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I've been impressed with the American's off-the-shelf trigger setting. It feels great as is, and any failures of accuracy will be due to me, not the trigger. I do find the plastic bolt shroud a little silly, but for $50 or thereabouts, that can go away, though there's probably no point. I'm...

I'm going to try to hit the range soon. May be a few more days as it's hot as blue blazes (all-time record high temps for this time of year) and that makes a range trip unpleasant, but it looks like next week will be much better. I'm going to sight for a 100-yard zero and check out using the...

I deer hunt in eastern hardwoods, mostly. There will be occasional field hunts late in the afternoon. The average shot distance for me in the past has been under 100 yards. If I hunt the fields, I don't see myself taking shots much beyond 200 yards. I'm going to experiment with shot location...

Thanks! I also am proud of the overall price. Confessing my bias, I'd argue that it's a pretty good deer rig for $521. It won't make anyone drool with envy, but I like to believe I was a smart shopper. I am not sure it couldn't be better... If, for instance, you'd prefer the Bushnell Trophy XLT...

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Thanks, guys. I grew up shooting a Marlin 336 chambered in .35 Remington (my dad got it on sale after the last .30-30 flew off the shelf). In adulthood, when I returned to hunting, I carried a Mossberg 100 ATR in .270. It's a great shooting gun, but there are some things I don't love about it...

I was thinking about overall cost: Rifle - $351 all in Weaver Rings - $22 Soft case - $16 Nikon Buckmaster II 3-9x40 - $119 Sling - $13 So that's a pretty good budget setup (I think) for under $530 after taxes.

Or Brian Got A New Toy Day as Mrs. Shooter would say. Ruger American with a Nikon Buckmaster II 3-9x40 chambered in 7mm-08. Caught a good deal at Rural King ($299.91 plus taxes, background check) on the rifle. Got the scope for $109 at Academy. It's no Tikka with a Vortex DB but she should...

I have a Mossy 100 ATR and it, too, has a flimsy, hollow stock. I picked up my Ruger on Friday and it appears to have a more rigid stock that the Mossberg. I plan to strengthen it up myself at some point, but I doubt it will happen prior to this deer season. There's a youtube vid of a guy using...

To your point, it seems my thumb is more of the problem than my hand. The knob on my scope on my Mossberg protrudes a bit but eye relief is right, so I don't want to mess with it. I tend to drape my thumb over the bolt knob when grabbing it, mostly with my index and middle fingers. At the top of...

No disdain here (fervent, partial, or marginal)! I prefer 3 lugs. My wife's a brunette and I chose her. I can still appreciate and respect blondes and redheads. RE: Smashed fingers... My issues have come from shooting at game when I've handled the bolt differently than I do at the range. Some...

As accuracy goes, I've not seen anyone make a reasonable argument that 3 beats 2 (or if I have, it didn't stick). The accuracy of Savage, Remington, the Winchester Model 70, etc., is legendary. All are based on the 2 lug Mauser design. For me, it's the shorter lift and the extra space between...

I tend to like the classics myself which is why this feels like such a big deal to me. It's out of character.

I started a thread asking for suggestions in a budget bolt 7mm-08 that I wanted for reasons I can't clearly express and that I've attempted to explain elsewhere. So I'm moving on... One of my clear preferences, though I didn't know it when I first met a Ruger American in approximately 2008, is...

Looked at the 3x9 diamondback. Great reviews. Have vortex red dots on 2 of my ARs. But... And this may be a bad move... CDNN Sports has the Bushnell Trophy XLT (also 3x9-40) for $70 ... Generally, it's about a $120 scope. Gets good reviews but it's in a more budget class than the Vortex DB...

Good advice. "I have no plans, at this time, to restock my .270 Win Mossberg 100 ATR, though that sounds like an interesting project." Oddly enough, as this thread has gone on, I opened up my gun case and handled the Mossberg for the first time in a while. While my complaints still hold true...

The Mossberg 100 ATR has these issues I don't like, and all are preference-related, as I've lugged it around a bit and shot it several times to zero it each year. Note that two of these apply to the Remington. I am absolutely not knocking the Model 7, as the rifles have legendary quality (my...

So this happened late yesterday... Went to Rural King and handled a Savage Axis XP. The scoped model in 6.5 Creedmoor... $349. Really liked the gun til I worked the bolt. I have a two-lug design on my Mossberg and I was reminded of its major shortcoming... the 90 degree lift and tight scope...