I'm looking to buy a new rifle and Ruger's new American rifle in 308 has me intrigued. Here are my purposes:
1) Hunting. I hunt whitetail primarily.
2) Long range sport shooting. I've always been a rem700 guy for inexpensive, non-competition bench shooting, but I no longer have one of those. I suppose this is where I'm looking for input. I know the American will serve me just fine for hunting whitetail, but I'm not sure what I'm giving up in terms of long range accuracy to a 700 or similar offering from Ruger, Savage, Winchester, Tikka, etc...
I guess my question is; Is the American fundamentally a less accurate platform than market offering at the 800-1000$ price point? Of course answer this given all other variables are controlled.
Does anyone have one of these rifles? What's your experience? It seems like a fantastic rifle for the money, but I'm no expert.
1) Hunting. I hunt whitetail primarily.
2) Long range sport shooting. I've always been a rem700 guy for inexpensive, non-competition bench shooting, but I no longer have one of those. I suppose this is where I'm looking for input. I know the American will serve me just fine for hunting whitetail, but I'm not sure what I'm giving up in terms of long range accuracy to a 700 or similar offering from Ruger, Savage, Winchester, Tikka, etc...
I guess my question is; Is the American fundamentally a less accurate platform than market offering at the 800-1000$ price point? Of course answer this given all other variables are controlled.
Does anyone have one of these rifles? What's your experience? It seems like a fantastic rifle for the money, but I'm no expert.