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How much?

No clue yet, but it is a Ruger American. It won't be expensive.

You KNOW I WANT ONE.

Sounds great SAS.

Would this special run be the 1-8" only or would it be the improved comb height on the stock, bottom metal, etc...

Sorry for having to ask, there have been a lot of things discussed here. What, exactly is going to happen? The 8" twisted 22-250?

What about the magazines?

Can we put some oolong bullets in our fast twist 223? Past models and future models?

Yep, I sure would go for one.

a left hand 300 blkout ranch please

How about a 6mm Creed 1:7.7 like their RPR..

And a .22 Creed 1:8 or faster and mag. length/throat set up for a kiss..

http://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/10864894/1

I'd be happy if Ruger or someone else would offer an extended magazine for RAR's. A 10 round mag for any of the models, but especially the .223 would be a winner...

Ruger American in .35 Whelen

Factory laminate stock for the American.

Ruger needs to do a 1A in .44 magnum.
Ruger also needs to do a stainless 10/22 with black synth stock in fingergroove w checkering (would have been the perfect anniv rifle).

I would like Ruger to build a 1892 in .357, 45colt, 44 mag, 480 ruger,and 454 casull with decent peep sights.

How about an American Ranch in 6.8? While we are throwing out wishes.

The Ruger American series...I just don't understand the appeal.

The rifles I have handled appear cheaply made, poorly fitted, and slapped together. Ruger is not the only manufacturer guilty of jumping on the synthetic bandwagon and ending up with crap. Remington 710/ 783 are some of the ugliest rifles around. Cheap, cheap, cheap.

I have to disagree.

I fired my first one (a .223 Ranch Rifle) about two weeks ago. It went bang every time, fed every time (even though loading the mags is a PITA), and we couldn't seem to make it shoot a 3 round group greater than 1.5", whether it was cheap 20 year old American Eagle or handloads worked up for AR's.

Having never needed to shoot a coyote more than three times, we didn't bother with 5 round groups.
Three lug design with a short throw and tang safety are features I'm pretty used to, I typically hunt with either a #1 or an A-Bolt.

Trigger had the blade I'm not wild about and was a bit squishy but manageable. The trigger is certainly workable or replaceable via Timney.

The stock is "cheap", but not as flimsy as the earlier models I have felt. It certainly didn't feel terrible when I threw it up. It's not a Manners with a Mini-Chassis and AI mags, but the aftermarket is hurrying to catch up. Look at MDT.

I'm thinking come fall I'll have to have a Predator model in 6.5 Creed and get the barrel chopped back to 17" and fitted for a TOMB brake for my incoming SAS can.

Utilitarian, economical, handy, but I can't hardly say cheap. Purty is as purty does.

Blind Mag or hinged floorplate. Heavy barrel version with no longer than a 24" pipe. 6.5 Creed in something besides Predator.

Exactly!! I have the Ruger Predator 1 in 8 twist .223 with 16 1/2" barrel. Contacted Ruger about buying a 22-250 barrel and no dice. They won't sell a bolt separately either. The bolt face on the .223 could probably just be opened up though. I shoot Hornady 75 grain Amaxes in mine. Freebore was perfect from the factory, but the mag took some work. I now can feed from the mag at .010" off the lands. That equals an OAL of 2.554". It shoots decent to 300 yards. I have never shot it beyond that. I'm using 8208XBR powder and getting 2530 fps with a safe load. Have a Leupold VXR 3-9 X 50 with the LRV illuminated reticle. Just happened to work out with the top dot sighted @ 100 it gives me the middle dot for 200 and the lower dot for 300.

What did you do to the magazine to get it opened up to 2.55" COAL?

I was reading another thread here and see that someone is doing basically what I've done to feed the 75 gr. amaxes in the Ruger Predator .223's. I have a guy that milled mine out on a CNC. The first one would not feed the final cartridge in the mag. What happens is that the rear of the cartridge drops down just enough that the bolt won't pick it up. I don't find that an issue for me. Basically with 5 rounds in the mag, you can use the first 4. In a bolt action hunting rifle that isn't much of a handicap. I altered the follower on my second one and and now the rear of the cartridge stays up so as for the bolt to grab hold but it doesn't always make it into the chamber. I may or may not be able to solve that without a redesigned follower. if enough guys are interested I think the guy would set up and make these, just know that I don't totally have the bugs worked out of the final round in the chamber. If there is interest for 25 or more, I'll contact him to see how many $$. Like many have previously stated, it makes no sense for Ruger to sell the 1 in 8 twist rifle and then offer a mag that will not accommodate the heavy bullets. They even got the freebore correct in the chamber for heavies.