Have the opportunity to to trade into a red label. I've wanted one since I was a teenager, friend has one that he says is unfired, bought while he was in the coast guard stationed Kodiak in 1996. It looks to be unfired, and I have no reason to doubt him. My issue is, after finally finding my holy Grail, I hear that recoil is terrible! The rifle I'm trading is worth somewhere around $1000. Am I better off keeping the rifle and buying something else or making the deal? Never handles a red label, just drooled over pics as a kid. Help me out
I have several different brands of over/unders and the recoil of a Red Label is no more than any of the others. I think that gets repeated so much that people start to believe it. People either love Rugers or hate them. Don't worry about recoil or the fit.
