Ruger American in 6.5 Grendel

[Harpoon1]

I know this is an old thread/topic, but was curious if anyone had any updates? I don’t “need” another rifle, but there are “needs”, and there are “wants”! And I “want” a 6.5 G. Primarily interested in accuracy and recoil levels of the Ruger. Any real difference between the Ruger Predator and the Ranch Rifle, other than the difference in barrel length? Any other info you can add would be greatly appreciated.

Other than the color and barrel length, they’re identical. If you want max performance, get the longer barrel Predator. If you’re gonna hunt with a “can”, the shorter Ranch makes a lot of sense.

I have a Predator, and in the factory stock, I found it to be too nose heavy for my liking and chopped it down to 18”. YMMV.

As far as recoil goes, it a soft shooter, even without a brake. Put one on and it’s like a .223 without!