Yeah I just looked at Budsgunshop. They had it and price includes shipping which they have offered for a while. My local Dicks did not have it and I would have bought from them and paid taxes but they were like $379 and did not have the Youth or compact model so they had to order it.
I been thinking on this. I shot my M700 CRF 243 rifle and recoil was very mild and think this would be good for my son's first rifle (he has the CZ Scout). But my rifle has the 24" barrel and this Ruger American Compact has a 18" barrel. (I have a 788 243 with a 18" barrel and when shooting the rifle has a vicious blast and this got me thinking if the Ruger Compact is the same?)
Have you shot your compact yet?
And its surprising that Buds has the 7-08 for the same price as the 243 but I am reminded this is for my boy and the 7-08 would likely be too much for my boy's first CF rifle...
