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I was looking at the Ruger American Predator in .22-250 on their website today and pondering the plastic stock they've got on it.

Is that stock worth leaving on there, or should a buyer just plan on replacing it with something else?

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It's a POS but works. Some folks don't mind them, some do. Start adding up what it'd cost to make it what you want and look at options. Those are known great shooters. Just live with it is the simplest. The stock plus Mag plus the trigger make me not like the model, I've tried, a few times.


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They are not great but work great..at least for me. Mine are just shooters and plinkers and loaners.


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Thanks. I'll have to pick one up and take a closer look, but it checks a couple of boxes - on paper.

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So I bought this yesterday. Why??? I have no clue but it looks and feels cool. Can not wait to shoot it. I scoped it with a SWFA 30mm 1-4 SS . Very handy Ruger American Ranch Rifle in 7.62x39mm. With 125 Ballistic tips at 2500 fps with AA1680 it should shoot well.

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Originally Posted by tjm10025

I was looking at the Ruger American Predator in .22-250 on their website today and pondering the plastic stock they've got on it.

Is that stock worth leaving on there, or should a buyer just plan on replacing it with something else?


I restocked some RAR-Ps with Boyds laminated Heritage-style stocks back in 2015/2016. That added a full 16 ounces to the weight of the package, but the Boyds stock fit me better than the factory stock, so the negative aspect of the added weight was offset by the improved handling characteristics. But Boyds continues to increase prices and at some price point it might be more cost-effective to look at other options, like the Weatherby Vanguard2s. RAR-Ps in 22-250 have a 1-10" ROT barrel, so the longer, heavier, component bullets that are increasingly popular might be stabilize in a 1-10" ROT barrel.

I have also use the foam/elastic and foam/neoprene comb risers on RAR stocks. Before spending a couple hundred dollars on a different stock, I'd suggest spending $30 of a comb riser, I like the elastic ones better than the neoprene ones, as they seem to fit tighter.

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The newer version is better(more rigid) than the original stock that came with the RAR 223 I bought 5-6 or more years ago. I'd go with it and see how it shoots.

I bought my 223 for a spare/beater rifle and it has performed well for that. The thing shoots great. Way better than it should for $300 out the door. Opened the barrel channel a bit and went with a lighter trigger spring.

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I unridged this one, lipstick on an very effective pig. I guess it's just not just the stock, mag, trigger. I think the whole thing is chincy, like the finish. $300 OTD? OK, $400, $450, no way. But, threaded is nice touch, if going suppressed..... The RAR I like the feel of is the little one, the Ranch. Gawd, I have had a couple RARs I've sold NIB just because I don't like them. Not helpful, sorry.


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Anyone able to measure the muzzle diameter ad let us know on the .308? Please and thank you. Be Well, Rustyzipper.


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Buddy has the .450 BM in a Magpul, gotta admit it looks mean.
I'd change the factory bolt handle.

Lot of $ for what ends up still being a RAR.

Cheaper to just go w an AR15 in .450 BM

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I've stiffened up two 700 ADL synth stocks and a Savage Axis, they worked well after that.
For comb/cheek risers, Kydex secured by Velcro is cheap and effective.

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Only elitists don't like them...

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I love my 243 RAP. Stock is ugly, but I use the gun as a truck gun, bad weather gun, etc. It won't replace my walnut/blued steel M70s, but it's fun to shoot and incredibly accurate, especially for the for the price! Handle one and see if you can live with it...

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Originally Posted by Whttail_in_MT
Only elitists don't like them...

Says the guy that cashed in and bought Fieldcrafts! wink


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Have the little 7.62x39 RAR. Got it cheap and cheap it'll stay. I've said it before, easy to make a budget rifle not so budget. You really have to try to hurt that plastic stock! But it shoots very accurately and is just about perfect for the Tamarack swamp I hunt in.


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Originally Posted by MtnBoomer
Originally Posted by Whttail_in_MT
Only elitists don't like them...

Says the guy that cashed in and bought Fieldcrafts! wink

Yeah but, kept the RARs too.

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The M77 plastic stock is one of the best on the market, the American stock is one of the worst. Never have understood why. It couldn't cost that much more to put something similar to the M77 stock on the American. They're both just plastic, after all.


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Originally Posted by MtnBoomer

Not helpful, sorry.


Yeah, it's helpful. I was asking for these kinds of opinions.

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My only RAR was a rimfire. It arrived with the triggerguard broken completely off during shipment. They sent me a new stock, but how much more would it cost to make that guard a separate piece, even if plastic, and eliminate that weak point? $5 maybe? I have an AW Hawkeye that cost me $600 new. Makes more sense to me than putting lipstick on an RAR, as do Howas that come with a decent hinged floorplate.


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Originally Posted by tjm10025
Originally Posted by MtnBoomer

Not helpful, sorry.


Yeah, it's helpful. I was asking for these kinds of opinions.

Yah, it's all good. Have you handled them? I was no, then maybe, then OK, then no over the years. Cheap accuracy is something desirable though. Good luck.


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