r/canadaguns • u/GasOptimal5718 • May 08 '26

Buy recommendations When or why did these go up in price?

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I was looking at getting a Ruger American gen II chambered in .308 a few months ago and was looking back into it when I saw they had jumped from 5-600 to 900+. Anybody know the reason?

THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP I MISTOOK THE GEN I AND GEN II

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u/griffin86666666 May 08 '26

They have always been $900+. Are you sure you didn’t see an American price?

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u/excellentiger May 08 '26

That is the Gen 2 model, they were never 5-600

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u/BlackFeather-01 May 08 '26

Probably thinking of the Gen one in US dollars

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u/gspotcowboy May 09 '26

I got my gen 1 RAR for 600+ tax in like... 2021 lol

It was on sale at the time to be fair

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u/LumberjackCDN Gold'n Loan Outfitters & Pawn May 08 '26

The gen IIs at their cheapest were 899.99, if you were unlucky to have gotten one during tarrifs last summer they were like 1099.99

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u/StrongBreak2142 May 08 '26

That's the Gen 2 and has been at that price range ever since. I know because I was considering buying one early last year.

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u/CurlyWurly61 May 08 '26

Yup always been. Its the reason I bought a tikka actually lol

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u/Neat_Imagination2503 May 08 '26

I have this in 308 and a tikka ctr in 6.5. Tikka is for sure better but honestly the gen 2 Ruger is solid

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u/epnk420 May 08 '26

Tikkas are fantastic wish I bought one over my savage after I tried the wife’s one out lol action is like butter

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u/Who_Am_AI_YouTube May 09 '26

I traded my Tikka True Timber VSX for the new Browning Xbolt Speed 2 in 6.5 prc. The Tikka was nice, but I found the stock was hollow sounding/feeling and the xbolt is butter smooth, with a solid stock and beautiful sounding action.

I wish they had more aftermarket support, but as I’m hunting with it, it’s negligible

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u/epnk420 May 09 '26

Fair enough Brownings are also very nice I will say the stock on tikka leave something to be desired especially on the cheaper models lol

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u/Mahatma_Ghandicap May 08 '26

These are normal prices actually

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u/Routine_Chest_1171 May 08 '26

Maybe u saw the 22lr model its around 600 but it has always been 900 plus

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u/FD4L May 08 '26

Cabelas adds 50-100 per year to anything that regularly sells out.

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u/CanadianLanBoy May 08 '26

At that price spend a few more hundred and get a Tikka or Winchester

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u/Spiritsonfire May 09 '26

The were on sale for 600 at bass pro a few months back

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u/Remarkable_Heart_391 May 08 '26

People will pay it, so dealers charge it. Same as SKS

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u/epnk420 May 08 '26

Anything firearm related in Canada costs an arm/leg and firstborn child these days lol I’d say that price isn’t too terrible especially being gen 2

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u/black_covfefe_please May 08 '26

Have you heard of Inflation?

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u/dgod40 May 08 '26

But its not inflation.