Thread: Ruger American Rifles - any good?

My Ranch in 556 shoots and feels very similar to my old AR. Bolt is a bit sticky in the rain, but I'm sure that'll smooth out with use and lubrication. A big plus is not having to move the head while cycling the bolt.

There's a clip on YouTube where they use some sort of paste and cycle the bolt a few hundred times to bed the bolt in so to speak. It just smooths all the surfaces off and apparently they are smooth as silk after.
I tried finding the link but couldn't find it again.
Hikok45 said something about that as well in his review. I have no idea now what the paste was but it was a type of lapping paste.

They call this the California assault rifle. It seems to eat any type of ammo fed to it without any issues.