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The Ruger American Ranch Rifle is a family of bolt-action rifles covering 5.56 NATO, 6.5 Grendel, 7.62x39 mm, 300 BLK, 350 Legend and 450 Bushmaster calibers. There are 13 models total. Six are sold new only through exclusive distributors, so we’ll focus on the other seven.

These seven Ranch Rifle models share the same general shape with the barrel, one-piece optical sight rail bridge, swivel studs in front and back, ovoid trigger guard, field dark earth (FDE) polymer stocks and barrels with matte black barrel finishes. Each comes standard with one detachable box magazine. All have a nicely designed 70-degree throw bolt-action with a spherical knob and a classic three-lug locking mechanism. The bolt handle almost comes flush down to the stock thus amply clearing room for gloved operations.

The Ranch Rifle stocks are nicely sculpted and shaped for comfortable hand holds. They have a deep and long horizontal fluting in the forend and integral pistol grips with mild texturing. There is very light detailing between the textured and non-textured portions. This same stock has a sophisticated Ruger Power Bedding stainless steel block system that free floats the barrel to mitigate vibrations. At the back is a thick, soft, rubber pad to reduce felt-recoil.

All Ruger Ranch Rifles weigh between 5.5 to 6.1 pounds, have cold hammer forged 5R grooved steel alloy barrels with threaded muzzles, and, except the Compact model listed below, 36” long barrels. All lack sights, but all have the aforementioned sight bridge. Now back to the seven variants. They vary as follows.

5.56 NATO (10-round AR-style magazine, 16.12” long barrel; 1 to 8” RH twist)

6.5 Grendel (10-round AR-style, 16.10"; 1 to 8” RH)

7.62x39 mm (5-round Mini-Thirty, 16.12”; 1 to 9.5” RH)

300 BLK (10-round AR-style, 16.12”; 1 to 7” RH)

350 Legend (5-round AR-style; 16.38"; 1 to 16” RH)

350 Legend Compact (5-round AR-style; 16.38"; 1 to 16” RH). Note: this 350 Legend’s stock is 1.25” shorter affecting both length of pull (12.5”) and overall length (34.75”).

450 Bushmaster (3-round single-stack, 16.12”; 1 to 16” RH). Note: only this model comes from the factory with something more than a muzzle cap. It comes with a highly respected Ruger Hybrid Muzzle Brake. It’s a single chamber, multiple compensator port design made of steel alloy. Ruger says this 2.2” long noise and flash reducing implement reduces recoil up to 58% and only weighs 3.2 ounces.

Now for more similarities. All seven Ranch Rifles have the crisp and clean Ruger Marksman Adjustable trigger. It has a double-ported trigger release and is adjustable for 3 to 5 pounds of pull pressure. All seven models have a red dot tang safety. Actually, it shows the letter F in red in place of a red dot. Reveal the red F, and the gun is ready to fire. Slide the tang safety over it, and the gun is safe once again.

The Ruger American Ranch Rifle family provides a good range of options for anyone looking at bolt-action rifles.

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