Ha ha wife made her 1st impulse buy

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Yesterday I mentioned wanting to take the two 22s out to the range this weekend since I bought a thousand rounds of 22lr. She wasn't all that excited. I asked why. I was told the rifles were short. I have a Marlin 60 and a Remington nylon.

I never noticed they were all that short for her, sice she usually grabs a 20 guage when I take a 22. So I looked at the pawn shops, the unfriendly overpriced gun shop, and the hunting shop that sells but refuses ffl transactions. I was hoping to see an adult sized 22 model for her. No luck all small stocks.

I came home looked up old army trainers on gunbroker. Showed them to the wife, they didnt appeared to her. But she spotted a Ruger precision with the adjustable stock. She immediately ordered one. Fastest most impulsive gun buy I ever seen her do. Its normally me. By the way I hate the only official gun only shop in town. The owner even accused me of walking out without buying yesterday on me being cheap. I refuse to buy what he didn't have stocked in shop or offer to try to find a larger stocked rifle to order me. Plus wife wouldn't like another short 22 or. And i have two old ones that are nail drivers for me.

Anyone have the Ruger precision in 22lr? I think it's based off the Ruger American in a fancy stock. I am just wanting some basic info on gun I may be doing maintenance on for the wife. From Ruger I expect it will shoot well.
 
By the way I hate the only official gun only shop in town. The owner even accused me of walking out without buying yesterday on me being cheap. I refuse to buy what he didn't have stocked in shop or offer to try to find a larger stocked rifle to order me.

FWIW, skilled, talented gunsmiths are permitted to be jerks and still thrive in business: they are allowed a wide degree of artistic temperament. Retailers with a 'tude are merely asking for competition to arrive and put them out of business.

The first order of business in any retail shop is to get customers inside the door; if customers return and consistently don't buy, the problem is the seller's selection, pricing and unhelpfulness. He's not doing people favors by letting customers pay him for merchandise.
 
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Dave I agree. After I said I wasn't interested in a 22lr he had at $250 before taxes I was called cheap. I said I wasn't spending $250 on a crap gun. I went home and looked online. Wife fell in love with the Ruger precision that cost more than what that shoo wanted me to spend. But from pictures and reviews looks like a good rifle.

So any suggestions on which scope rings/mounts for the Ruger? I am thinking of buying her a decent scope that she can switch back and forth to a center fire.
 
Dave I agree. After I said I wasn't interested in a 22lr he had at $250 before taxes I was called cheap. I said I wasn't spending $250 on a crap gun. I went home and looked online. Wife fell in love with the Ruger precision that cost more than what that shoo wanted me to spend. But from pictures and reviews looks like a good rifle.

So any suggestions on which scope rings/mounts for the Ruger? I am thinking of buying her a decent scope that she can switch back and forth to a center fire.

Of the seven rimfire rifles I own at present, the only one with a quality conventional scope has a Nikon Prostaff Rimfire -- good for the rimfire work, but I don't think it would be as suitable for centerfire use as parallax is set for 50 yards. Mine's mounted with some basic UTG rings.

1022MagPulNikon.jpg

I do have a Leupold VX Hog 1-4x that started out on a rimfire rifle and later got moved to a centerfire single shot -- that seemed to work about equally well at either job. I use a set of Warne QD rings with that scope.

https://www.leupold.com/scopes/shotgun-scopes/vx-hog-1-4x20mm
 
So any suggestions on which scope rings/mounts for the Ruger? I am thinking of buying her a decent scope that she can switch back and forth to a center fire.

Sounds to me like she found something she wanted in her rifle. Why not let this be her adventure? Let her pick her own scope and rings and such. People don’t learn by others doing things for them.

Just a thought.
 
True but I'd hate to waste money on mounts that don't fit that gun. Wrong ones may frustrate or discourage her from future buys.

Her gun choice in this proves she looks for different styles than I get myself. Although looks like she made a good choice on this 22
 
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