Those Ruger American series rifles are really sweet. I've got a Predator, but I'd like to get a Ranch in .300BLK.
In your part of the country that'll be a peach! I'm vaguely familiar with your neighborhood, because my sister lives nearby in Lenoir City.
My main reason for the .300BLK is because I already have two of them, a pistol and a carbine. A bolt gun that I can suppress would complete a handy trio, and keep things less complicated at the reloading bench.
Picked up another new tool, a Kel Tec CP33. Now to decide on an optic to put on it.
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It's a little more "Buck Rodgers" than I might like appearance wise, but I wanted a suppressible .22LR pistol that was also a good platform to mount a magnified optic on, and this fits the bill. The fiber optic irons that are on it work well, and it's really accurate even with fuzzy old eyes out to 50yds, but I want more. It's 33 round flush fit mag capacity is fun too, and there is an available extension that makes it 50 rounds if you want.
Anyone in here like old Marlin 22lr Model 60 s? If so, KT will post a pick of His Majesty's latest acquisition. Believe it or not, because one of the states considered this 22 rifle an "assault" rifle, Marlin shortened the barrel and tube feeder to hold only 14 rounds, as a work around of that state law!
In KT's opinion, the people who thought that law up musta been backed by the squirrel and rabbit lobbies, respectively!
And by buying an older gun, His Majesty feels He has saved it from a possible life of neglect, being abused by someone trying to make it into a gun it cannot be made into! Let those people purchase a Ruger 10/22 and mod the heck out of it...it being a fun toy to them, but KT is happy to keep this rifle to its original build purpose....a destroyer of tree rats and long ear cottontails! Might take a few crows with it also with that new scope! Oh, yes, also a 6.5 Swedish Mauser...sweetest shooting bolt action KT ever laid His Royal Hands on! It must have been a drill practice rifle as the metal butt plate was beat to pieces, but man, could that thing drive tacks at 100 yards with just the iron sites! The Queen was getting a bit bothered with all the rifles that KT was bringing in, and so to keep peace in the Castle and Kingdom, His Majesty sold all the military bolt actions and used the money to pay a sizable down payment on His Royal Steed (2008 Goldwing). But KT kept all His Royal Shotguns, air rifles, and pistols, and darn glad He did!Are you finding that because of the "isolation" you now are having the time to do this work, or was it on your schedule before all this C#&P started?
Well, it was further down the list, but due to the notification that my suppressor application had been approved, it got shuffled to the front of the line. (11 months to the day from submission to approval. 3 weeks from "review" status to approval. Go figure.)
Hmmmmm. Sounds like an opportunity for the Royal Chef to find his/her Hossenfeffer recipe.
Interesting how those of us whose interests lie in things that the "governmental royalty" disapprove of, seem to be the ultimate recyclers. You and me with saving older guns, some of mine next-to-basket-cases. And me, being into old cars along with it.
Which mine is. I've got roughly $200 into the purchase price, but another $350 in custom parts, and that was 30 years ago. It is a tack driver, even after 30 years since it was built up, and is fun to punch paper with. Was going to start benchrest comp's at a range about an hour away this year, but this Covid thing put the kabosh on that.
Aim small, miss small.....Roger
