another Ruger American

[mongoslow]

picked up a standard Ruger American today with the black stock and the 22" barrel, this one I chose to go with a caliber I knew nothing about and have never shot before , the 7mm-08 Remington., topped it with a Sig Sauer Buckmaster 3x9x50 scope and brought it home.
once I got the scope walked in I put 2 3 shot groups together that I figured were good enough for me shooting off of a blanket roll and a folding card table.
2 touching on the left and the one I threw in the top right hand corner are Norma Whitetail 150 gr jsp the other 3 are Nosler 140gr ballistic tips, that low one I'm pretty sure was imparted by me.

 

[jmr40]

The Ruger Americans are good rifles that often outshoot rifles costing 2X or 3X more money. I don't think you'll be disappointed.

The 7-08 is simply a 308 necked down to 7mm (28 caliber). On paper it is a tiny bit better than 308, but in the real world they are pretty much the same. With the best loads the 7-08 has about 2" less drop and less than 50 ft lbs more energy at 500 yards. That's close enough to call a tie IMO. The only disadvantage is that 7-08 ammo is a little harder to find compared to 308. But once again I don't think you'll be disappointed. You can hunt any animal in North America with that rifle/cartridge combo. It is a little on the light side for big bear but will certainly kill one with the right bullet choice.

No such thing as a 3X9X50 scope. It's a 3-9X50 scope. If you understand optics nomenclature, then 3X9X50 makes no sense. You'll never see it listed that way on any optics catalog or website.

That is a little lower quality scope than I'd like. It may serve you well for a while, but I'd be looking to upgrade to a better scope when you can afford to.

But overall you did good. I could live with the rifle and cartridge.

 

[LoonWulf]

Nice set up!

 

[conan32120]

Been looking at the same rifle/caliber for awhile, just ain't pulled the trigger yet and should be a simple matter to make brass from .308 range discards

 

[Cowhide Cliff]

Nice, That's the caliber I'd really like one in. Wound up with one in 308 instead and since stumbled upon a 6.5 needsmore. I'd still rather have 7-08 though.

 

[dirtman]

Nice rifle.... I have found Ruger Americans to be more accurate then they should be... But nobody is complaining.