The Rokslide 95 (Ruger American 😁)

[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.

 

[Steve300xcw]

Broke a trigger guard on mine.

I'd grab a m77 over an american too

 

[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.

 

[BLJ]

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

I’m aware.

So……you still have the barrel???

 

[Steve300xcw]

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

You see what ruger's doin now?

Ruger® Hawkeye® Hunter Bolt-Action Rifle Model 67107

ruger.com

 

[JRay]

Broke a trigger guard on mine.

I'd grab a m77 over an american too

Same here. Broken trigger guard. The aftermarket aluminum replacements are much better

 

[BLJ]

Same here. Broken trigger guard. The aftermarket aluminum replacements are much better

What aftermarket one did you use?
Did you adapt it to the factory stock?

 

[Steve300xcw]

I never fixed mine. Was all the reason I needed to retire that turd of a rifle

 

[JRay]

I’ve got a factory RA 6.5CM and a 223 predator in factory form that shoot lights out with box ammo. My wife’s 308 is extremely partial to SMK 165. I’ve even grown fond of the zipper sounding action!

 

[JRay]

What aftermarket one did you use?
Did you adapt it to the factory stock?

Now that I’m thinking about it, that rifle went into a Boyd’s stock. I believe I used the the guard they sell or one from DIP.