The Viper PST has an illuminated reticle with ten brightness settings.
It’s fairly compact, with a length of 9.7 inches, and weighs 14.4 ounces. This optic has a 30mm tube to allow ample light transmission, a field of view of 98 feet at 100 yards on 1X, and a four-inch eye relief. With this criterion, I decided on a Vortex Viper PST 1-6X24. A variable-power scope would let me dial up to a higher power for a more precise shot at distance. With this in mind, I wanted a low-power scope that would enable me to keep both eyes open to perform a snap shot up close and provide a wide field of view. 450 BM is optimally a 200-yard cartridge. Indicator above safety is exposed when rifle is cocked. The tip of the cartridge is approximately ½ inch from the front of the magazine, but due to the generous length of the feed lips-1¾ inches-the cartridge stays in place until it is guided smoothly onto the feed ramp. The magazine well has a slight bevel to aid in inserting the mag.ĭue to the diameter of the cartridge, magazine capacity is three rounds for a total on-board capacity of four rounds. The magazine is made from a tough polymer, and a spring-loaded magazine release is incorporated into the front of the mag. Sights are not provided with the Ranch Rifle, but it has a factory installed five-inch aluminum Picatinny rail, so the user can mount the optics of his choice. The rifle comes with a cap to protect the threads when a muzzle device is not installed. The muzzle is threaded (11/16×24) for use with a suppressor or other muzzle device. The cold hammer forged barrel is 16.1 inches long with a 1:16 twist. The trigger pull on the test rifle broke cleanly and consistently at 3.5 pounds as measured by a Lyman Electronic Trigger Pull gauge. The rifle has Ruger’s Marksman Adjustable™ trigger, which is user adjustable between three and five pounds. A cocking indicator directly above the safety extends from the bolt when the rifle is cocked. The thumb safety is well placed below the bolt and can be used with equal aplomb by either a right- or left-handed shooter. The bolt handle is smooth, which equates to fast, efficient manipulation. Bolt throw is 70 degrees, providing good scope clearance, while dual cocking cams allow the action to be worked effortlessly for the shoulder. The barrel and action are matte black, though the bolt handle is blued. Production models will have a factory installed muzzle brake as shown here. Ruger American Ranch Rifle ships from the factory without sights, but has a five-inch Picatinny rail that lets the end user mount optics of their choice. Sling studs are located at the front and rear of the stock.
The black buttpad is a soft, but not spongy, rubber.
The pistol grip cap is black with a red Ruger logo. The stock color is close to Flat Dark Earth and has texturing with unique serrations on the forend and pistol grip area. Due to the large bore size removing more steel, this rifle is slightly lighter than other Ranch Rifles, weighing in at 5.5 pounds.Īlso contributing to its light weight is the Ranch Rifle’s synthetic stock. The American Ranch Rifle is a short, handy rifle, measuring only 36 inches from muzzle to buttpad. Instead they opted to go with a bolt-action rifle from the popular American Series, specifically the American Ranch Rifle.
With Ruger’s expertise in AR-type rifles, they could easily have gone with the platform the cartridge was designed for. Ruger introduced a rifle chambered for the. The cartridge is capable of taking any big game in North America. In recent years, there have been reports of large elk and even bison taken with the. I became an instant fan of the cartridge. Feral hogs are not easy to kill, especially one that’s fully adrenalized, but the hog went down with a single hit.
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A few weeks after receiving it, I shot a large razorback while hunting in Texas.Īs the hog crossed in front of me at a full run, I put the circle-dot reticle of the Leupold CQ/T on the nose and pressed the trigger, hitting just above the shoulder. I received the first production Bushmaster XM-15 rifle chambered for the then-new cartridge. 45-70 Government round loaded with the Hornady 250-grain MONOFLEX™ bullet. This actually exceeds the ballistics of the. 450 Bushmaster (.450 BM) consists of a 250-grain FTX bullet leaving the muzzle at around 2,200 feet-per-second (fps) with almost 2,700 foot-pounds of energy. Cooper was not a fan of the 5.56x45mm NATO round and envisioned a need for a large-bore cartridge in a semi-auto rifle that would provide one-shot kills on big game animals at 250 yards.īushmaster Firearms worked closely with Hornady and the. 450 Bushmaster is descended from the “Thumper” concept popularized by Jeff Cooper.
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