Ruger American Rimfire 22LR Review

[@Me-ur5fg]

This guy is awesome, never change.

[@dangerjoe2203]

I like your reviews and you seem like a super genuine dude.

[@keelyoconnell3911]

So glad you're back, Alan! Missed your videos. That's wild about the ammo.

[@gunsgearoutdoorsalaska5875]

Thanks! Glad to be back :)

[@chrisw5948]

Fiocchi makes a winter round. Never looked into it. Is just a round I picked up during the ammo shortages of covid.

[@billboyd6894]

Alan great to see you back with videos, never realized that sever cold would make that drastic of a difference in groups… great job

[@gunsgearoutdoorsalaska5875]

Thanks Bill, I was surprised how much of a difference it made.

[@THEFIGAMAN]

Yes

[@rickurban9681]

Great to see you back. Interesting info on the rim fire accuracy or lack there of. It will be good to see if it shoots well in warmer weather. Thanks for the video and keep them coming.

[@gunsgearoutdoorsalaska5875]

Thanks! I plan on doing a lot more testing and get to the bottom of the accuracy issues.

[@Dave-km6fj]

Hi I have had the Ruger American for over 2 years in Australia in our temps shoots 1/2 moa 50yards with CCI velositors and CCI subsonic, Love it.

[@gunsgearoutdoorsalaska5875]

Glad yours is shooting well. I'm sure it was the temps that was giving me some bad groups. I plan on doing some more testing tomorrow. High temp of 22 below F low of 37 below.

[@jorgequinones991]

I missed your videos

[@granddad-mv5ef]

I have the same rifle and put a $29 3x9 scope on it. I shoot it at 100 yds at a 5in target. To date, I have not fired any match ammo but everything else I could purchase. Best groups have come from slower (standard velocity) ammo, but the high velocity ammo is within a three-inch group. Really feel this rifle was a good choice.

[@gunsgearoutdoorsalaska5875]

That's great. Mine does a little better with standard velocity too.

[@rudolphferdinand3634]

I purchased the same model, but it came with an 18" barrel(heavy). Now being so cheap cost $400, I did not think it would shoot but terrible. Boy, was I wrong! A cheap box of CCI/SV cost me per box $4.65, range day came; it grouped five rounds .55" at 50 yards. I'm going to transform this rifle. First up, I installed a liter trigger spring, and next up, I mounted a Vortex PST 5-25x FFP/MOA scope cost $800. Next, I will replace the bolt handle and the knob from Anarchy Outdoors cost $120.00. If I can find a better stock, that will be next on my list of improvements. Now, for 30 years, I own Ruger's 10-22 semi-auto rifle; it's a dust collector. Wasilla, Ak.

[@gunsgearoutdoorsalaska5875]

Glad you got such a sweet shooter. I had a 10/22 for a while also and also found them to be a little lacking in accuracy.

[@StacyHagerty]

Very interested in a cold weather ammo comparison. I have the same rifle. Very happy with it. In warm weather mine shoots everything well, favoring standard velocity for tightest groups. We don't get any where near your cold temperatures in Indiana. I remember those Fairbanks winters as a kid though!

[@gunsgearoutdoorsalaska5875]

I was surprised by it too. Glad yours is shooting good. I am gonna do some more testing over the winter to try and get to the bottom of the accuracy issues.

[@michaelfay794]

Alan I've been happy with Ruger firearms.

[@gunsgearoutdoorsalaska5875]

They have a few guns I am not a fan of but overall they make good stuff at an affordable price and are one of the best companies as far as being willing to try new things and innovate.

[@billsummy2412]

GREAT Gun , My son has one in that .17 hmr cal ....Its a tack driver ! Awesome video :)

[@gunsgearoutdoorsalaska5875]

Thanks! Glad your sons is shooting good!

[@billsummy2412]

@@JC-uq5gi Its Ohio so at times it is cold , He hasn`t shot it in winter , just spring summer and fall its a good shooter with winchester and federal ammo

[@billsummy2412]

@@JC-uq5gi ok

[@Shot_Gunner]

Hey Alan, it looks cold 🥶 there! Great video. Glad your back. 🤠

[@gunsgearoutdoorsalaska5875]

Thanks for watching! It is getting chillier for sure 22 below right now. It has also been hard to film lately with our limited daylight hours this time of year.

[@Shot_Gunner]

@@gunsgearoutdoorsalaska5875 oh yeah that’s right. That must get frustrating when you want to go out and shoot. I used to live in Iceland and we suffered from the same thing. Glad to see you posting again. Happy shooting! 🤠🇺🇸

[@gunsgearoutdoorsalaska5875]

@@Shot_Gunner That must have been cool, Iceland looks like some pretty country.

