r/canadaguns • u/No_Win_9797 • Mar 21 '26

Gun and gear reviews Would you accept this?

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Received this box after a long wait. Imported from the states. Barrel is far from ‘free floating’ in fact it’s almost ‘bedded’ on the right side of the barrel. I’ve heard story’s of the Gen 2 American’s not being seated well, but IMO this is unusable.

With this being imported, there is an almost zero chance of it being replaced ……

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u/GodsGiftToWrenching Mar 21 '26

That's exactly it. I wanted something that took AR mags and I was not about to get a mossberg. The machining is so rushed and bad on the bolt that you can see the exact machining process for every cut, and they left all the edges nice and sharp, the bolt is so sloppily machined my soviet sks said "Damn, that's rough." My stock is not centered, and the trigger is not good, way too squishy and mushy. I also found if you run the bolt too fast it binds up in a dead stop when you go to push it foreward, it's literally the only bolt action I have that binds up when I run it fast, my Lee Enfield, Mosin, Savage 10T-sr, bergara, 2 R700's all my rimfire bolt actions, and marlin 55 goose gun all rus as fast as I can go, the RAR is the only one that binds up

Tl;dr, the Ruger American Ranch is not remotely woth 930 bucks and should be realistically a 500 dollar gun

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u/BuyRelevant1000 Mar 21 '26

I've been saying this for years!!  Once these hit $600+ I couldn't never understand why people kept buying them. 

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u/GodsGiftToWrenching Mar 21 '26

Literally, I was disgusted by the gen 1 RAR's and everyone I know that had one (except one friend in the depths of denial) sold them because they realized they were not good rifles. I thought the gen 2 would be a good upgrade because they advertised as much, but after spending 930 dollars I realized "no, they're still cheap crappy rifles." So I hope more reviews come out to try and cull the hype.

I think if someone wants a bolat action .223 they should get a remington 700 and relace the bottom metal to take AICS mags, then run magpul .223 AICS mags. Come to terms that the 20+ or however many STANAG pmags you have will never get used again and have a real .223 bolt action rifle. It's an L to take but better than huffing prescription grade copium and buying a Ruger ranch. The wk180 gen 1 Iused to own also was more accurate than this bolt action... so that's brutal

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u/No_Win_9797 Mar 22 '26

Remington 700 in .223 has a 1-12” twist, and tumbles bullets heavier than 55gr. That’s the reason I avoided these