Ruger American in 6.5 Grendel

[Sixoeight]

I got a chance to handle one of these the other day. I love that it uses AR mags and comes with a C-Products mag. I think it's a winning formula with 2 exceptions. 1 - the ar magazine bottom "metal" is plastic so if you want to put it in a decent stock you already have to buy a new bottom metal. This pretty much negates that original advantage as you are replacing the 1 part that allows for this feature. 2 - the bolt is pretty bad. The one I held was not at all smooth when you cycled the action and visually it looked like it was finished with an angle grinder. Maybe this one was just particularly bad but it was the floor sample at Cabela's and it did not seem well made.

Overall it was an interesting rifle but until they bring the price down I am not sure it's very competitive with the Howa. I guess if you planned to leave it as is and you want to share mags with your ar it could edge it out for some.