Not by any means a precision or long range rifle by any means but I did get my hands on one of the flat dark earth stocked examples. It’s inside the first 1000 made for Randy’s guns in Bad Axe MI. For those that don’t know MI has a limited firearms zone for deer hunting where until a few years ago only slug guns and muzzle loading rifles were allowed for the firearms deer season- now straight walled rifle cartridges 1.8 inches in length and below are allowed.
Randys guns saw a market and asked ruger to make this specific rifle and said he could sell 10,000 ruger was skeptical and the first run was 1000. This rifle is inside that first 1000- initial range report is brief because of rain but the first 3 rounds were inside one inch at 50 yards. The Vortex Strike Eagle I had sitting around for a future project seems a good fit . Keeps with the short light footprint of the system.
been loving my AR in 450 had been wanting a bolt gun in same flavor and came across a screaming deal with some ammo and extras. Funny as it may sound this is becoming my favorite cartridge. Does exactly what is advertised- good accuracy inside 250 yards with devastating results on game . Cheap enough brass- easy to load for- not found a stinker combination yet and hunting farm and swamp land in my AO over 300 yard shot is almost never a possibility. Of course out west and further north in MI I hunt with rifle sized cartridges. I’ve shot at 3 MI bucks with the 450 AR thus far- small cull buck to decent 7 point to large 7 point and all dead inside 40 yards with insides spaghettified. For 80% of my hunting needs this fits the bill as good or better than any other tool I’ve used . To me it’s a winner!
Randys guns saw a market and asked ruger to make this specific rifle and said he could sell 10,000 ruger was skeptical and the first run was 1000. This rifle is inside that first 1000- initial range report is brief because of rain but the first 3 rounds were inside one inch at 50 yards. The Vortex Strike Eagle I had sitting around for a future project seems a good fit . Keeps with the short light footprint of the system.
been loving my AR in 450 had been wanting a bolt gun in same flavor and came across a screaming deal with some ammo and extras. Funny as it may sound this is becoming my favorite cartridge. Does exactly what is advertised- good accuracy inside 250 yards with devastating results on game . Cheap enough brass- easy to load for- not found a stinker combination yet and hunting farm and swamp land in my AO over 300 yard shot is almost never a possibility. Of course out west and further north in MI I hunt with rifle sized cartridges. I’ve shot at 3 MI bucks with the 450 AR thus far- small cull buck to decent 7 point to large 7 point and all dead inside 40 yards with insides spaghettified. For 80% of my hunting needs this fits the bill as good or better than any other tool I’ve used . To me it’s a winner!
