I went with the Ruger American Ranch in 16.1 barrel (for use as a UTV/truck gun) with Tupperware stock, was looking for something that I dont have to worry about banging and scratching up. Had it for a year now, the action was pretty crude when new and the magazine feeding was poor. I removed a few coils of the Mag spring and voila feeds awesome. The action I smoothed with abrasive paste on the bolt and cycled the action a few hundred time (while watching tv) hahahaa very smooth now. Also removed 3/4 -1 coil on the trigger spring. Its an excellent little rifle and would do it again in a heartbeat. I put a nice scope Vortex Razor HD LRT 3-15x44 (was more than the gun in Canada) its an awesome little rig. I hand load for it and its a shooter. Originally (factory loads) Hornady Black 123 grains it liked the best and was 1.5 5 shot @ 100 metres. Now with hand loads, I load Hornady 100 grain ELD-M and Nosler partitions in 100 grain too. Powder is IMR8208HBR or Reloader 10x or CFE223. These combos typically shoot 1/2-3/4 5 shot groups at 100 metres. Amazing for an inexpensive entry level 16 barrel! Last time to the range was consistently dinging steel at 700 metres.
Good luck with purchase and have fun
j
Good luck with purchase and have fun
j

