What is wrong with ruger rifles

[BLJ]

I’d be really interested in these $150 RA’s.

 

[Kyguy]

Kinda why I said to snag a takeoff.

Still, interesting that the guys looking at buying a gun, and here you are fussing about selling it lol.

You're telling him to spend more money to make it workable. I'm telling him to spend less to get something ready to go out of the box and adjustable, so that if they hate it, he can move it.

 

[Shortschaf]

Both tikka and RAR are easy to sell for $100 to $150 off retail. They occupy different price ranges and the lower price range usually moves quicker

Id say they both hold plenty value for immediate future that it is not a factor

 

[RS_Non-Res]

Brain damage is the problem.
Teenaged boys have enough cognitive problems, they don't need multiple concussions to add to their issues. Let the 7-yr old shoot the 556/223/243 for a couple few more years before upsizing to a cartridge with more authority and wallop, and make sure the rifle has enough weight to take up some of the recoil.
Besides more guns is gooder.

I don't care about what rifle mfg and he likely can't shoot well enough to tell the difference between a "zeroed" Leopold Vortex or NF.

 

[Kyguy]

I’d be really interested in these $150 RA’s.

So would I. I'll take 10 of them. I don't care what the calibers are. HA!

 

[Steve300xcw]

@Steve300xcw

I’ll give you $150 for yours.

You wouldnt know what to do with a gun as nice as that one is

 

[Hondo]

As a guy that owns Tikka and Howa rifles, I have recommended the Ruger American Ranch Gen 2 as a starter rifle for kids to many due to the light weight, short length, grippy stock, cerakote barrel, tang safety and reasonable accuracy. My current ranch truck rifle is a Gen 2 Ranch in 5.56 and I am more than happy with it. I might even pick up the new Gen 2 Ranch in .243 when available.

 

[z987k]

What 6cm tikka has a 12”-13” lop, threaded 20” barrel and sub $850? I’ve researched but not sure I’ve exhausted that research yet. If there is one out there, I’d be willing to go up $200+ over the ruger, but I’m struggling to find it.
I haven’t done rifle research in 10 years though, so I feel undereducated all over again.

And if I was building this for myself, I’d start with a tikka and play but for two kids, 7 and 10, this just needs to be a low cost factory rifle that’ll take a beating when walking mistakes happen. My boy lives faceplanted in the dirt or sidewalk. Kids….

There isn't one. I'd have also gone with the tikka if there was(I own 2 tikkas). The reality is, by the time the tikka is set up as such you've got $1k into it. They're getting closer with the new models, but most of them have too long of a barrel, so even though it's threaded, it still has to be cut and threaded again. And then it's blued. And it rusts.