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Ruger American Rifle - Bedding Boyds Laminate Stock
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<blockquote data-quote="Litehiker" data-source="post: 1346780" data-attributes="member: 54178"><p>Bloodhound,</p><p></p><p>The Ruger American rifle can be a very long range rifle depending on what it's chambered for. Both my RAP and Ruger Precision Rifle are chambered in 6.5 Creedmoor and they easily shoot accurately out past 1,000 yards with good ammo like Hornady ELD-X and ELD-M.</p><p></p><p>Your not-so-good accuracy is not the norm with Ruger American rifles. Usually they are fairly accurate.</p><p></p><p>I have a 6.5 CM Ruger American Predator. I found that, like my Ruger Precision Rifle, it has a cold hammer forged barrel with 5R rifling.Mine will shoot 3/8" at 100 yards with the plastic stock and a bit more consistently with the Body's Classic stock.</p><p></p><p>My gunsmith said there was not enough room on my Boyd's Classic stock for traditional pillar bedding. Boyd's does not give us a full pillar as Ruger does. Ruger's is a Y-shaped combo recoil lug and pillar (two of them, actually). A Ruger Y pillar is not long enough for the Boyd's stock.</p><p></p><p>So my gunsmith said the washers I used under my action bolt heads was good enough in the quite hard laminated stock. I used stainless washers to avoid rust. I a;so used automotive wax on the underside of my action for the same reason and because I knew it would last longer than a light coating of oil.</p><p></p><p>I switch between my 1 lb. lighter Ruger plastic stock for mountain hunting and my Boyd's Classic stock for coyote hunting. But it shoots a bit better with the Boyd's stock. Better recoil control I'd guess with the heavier stock. Boy that Classic stock with the fish scale checkering looks beautiful. For $35. the absolutely perfect laser cut checkering is a bargain.</p><p></p><p>Also I added a Timmy trigger and it's the best mod I've done on the rifle. It <em>did </em>shoot better with that trigger.</p><p></p><p>Eric B.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Litehiker, post: 1346780, member: 54178"] Bloodhound, The Ruger American rifle can be a very long range rifle depending on what it's chambered for. Both my RAP and Ruger Precision Rifle are chambered in 6.5 Creedmoor and they easily shoot accurately out past 1,000 yards with good ammo like Hornady ELD-X and ELD-M. Your not-so-good accuracy is not the norm with Ruger American rifles. Usually they are fairly accurate. I have a 6.5 CM Ruger American Predator. I found that, like my Ruger Precision Rifle, it has a cold hammer forged barrel with 5R rifling.Mine will shoot 3/8" at 100 yards with the plastic stock and a bit more consistently with the Body's Classic stock. My gunsmith said there was not enough room on my Boyd's Classic stock for traditional pillar bedding. Boyd's does not give us a full pillar as Ruger does. Ruger's is a Y-shaped combo recoil lug and pillar (two of them, actually). A Ruger Y pillar is not long enough for the Boyd's stock. So my gunsmith said the washers I used under my action bolt heads was good enough in the quite hard laminated stock. I used stainless washers to avoid rust. I a;so used automotive wax on the underside of my action for the same reason and because I knew it would last longer than a light coating of oil. I switch between my 1 lb. lighter Ruger plastic stock for mountain hunting and my Boyd's Classic stock for coyote hunting. But it shoots a bit better with the Boyd's stock. Better recoil control I'd guess with the heavier stock. Boy that Classic stock with the fish scale checkering looks beautiful. For $35. the absolutely perfect laser cut checkering is a bargain. Also I added a Timmy trigger and it's the best mod I've done on the rifle. It [I]did [/I]shoot better with that trigger. Eric B. [/QUOTE]
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