Ruger American Rimfire sights

[leadchucker]

Got a new 22LR Ruger American Rimfire with iron sights and threaded barrel with an Advanced Armaments Pilot II suppressor installed. I've been trying to figure out these iron sights. The rifle shoots dead correct laterally, but at ~ 20 yards, it is consistently shooting about four inches low. (Removing the suppressor had no effect.) I did consult the manual to make sure I was using the correct sight alignment picture.

The rear sight has tick marks on the elevation adjustment, and it is adjusted on the center mark, (at the factory, I'm sure.) The manual explains how to adjust the sights, but I'm going to have to move that rear sight up at least two tick marks to get it in the ballpark.

Would a brand new rifle, especially a Ruger, need this much sight adjustment right out of the box?

 

[VoodooMountain]

Mine is the exact same way. At 100 yards I was miserably low. Moved it a couple notches and no issues.


22lr has a lot of variation in ammo which doesn’t help.

I also think the front fiber optic sight might sit higher than their other front sights used with the other guns that they use that same rear sight on.

 

[Jesse H]

Mine was similar to yours. Windage was on but not enough elevation, even with the tears maxed out. My AAC Element II barely shifted the POI.

I replaced them with Williams Firesights and got them dialed in.

 

[Lafitte]

Don't see any problem. If you run out of adjustment and are still not shooting to point of aim, then you have a problem. If you do run out of adjustment call Ruger, they will fix it! (Been there, done that.)
Lafitte

 

[leadchucker]

The manual says that moving the sight one mark will change the POI about one inch @ 25 yards. I moved it as high as it would go, about two marks, and got a marked improvement, but the rifle is still shooting two to three inches low @ 20 yards. I guess I'm gonna be calling Ruger tomorrow.

 

[ThomasT]

What sight picture are you holding? If you are holding at the bottom of a 6" bullseye and expecting your gun to land 3" higher in the middle of the bull thats your problem. But if you are holding on the bottom of a 6" bullseye and the bullets are cutting the bottom of the bull you are sighted correctly.

I would buy a shorter front sight. I never could shoot a good group with fiber optic sights. I prefer a blade front and straight notch rear myself. Everyone has their own ideas on open sights it seems.

 

[leadchucker]

Well, this is a bizarre surprise.

I called Ruger regarding my problems sighting the rifle in. The nice lady there listened to me (I think), and then said send it on in (through a FFL, and on my nickel.)
I called the LGS that sold it to me. He called Ruger. They sent him a pickup ticket for it. I guess he had more clout with Ruger than I did.

He just called me back. Ruger sent me a new rifle. No explanation... just a brand new rifle. The guy at the LGS said that Ruger instructed him to transfer my original back to them. He showed me the entry in his log. The new rifle had a different serial number, so I had to fill out another 4473 to take possession of it. Needless to say, I'm a happy camper.

I've heard that when a gun maker replaces a firearm that is deemed non-repairable, they are authorized to destroy the old one and stamp the original serial number on the replacement. That's kinda what I would have expected.

I guess it makes no difference to me, but I do kinda wonder what was so wrong with my old rifle that motivated them to replace it like that.

 

[LoonWulf]

Well, this is a bizarre surprise.

I called Ruger regarding my problems sighting the rifle in. The nice lady there listened to me (I think), and then said send it on in (through a FFL, and on my nickel.)
I called the LGS that sold it to me. He called Ruger. They sent him a pickup ticket for it. I guess he had more clout with Ruger than I did.

He just called me back. Ruger sent me a new rifle. No explanation... just a brand new rifle. The guy at the LGS said that Ruger instructed him to transfer my original back to them. He showed me the entry in his log. The new rifle had a different serial number, so I had to fill out another 4473 to take possession of it. Needless to say, I'm a happy camper.

I've heard that when a gun maker replaces a firearm that is deemed non-repairable, they are authorized to destroy the old one and stamp the original serial number on the replacement. That's kinda what I would have expected.

I guess it makes no difference to me, but I do kinda wonder what was so wrong with my old rifle that motivated them to replace it like that.

Probably simply faster and easier to just send a new one, and then work on the returned rifle. in all likely hood there was some issue that would require the barrel be removed.

 

[cdb1]

Yes.

 

[CraigC]

I've heard that when a gun maker replaces a firearm that is deemed non-repairable, they are authorized to destroy the old one and stamp the original serial number on the replacement.

They don't re-use serial numbers. They just replace it with a new firearm out of the warehouse. There is no need to go through an FFL for a replacement firearm but Ruger does just to cover their butts.