Ruger American

Interesting! I wonder what they will sell for?

When Ruger brought out the Hawkeye rifle, it was a dumbing down of the cost of manufacture
in favor of a lousy ugly fake bead blasted finish so they wouldn't need to polish the action
and barrel, same with the stock "slimming down", just scrimping bucks on walnut. This thing
is even worse, a push feed monstrosity that is uglier than a pig in a wallow. The urge to
maximize costs at the expense of their customers of long standing is inconceivable.
They should leave the push feed designs to Savage and Remington who know how to
do them correctly. Ever since the last member of the Ruger family left the company and
board, Bill Ruger must be spinning in his grave at the sight of all the plastic toys they're
putting out and now this..........yuck. Obviously I'm not a fan of polymer or even aluminum
alloy in guns and will leave them up to the likes of Glock and others, thanks.

P.S. they will probably sell these things by the boat load and never realize they've lost
both the vision and the corporate integrity of the founder, they even dropped Alexander
Sturm's name and initial from the logo. Without him Ruger may never have gotten his first
gun made or sold.

+1.
To be successful in this world you have to be able to adapt, improvise and overcome. An affordable firearm is what it is. It'll never be a sniper rifle, but thousands of people will buy them and use them for many years.

And wow did you see the grouping with the federal 180 grains?

http://www.ruger.com/products/americanRifle/models.html

MSRP $449. All specs on this site.

I've never had a problem with my MK3 but I bought it used. Maybe they worked on it and got the bugs out of it. I do like my MKII better though.

If it will shoot like Jeff Quinn's will, I'll have one....

BTW, don't put the blame on the gun companies and their "bean counters"....in this day and age the blame falls squarely on the shoulders of the consumers....crawl out from under the piles of pre-64 winchester propaganda and look at what people are shooting these days...the trend is for plastic, matte finish, throw it in the truck and leave it guns....It pains me as much as the next guy, but that's the truth...supply simply trying to match demand....I'm a shotgun guy and think that they should be wood and blued but try finding one of those today....when's the last time you saw a new 870 Wingmaster on the shelf....people want the latest greatest plastic abomination that they can not only shoot the heaviest loads in but also paddle the boat with....people don't take care of their stuff any more, so the less they perceive they have to do to a gun to keep it going the more value they see there....Rifles are no different....I talk to people all the time that leave their guns in the turck all season....It's all I can do not to blackout...My rifles are wood and blue for the most part...I do have a Ruger Hawkeye in stainless and synthetic that I hunt in bad weather with, but other than that, my 257 Roberts and 7x57 (both Rugers) are wood and blued....My 257 is a hawkeye and I love it....it shoots and is a much keener, better feeling rifle than my 7x57 which is a Tang Safety Ruger....I like it to, but it is a bit clunky...I'm just thankful that ruger is doing what they can to turn a profit and stay in business....I don't think they're selling their sole, but if sometimes I wonder if Bill Ruger were still around would ruger still be.....

I will say in my own personal experience, I have seen several gun and gunmakers get bad-mouthed on the internet that proved to be good quality guns. I recommend trying them out yourself. I will sometimes ask opinions, but I make the decision on my own. I imagine JMB, Savage, Sam Colt, Winchester, Garand, and all of those other innovators were looked down on by several people who at the time, thought the established guns were better. Gun snobs have probably been around as long as guns have.

For the price I think it is a good rifle with nice features. When the 308 version comes in stock will be ordering one. Use the money saved for nice scope and ammo. And won't have to wait long to save more money for next things on my list.

I envision a fortune to be made on these in the secondary accessory market! Decent looking stocks, metal magazine floorplates & trigger guards, etc. I like tubular actions in general because they have proved to be accurate thru the years, and the "satin" finish doesn't bother me, but I just can't abide that stock!