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It's like the designers at Ruger challenged themselves by asking: "How could we build a rifle that's even uglier than a TC Dimension" and out from their drawing boards popped this hideous monstrosity.

No kidding.
Camo dipped stocks would have looked better than copying a home rattle can job.

And the twisted flutes are a waste. The expense for the fluting could have gone to a better stock design.

This is obviously Ruger's solution to ensure they have guns in inventory during the next gun/ammo shortage. 2024 is election year.

Looks fine to me. I am tempted to hunt a season with one (steel/cerakoted) and see how it holds up to the rainforest. Maybe actually run a patch through it after every hunt to try to keep the bore ok.

I think that is one of the inherent drawbacks of these coatings being applied to CM steel guns by the manufacturer. Joe Average sees no rust on the outside of his gun after using it in bad conditions and believes all the marketing about the gun being "weatherproof" forgetting about the naked CM steel bore. If the rifle had been blued CM on the exterior, the condition of said exterior might have kept Joe mindful of taking better care of the rifle overall, in which case the bore was not as frequently subjected to being ridden hard and put away wet. A local gunsmith I know hates this trend with coated/dipped waterfowl guns, as the hunters don't see any rust forming on the outside, so they don't think about rust on the inside and then he has to fix rusty action/trigger innards and frozen choke tubes.

The stock is hideous

I will buy one in .22 Creed when it comes out. I do like the three position safety... I hate always having to check my Ranch now.

Ruger.....please listen. That stock is a deal breaker.
Sucks Azz!

Well, after this new product drop, I was checking on Lipseys.com and found this.
https://www.lipseys.com/itemfinder?...;model=77%20Hawkeye%20International%20SS

This one sure isn't ugly.

I really like the catalog with Vortex Crossfire scopes on them lol. Easy pass for me!

Like putting lipstick on a pig

Tough room!

My standard RAR in 308 has been fantastic. Accurate and dependable. At $350 it was a steal.

The only thing I dislike is the aforementioned safety that doesn't lock the bolt.

If they turn out to be compatible, I will order the new 3 position the moment they become available.

Could even be talked into the new model if they become available in LH.

LGS just got allocated 2, Ruger American Gen IIs in 450 Bushmaster. Should be seeing them in the next couple of days. I'm gonna check them out when they get here.

My take on it too. Actually would be happy with a very early first gen with the lower, non pic rail (or a pic rail of that height), rotary mag and 3 position safety.

My take, not that it matters, is that they took a known cheap rifle that shot well, without great aesthetics (but originally that was okay because everybody knew what it was intended to be) and made it stand out as uglier. On purpose. Even put thought and work into it, it appears.

Same with the Savage Axis II.

I'm admittedly not a synthetic stock fan, but geeze, can we save the space age looking hunting rifles for the next star wars movie?

I own 1 synthetic stocked rifle as a bad weather beater. Even though it's a M98 with all steel parts, it still lacks soul for me housed in that synthetic.

It really is reimiscent of the Savage Axis stock Just funkier.

Kinda like the original just fine. Willing to try the new one but...wasn't broke. Just "cooler" lookin now. Hey, if they sell more, more power to em I guess.

That fluting is fkn stupid. The ruger american candy cane edition.

I'd like to get one and have the barrel fluting ceracoated to look like a red white candy cane.

Get the stock repainted the color of a Christmas tree.

Yeah, I watched a video on them. Seems like that new AI mag they use is much better than any RAR I've seen, in terms of feeding and reliability. I don't like the stock at all though. I think it's the younger generation trying to make a rifle what they think it should be. Even though it's hideous as schidt. Kind of like the skinny jeans those guys wear. Or the man buns. Like someone else said, they should have spent less time on fluting and more time on the design of the stock, but they also need to get the right designers in there. Hell, at this point I'd beg them to put a B&C on it and get rid of the fugly one they used!!!!!

A simple stock like this, would suffice:


However, I think they are trying to cater to the younger generation.

Make sure you wear your man bun and skinny jeans too!!!! Some pointy toed elf slippers would be cool..