $199 (cambered in .243, .30-06, .308, etc), along with a Marlin 1895 lever action chambered in .45-70 govt for $299, and some other miscellaneous shotguns, rifles, and optics for very good prices. I missed out on getting the Marlin .45-70 by literally 5 minutes; but at least I didn't leave the store empty handed.
The Ruger American Rifle I bought has their adjustable trigger and I must say it is almost as good as the accu-trigger on my Savage 116. The Ruger is a quality built rifle with good fit and finish, certainly better than anything I've handled that was produced by Remington recently.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 20, 2016 14:40:12 GMT -5
I was able to get one of the Ruger American Rifles that were on double secret Wal-Mart sale back at the end of August. The barrel stamping on it says it was made in Newport, NH, USA. For those of you who don't know, Wal-Mart ran a secret clearance sale on some of their in-stock firearms this past August. It was an unpublished sale, but somehow the info got leaked to the internet where word quickly spread like wildfire. Some people reported the sale price did not show up in their computer systems when they typed in the sku, the employee actually had to scan the barcode on the box to see the sale price. There were a number of Ruger American Rifles clearanced out @ $199 (cambered in .243, .30-06, .308, etc), along with a Marlin 1895 lever action chambered in .45-70 govt for $299, and some other miscellaneous shotguns, rifles, and optics for very good prices. I missed out on getting the Marlin .45-70 by literally 5 minutes; but at least I didn't leave the store empty handed. The Ruger American Rifle I bought has their adjustable trigger and I must say it is almost as good as the accu-trigger on my Savage 116. The Ruger is a quality built rifle with good fit and finish, certainly better than anything I've handled that was produced by Remington recently. I tried back in August, but I was late to the show. I've been checking since and this rifle seemed the best choice for the price. I paid $299.
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Post by subzero350 on Oct 20, 2016 14:48:50 GMT -5
I tried back in August, but I was late to the show. I've been checking since and this rifle seemed the best choice for the price. I paid $299. Even at $299, the Ruger American Rifle is worth it. My dad bought a Remington 770 last black Friday for $200 and it came with a cheap unbranded scope. That Remington doesn't seem like it is 1/2 the gun the Ruger is. The bolt in the Remington isn't smooth at all and I don't like how they (Remington) modified their long action to fire the .308 cartridge (by basically just installing a spacer inside the magazine), which is all they did. Everything about the Remington just seems "cheap".
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Post by Deleted on Oct 20, 2016 16:34:05 GMT -5
I tried back in August, but I was late to the show. I've been checking since and this rifle seemed the best choice for the price. I paid $299. Even at $299, the Ruger American Rifle is worth it. My dad bought a Remington 770 last black Friday for $200 and it came with a cheap unbranded scope. That Remington doesn't seem like it is 1/2 the gun the Ruger is. The bolt in the Remington isn't smooth at all and I don't like how they (Remington) modified their long action to fire the .308 cartridge (by basically just installing a spacer inside the magazine), which is all they did. Everything about the Remington just seems "cheap". Thanks - I checked the reviews and yes all were similar to your review. I greatly appreciate it. From what I read the scope is decent to. I ordered it online and should have it tomorrow, but I will at my brothers hunting until late Saturday. Bummer that I won't have it with me tomorrow so I can start shooting the Ruger and find the right scope settings. Thanks again.
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Post by subzero350 on Oct 20, 2016 16:40:50 GMT -5
Thanks - I checked the reviews and yes all were similar to your review. I greatly appreciate it. From what I read the scope is decent to. I ordered it online and should have it tomorrow, but I will at my brothers hunting until late Saturday. Bummer that I won't have it with me tomorrow so I can start shooting the Ruger and find the right scope settings. Thanks again. The $199 clearance Ruger American Rifle I got didn't come with a scope. I put a Weaver Kaspa 3-12x50 scope on it (which is a great scope for the price, by the way).
