dreadpirate
Ultimate Member
Funny story about the Red Label. Someone I know was using it to shoot clays before he knew what he was doing. He had a gunsmith remove the automatic safety. He actually put a fair amount of shells through it. Well it broke. No problem. Ruger’s a reputable US company they’ll fix it. They did. They sent him a letter stating that the gun wasn’t meant to be a target gun. I think he mentioned that to them either on the phone or in the letter that was sent with the gun. It was meant for hunting and that it broke because HE SHOT IT TOO MUCH! They also put the safety back in and advised him that they could’ve voided the warranty because the safety was disabled/removed and to not have it removed again. I shot one round of Skeet with it I thought the gun kicked like a mule.
I was talking to the pro over at PG Skeet and Trap a few years ago and someone mentioned Ruger Red label; well he scoffed and said "Bill Ruger doesn't know how to build a shotgun! Red Labels don't fit anybody except for maybe Bill Ruger!"
So maybe it kicked like a mule because it was a very poor fit (?)
You guys are full of confidence building stories about US branded shotguns, so I thought I would add one more.