The Gunsite seems well built and handy with short barrel. I only ended up with the Ruger "Ranch" because it had the same barrel, half price, and has the safety where God intended it to be on a bolt rifle. Shoots fine for what it is.
Those are great guns, that’s what I started out with, but the muzzle blast on the brakes that Ruger put on them are deafening loud.
I took my brake off and bought a $12 thread protector off Amazon.
I have a CVA in 444 Marlin. Seems bombproof.
I really don’t understand why Ruger put those muzzle brakes on those guns, the 450 bm barely kicks …
Those brakes will definitely rattle your head even with ear plugs in.
I bought mine for $450. I think someone on gunbroker screwed up and thought it was an American or something. The safety was a new process for me. After owning it and getting some reps I don’t mind it. I’ll still take a traditional rem 700 safety but this one works.
Great buy on that one!
I am sold. It’s such a pleasure to carry around in the deer woods. Those little compact packages are real nice. You’re not wrong on the brake. In the open woods it’s not bad. I shot it on the ground next to a tree line once with no ear pro. That was a mistake. If I whitetail hunted in some of these rifles zones of MI or WI I’d probably have a similar rifle setup in a .308 or 7-08.
I agree with you personally, but to the general public that hasn't been shooting large caliber rifles and shotguns, the caliber can be a bit of a thumper. But still, I hate breaks. A thump on the shoder is better than permanent hearing loss. My buddy bought a ruger ar15 for our pig hunt last month. It came with a break instead of the standard a2 flash hider. Holy crap that thing is rediculous. It's uncomfortable to shoot next to him. It's the closest thing to getting shocked with a defibrillator that I can think of. You can darn near feel you heart skip a beat when the blast hits you. Why would they put a break on a 556? Recoil is about as non existent as possible.
I looked at buying one before I bought my Christiansen arms and they only come in a blued finish at the time. Not sure if anything has changed, the Christiansen arms are stainless guns with a ceracoat finish and the bolts are nitrate coated so they will never rust, also they are threaded as well so you can suppress them if you decide to go that route down the road or use a muzzle brake.
Can't go wrong with Christiansen...they make great rifles. I think Bergara has some more options now. No bad choice with either. Great companies.
Kahles 3-12x56 30mm
Heck yeah. Damn a dinky scope!