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Post by Deleted on Oct 20, 2016 18:00:56 GMT -5
Thanks - I checked the reviews and yes all were similar to your review. I greatly appreciate it. From what I read the scope is decent to. I ordered it online and should have it tomorrow, but I will at my brothers hunting until late Saturday. Bummer that I won't have it with me tomorrow so I can start shooting the Ruger and find the right scope settings. Thanks again. The $199 clearance Ruger American Rifle I got didn't come with a scope. I put a Weaver Kaspa 3-12x50 scope on it (which is a great scope for the price, by the way). Checking on scope type.
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Post by lawrencecountyhunter on Oct 20, 2016 18:58:20 GMT -5
I don't know your process for zeroing, but I shoot at around 20-25 yards to get close, then move the target out to 100 for final zero. The last rifle I zeroed took about an hour and a dozen shots.
I do have a few rifles zeroed at 200, but most at 100.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 20, 2016 19:12:22 GMT -5
I will start at 25 yards and then out to 100. At 25 yards I should be 1" low and at 100 yards .5-1" high. That will then get me out to 175 yards and 1.5" low and 200 yards around 2-3" low. It will start falling fast after that. That way I always shoot at it up to 200 yards. I calculated the ballistics today. 175 to 200 yards is then my maximum without aiming high. I think my longest shot I can take at any of my stands is around 125 yards. This should work. Thanks for the advice.
PS: that's an engineer at it. So darn technical. It's in my blood.
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Post by medic22 on Oct 20, 2016 21:04:10 GMT -5
I just zero at 200 and turn the knobby on top.
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Post by drs on Oct 21, 2016 4:40:45 GMT -5
A little late, but I just purchase the Ruger American 308 Win with scope. Best I could find. I'm going to try to site it in a 100 yards soon. If not, I will have to use my slugs one more season. Hope not. Plus this will be my yote gun after deer season. I have read reviews that the scope is already close to be sited at 100 yards. I hope so, to reduce my adjustment shots and time being this late to gun season. I'm going with 150 grain loads. I own a couple of .308 rifles one a Ruger Model 77 Compact Magnum, the other a S&W Model "B". I have the Ruger sighted in so it groups a 5-shot group 1.5" high at 100 yards, and my S&W sighted in at 2.5" high at 100 yards. After installing a scope, on any rifle, I bore sight it and fire it at 25 yards to hit "zero" then move out to 75 yards to make adjustments (windage). Then place a target out to 100 yards for final sighting to my liking and fire three to five shots from a steady rest. Got a load developed in the Ruger where I can use Speer 150 grains R.N.S.P bullets and Hornady 150 grain Spire Points; using IMR-4064. With this load both these bullet styles groups are the same, so I have a woods load with the R.N.S.P (< 100 yards) and a longer range with the Spire point. My other .308 rifle is sighted to group shots out to 300 yards using Sierra 150 grain S.P.B.T bullets. I use this rifle for shooting Coyotes and Deer out in my more open back field. Also have a Ruger Model 77 MKII in .270 which I also use for long range shooting.
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Post by esshup on Oct 22, 2016 9:44:03 GMT -5
Bolt action rifles - here's my zero procedure.
New gun? Before sighting in I shoot 1 clean until all copper is out, continue doing that for 20 shots, then shoot 3 and clean like before and do that for another 21 shots. The smoothness of the patch going down the barrel and how fast it cleans up will tell me when it's time to sight in.
Then I place a target at the 100 yd mark, with a large clean paper backer. I place the rifle in a lead sled, remove the bolt and get the gun so I see the paper target thru the bore. WITHOUT MOVING THE GUN I adjust the scope so it's on the center of the paper. Then I load one and shoot. I see where that bullet hit, and adjust the scope to the bullet hole. Then I usually can shoot a 3 shot group to verify center of group and fine tune the scope from there. Shoot a few more times to verify POI and I'm done. I'm usually on paper after 1 or 2 shots.
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