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Hoping... In case anyone out there is keeping score.

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Know of any other bubba fixes for too-low-a-comb,
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http://www.brownells.com/rifle-part...-amp-palm-swells/cheek-eez-prod7404.aspx

There are also RAT Pads, made of a synthetic that when heated up both conforms to the stock, and sticks there until you want to pull it off (www.ratgrips.com). I've used it for handgun grips, tool handles and other stuff, and plan to try it on an American Rifle.

It sticks VERY well, but if you do decide to pull it off there's no residue left on the stock or grips, and the stuff can be reused by reheating. It also comes in various colors, including several varieties of camo, that are molded right into the material.

Whoooaaaa....those RAT pads are neat stuff! Ok, buying an American and using RAT pads to fix the cheekweld.

Love it when companies learn what the market wants.

The 1-10 is still a bastard twist. If they can do the 223 in 1-8 they can do the 22/250

Agreed....

Mule Deer "There are also RAT Pads..." John, you are a veritable fountain of useful information. Homesteader

I'm in on the 6.5 Creedmore!

heck just use the other flip flop for the cheek piece,no sense in spending too much.hehehehe

i hear that,ya ever see a blaser?deer gosh those are fugly,buttugly

My son wants this rifle in 6.5 Creedmoor. I don't find it to be ugly. Now the TC Dimension, thats bad ugly.

Just brought my son's RAR stainless compact home in 223. He'll be a happy camper later tonight...

The "ugly" comments about the RAR are, although not surpising here on the 'fire, even less comprehensible to me than the critique of other modern rifles.

The RAR is no heirloom. It was not built (and is not priced) to be an heirloom, unlike the Ruger #1 and many of the 77 and 77II variants. It is not a rifle to be lovingly oiled and placed in a fine mahogany and glass case, or transported in a case lined with rich Corinthian leather

The RAR is an inexpensive bullet delivery device. Buy, shoot. Buy, shoot. When the barrel goes, buy another rifle. If you get bored, sell it and buy another. You'll lose less than the price of two boxes of premium factory ammo and you'll have had some trigger time behind an accurate bullet delivery device.

If the RAR gets more people fired up about shooting accurate rifles (and the RAR's are that, ugly or otherwise) then I could care less what they look like.

I think the comments ARE surprising, since the rule of thumb on the fire is to accept any aesthetics as long as the accuracy is good.

I think they are coming from two groups:
- The Savage shooters that want to convince themselves they no longer have the ugliest rifle available
- The Tikka shooters who don't like the fact that you can have the same accuracy for $200-300 less, and a short action cartridge in a SHORT ACTION

If they decide to make the Predator in stainless I will own one in 6.5 Creedmoor.

its all in what your looking for, for me an accurate, affordable, dependable rifle is why i will purchase a predator. that way i will not be upset when i scratch and ding it. i own a few No.1s and i think that they are attractive, but i live in fear when i take them to camp and people fondle them and want to shoot them.its not the case with my American, and wont be with my Predator. plus, i love the look on peoples faces when you tell them that its a Ruger, and with decent glass it is still under $500.

My boy told me the 6.5 Creedmoor Predator has something like a 1:8 twist. Is that too fast for the 120 Ballistic tip?

Seriously? No

Screw in barrel, glock trigger, ugly, probably accurate... when did Rugers start making SAvages? Following Marlin's lead I guess.