I really want to like them. I know they are shooters overall, but that fore end kills it for me. Get rid of the finger grooves and I would buy 3 or 4.
GreggH
The forend is fine. All it needs is a bit of epoxy in the cross hatch to firm it up. No big deal.
The Ruger American Rifle is an inexpensive, dependable, accurate rifle. It was built for that purpose. People that want to drool over a rifle can go spend untolled thousands on fancy rifles. I look at rifles as tools. They either work for their intended purpose, or they are useless to me. I don't baby any of them.
I have some nice rifles, but I have no use for them, if they do not shoot. I don't buy them to look at. I only have the one RA, but I would own another in a heartbeat.
