Just picked up this squirrel sniper rifle
What do you think of it?
I was thinking about one for a suppressor host, but then I held one, and eeeeesh that stock is horrible. Like you can bend the forend with your thumb horrible. That means it would need the Boyd's tacticool stock right off the bat, which, with the lower metal replacement kit, is like another $170.
That made me start looking at the Ruger American Rimfire. Some people claim it isn't quite as accurate as the Savage, some say it is. Either way, it would use the same mags as my 10/22 and the modular stock uses the same parts so I could swap out the stock modules to short ones so my son could eventually shoot it.
I'm really leaning toward the Ruger at this point, but of course I'd want the "special" one:
These seem to run about $300-ish, and it seems that the Savage runs about $200 - $250, plus the cost of the new stock if I did that. Decisions, decisions.
It's like I always say, if you can't choose between the 2, buy both.
In this case they are certainly cheap enough
I have a Ruger American rimfire compact as well. The stock is sturdier and MUCH heavier on the ruger. If you want a light gun to run around and hunt some critters then the Savage stock is just fine. If you want to shoot it off a bench then I'd get the Boyd's stock (which I'm going to get). The bolt on the Savage is far more substantial it also has the fluted bull barrel. All that should result in better accuracy but I haven't shot them side by side yet.
I got the Savage mostly for the threaded barrel as my ruger doesn't have one. I paid $50 less for the Savage and I bought it with the intention of putting a thumb hole stock on it so the original "throwaway" stock doesn't bother me.
It's like I always say, if you can't choose between the 2, buy both.
In this case they are certainly cheap enough
Not a very good picture, but my new to me H&R M12 with a Redfield 3200 24X mounted.
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