The Rokslide 95 (Ruger American 😁)

[goalie]

I've been looking at that Athlon for a psuedo MK12 Mod H build I'm doing. How do you like that reticle, especially in the low end of the range?

I like it. The illumination makes it good on 4x, without it it's still good in decent light.

I'm still in awe of scopes (I have 3) I paid $219 for at CameralandNY tracking perfectly.

FWIW, I much prefer the Athlon Helos gen2 2-12x for AR "MPVO" use or hunting. It's almost twice as much though.

The Arken LH4 is freaking amazing on a 22lr, and I kinda wish I had an SH4 4-16 with exposed elevation turrets on my "95" though.

The Helos getting time on the clock out to 600:

(I did clean the rifle course )

 

[zdc1775]

I like it. The illumination makes it good on 4x, without it it's still good in decent light.

I'm still in awe of scopes (I have 3) I paid $219 for at CameralandNY tracking perfectly.

FWIW, I much prefer the Athlon Helos gen2 2-12x for AR "MPVO" use or hunting. It's almost twice as much though.

The Arken LH4 is freaking amazing on a 22lr, and I kinda wish I had an SH4 4-16 with exposed elevation turrets on my "95" though.

The Helos getting time on the clock out to 600:

(I did clean the rifle course )
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Thanks for the feedback. I might go ahead and pull the trigger on the Athlon since GovX has a pretty good deal on it right now. Worse case it's a decent extra scope to have on hand.

 

[goalie]

Worse case it's a decent extra scope to have on hand.

That's how I ended up with a "RS 95"

 

[KY_coop]

Ranch 5.56 with approx 3k rds on it. Epoxied the front end, added an arca rail i had, cheap bipod, jb bore pasted the bolt, some other small mods. Only shot a few coyotes with it but it mainly gets used for target shooting inside of 300yds.

 

[BLJ]

Any mechanical issues? I think the highest round count I’ve heard of.

 

[goalie]

Thanks for the feedback. I might go ahead and pull the trigger on the Athlon since GovX has a pretty good deal on it right now. Worse case it's a decent extra scope to have on hand.

Oh, and check out ExpertVoice for the Athlon as well.

 

[KY_coop]

Any mechanical issues? I think the highest round count I’ve heard of.

None that weren't mag related. I bought some asc mags to be able to load longer coal and 1 of the 3 doesn't feed very well. But the other 2 are great and so has all the polymer ar mags ive tried.

 

[Deere_Man]

None that weren't mag related. I bought some asc mags to be able to load longer coal and 1 of the 3 doesn't feed very well. But the other 2 are great and so has all the polymer ar mags ive tried.

Was the AICS style mag that didn’t feed well poly?

 

[KY_coop]

They weren't aics style mags. They are metal ASC mags.

 

[goalie]

They weren't aics style mags. They are metal ASC mags.

What COAL can you load to with them? I'm waiting on "flush fit" Duramags to be back in stock for 5.56.

 

[KY_coop]

I wanna say it was around 2.34 or something. Ended up not being worth it. Everything i loaded shot about the same as most box ammo, including 55 gr ball. I could get it down to 1ish inch groups for 5-10 rds but box ammo shot similar for less cost and less hassle.

 

[goalie]

I wanna say it was around 2.34 or something. Ended up not being worth it. Everything i loaded shot about the same as most box ammo, including 55 gr ball. I could get it down to 1ish inch groups for 5-10 rds but box ammo shot similar for less cost and less hassle.

That's good to know. AAC 77g OTM has shot well for me, and I have 77g TMK bullets to load. LOTS of them.

If magazine length gives similar accuracy I'm not going to chase my tail too much.

 

[Deere_Man]

They weren't aics style mags. They are metal ASC mags.

Ahh, I see. That’s a brand of AR magazine. Thanks

 

[KY_coop]

Yea most of the aac stuff ive tried has worked well. Even the cheap pmc 55gr stuff has shot well

 

[Luke S]

Glad to hear its working. Has anyone broken or worn out a Ruger American with high round counts? I always assumed my old Ruger M77II would be stronger so I typically grab it when I'm after bear or on a special hunt. But... I really like my Ruger American.

 

[Luke S]

Well the issue this year was I kept swapping the scope around. First, a 1-4 Trijicon while I was guiding. Then I went back to a Trijicon 2.5-10 when I had a late season moose hunt. I'm thinking this year I'll run the Ruger American as a "moose gun" with a solid scope on it (probably a Trijicon 3-9 to be light) and keep the M77II as a guiding gun. I like the backup iron sites and 5 round mag in case I get into a fight with a bear.

 

[BLJ]

Well the issue this year was I kept swapping the scope around. First, a 1-4 Trijicon while I was guiding. Then I went back to a Trijicon 2.5-10 when I had a late season moose hunt. I'm thinking this year I'll run the Ruger American as a "moose gun" with a solid scope on it (probably a Trijicon 3-9 to be light) and keep the M77II as a guiding gun. I like the backup iron sites and 5 round mag in case I get into a fight with a bear.

I’d be really interested in your experience with a RA as a working rifle.

 

[Luke S]

BLJ my Ruger has been fine except for mag issues. The rotary mag didn't work well. I swapped that for a 450 Bushmaster mag which becomes a single stack 3 round mag in 308 based cartridges. No problems so far. It started as a 358 Winchester and was great. I shot a few caribou and a bunch of black bears with it. Eventually, I got tired of handloading for it and decided to put an ebay 308 barrel on it. So far so good. I wanted an SBR without the paperwork so I did a "pin and weld" muzzle break on on for my suppressor. That has been nice so far.

 

[BLJ]

It started as a factory 358?

 

[Luke S]

Yep Grice Guns did a limited run of .358 rifles a few times.