Ruger American Rifle Generation II

[308Scout]

Ruger just rolled out the Ruger American Rifle Generation II series (standard and ranch configurations). Interested to hear how these compare in the field to the original.

Ruger® Ruger American® Rifle Generation II Predator Bolt-Action Rifle Models

ruger.com

 

[Blaster229]

Sexy!

 

[Hibs]

shit. now i need to replace my gen 1s.

 

[joppaj]

That is an attractive firearm.

 

[308Scout]

I'm more intrigued by the variety of chamberings and mags that they are and will be rolling out with. Seems to be a solid move away from proprietary mags and to AICS and AR mags with this iteration. Looks like they finally came to the conclusion that cross platform compatibility is a good thing.

 

[Harrys]

Butt ugly not a fan.

 

[AlBeight]

Good looking rifles. The original versions were very effective, and well received in the hunting community. I got the Predator version, and immediately disliked a few things that it looks like they’ve corrected. The Gen1 stock is absolute flimsy garbage and every one I’ve ever seen or heard reviews on were contacting the barrels on the forearm on the left side. First thing I did was replace the stock with a Boyd’s. These stocks look different, and hopefully they’ve free-floated properly and they’re not too flexy.

Second thing I don’t like is the bolt handle, too small and too smooth. Looks like they fixed that too, plus they’ve made it replaceable.

Third, they’ve made the comb adjustable. No rifle in this day and age should not have this feature.

I hope this generation rifle has the same success as the previous generation. Ruger has been doing some good things for a few years.

 

[rseymorejr]

I like the looks of them

 

[jimbobborg]

Nice that they're available in 7mm-08. Everyone and their mom making rifles in 6.5 flavor of the week and .308 and skipping the 7mm made me sad

 

[willtill]

That is an attractive firearm.

Yes. I would sleep with it in my bed.

 

[Speed3]

Actually looks nice. I might be up for a 300blk bolt gun.

 

[Pale Ryder]

Butt ugly not a fan.

Same here.

 

[Kman]

Make the 7.62x39 with good iron sights and I'm in.

 

[Steel Hunter]

I think the Standard is now called "house flipper gray".

 

[smokey]

Why helloooo there

 

[engineerbrian]

Dang, they’ll have it in .22 arc in Q1 2024. That seems like a fun round, with the American being a reasonably priced rifle

 

[AlBeight]

Who Tee Who did a brief tabletop review on this new model. He is a known huge fan of the Ruger American platform. He’ll do a range video shortly, if he stays true to form.

 

[C&RTactical]

Curious to see how the Gen II trigger and bolt smoothness is compared to my Tikka T3x.

 

[erwos]

Curious to see how the Gen II trigger and bolt smoothness is compared to my Tikka T3x.

TBH, the gen1 trigger is fine. The problem is the barrel, which, in my experience, is like 1.5 MOA and tends to have PoI shifts with heavier cans. It's not a particularly light rifle out of the box, but a heavier profile barrel would have helped my gun a fair bit. (And, yes, it can be swapped with a bit of effort.)

 

[C&RTactical]

TBH, the gen1 trigger is fine. The problem is the barrel, which, in my experience, is like 1.5 MOA and tends to have PoI shifts with heavier cans. It's not a particularly light rifle out of the box, but a heavier profile barrel would have helped my gun a fair bit. (And, yes, it can be swapped with a bit of effort.)

There was just a bit of grit and stiffness I remember trying a Gen 1 predator trigger that I didn't like after I tried the Tikka trigger.