[quote=Oldelkhunter]
Ruger American...Machine made and that is not very impressive,too much effort to cam the bolt,lousy trigger,great magazine design and otherwise a great value. Ruger ended up with the best gun at that price point over the Savage and Mossberg entry level stuff.
$380 rifle
$100 Boyd's stock
$300 SWFA 10xMD
$50 Mounts
$40(?) Mag ass gaskets
$870 puts the package $170 over the cost of a Tikka SL.
Now, do I agree that its a steal and a half, especially for a 1:8 223? You bet your ass. Ruger had to somewhat reverse engineer a Tikka because I think it shares a lot of the same design features. They have second mover advantage up one side and down the other. Eventually someone will get one to shoot as well as a Tikka, there's no denying that Tikkas shoot.
Business decision-wise, I give it to Ruger and its a proven good call. Schit, if I were still in college I'd do a thesis on it.
As a dedicated hunting rig, I'll take what's listed in Reply #1 over anything else mentioned in this thread, including the Kimber.
But I do like my T3.
I would have to replace the factory trigger with a Timney
