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Ruger American 7.62x39 ranch rifle
I have a slight addiction to this round, especially in bolt action rifles, and when i heard about the Ruger American coming out i had to have one. I mounted a VX2 2-7x in a set of Warne low rings and it makes for a nice little package. I replaced the factory threaded protector with a Simple Threaded Device flash hider and i was ready to shoot. First three shot group (only 75yards) was just over .5"! and that was with old Russian ammo i pulled the FMJ's and seated Nosler B-Tips in their place. Tried some 8M3 ammo and it grouped about 1.5" and the brass cased round nose soft point ammo from PPU was grouping just over 1/2". Just breaking the barrel in and hope to try cast boolits this afternoon, probably start with RanchDogs 150gr and some 314440's. Over all very impressed so far and really the only thing i am not wild about is the mag release is a bit big but would be great when wearing gloves. Be the perfect rifle for me when hunting the islands around my area, hate to drag something too nice around boats and saltwater as they always seem to take a beating when doing so.