[@gunsgearoutdoorsalaska5875]

@@JC-uq5gi That's a great question, What state do you live in? Here in Alaska a lot more moose, especially calves, are killed by wolves and bears than by hunters. In most of the state the limiting factors on moose and caribou abundance is predation, not food availability, so natural populations rarely get near the carrying capacity of the habitat. About 9% of the state is in predator control zones which allow areal shooting and other methods in an effort to increase moose and caribou availability for subsistence and sport hunters. The goal in these areas is to reduce but not eliminate the wolf population and give the prey species a chance to recover, which will happen quickly because of the high habitat quality due to the numbers of prey species being low. Regular season wolf hunting and trapping is legal across the entire state. Here we have large intact ecosystems with large predators and they play a very important roll in not allowing prey species to destroy their habitats with overfeeding. In my opinion active wolf management that allows reduction of wolf populations without eliminating them is the way to go but I have not studied it in your state. Alaska is a different animal most of the time. Do they allow wolf hunting in your state? Sorry for the long winded reply, this is my field so get kind of excited about it.

[@gunsgearoutdoorsalaska5875]

@@JC-uq5gi Having low population density certainly helps, but Wyoming isn't exactly crowded. I'm just guessing but it could be that a very tiny portion of our state is tied up in agriculture and grazing land compared to yours. We also import 98% of our food. It's all some really complicated stuff. I hope your moose and elk bounce back and start doing well. Getting some more bison would be cool too. They reintroduced them here and they are doing quite well.

[@PassivePortfolios]

Thanks for the .22 ammo test and rifle review. We learn something new every day. As the rifle currently shoots with the best ammo of that bunch, at what distance would you feel comfortable taking small game such as hares or ptarmigan? Is the scope you are using a rimfire or centerfire scope? Centerfire scopes are parallax adjusted for 100 tards, while rimfire scopes are adjusted for 50 yards. Just wondering if that may affect group size if you are using a centerfire scope.

[@gunsgearoutdoorsalaska5875]

I would feel comfortable shooting little critters with the Aguila ammo inside 30 yards, the majority of shots I take small game hunting are inside that distance anyway, that's probably why I have not noticed how bad the accuracy is in the cold until I sat down at the bench to shoot groups. That's a good point about the scope parallax, I didn't think of that. It is a centerfire scope but I don't think it would make that much of a difference. I plan on doing a lot more accuracy testing with this setup now so hopefully we will find out.

[@soothingmeow22]

I dig it. I like that lvpo you got there

[@gunsgearoutdoorsalaska5875]

I like that scope a lot, got it used for a good deal.

[@michaelfay794]

See if u can get your hands on some PUNCH ammo. Great reviews.

[@gunsgearoutdoorsalaska5875]

I will if I can find some. Because it is a defensive round they may use some better, more consistent powder but there is only one way to find out.

[@kyleh5691]

I wonder if you kept your ammo / magazine in your pocket if there would be a difference?

[@gunsgearoutdoorsalaska5875]

Maybe a little but it would cool down pretty fast in the gun.

[@roaddog7542]

-15F and he was at the range. ❤

[@kellyurban8229]

Looks like a nice rifle to me. How much$ was it?

[@gunsgearoutdoorsalaska5875]

$370

[@MRaaronneary]

Lame firearm laws means I have a Ruger American in .22lr that has been sitting at the gunshop for 3 months now, waiting for my license to get approved

[@gunsgearoutdoorsalaska5875]

I am really sorry to hear that, where do you live?

[@MRaaronneary]

@@gunsgearoutdoorsalaska5875 Australia. Moved to a different state and they are taking ages to process my new license

[@rickurban9681]

@@MRaaronneary man I feel for you. I can only hope and pray that the US doesn’t ever get that bad. Our government agencies do have a tendency to drag their feet more and more nowadays. God help all of us if the left has it their way.

[@a.a.s2946]

how much range

[@gunsgearoutdoorsalaska5875]

As far as you can shoot the 22 LR well, maybe inside 150 or so.

[@a.a.s2946]

how much range of ruger ?

[@gunsgearoutdoorsalaska5875]

I am not sure what you are asking but it is a 22 lr.

[@RelaxedEZ223]

Try some Winchester!

[@gunsgearoutdoorsalaska5875]

Two of the three loads I shot groups with were Winchester. The Super-X 40gr copper washed hi-velocity round nose and the copper washed 36gr hollow point. The 36gr hollow point was the worst performer of the day.

[@maxharter2055]

What’s up with your phone, bruh?

[@gunsgearoutdoorsalaska5875]

It has been acting up, have not seen any missed calls from you. I will call you at a reasonable hour tomorrow.

[@cj599]

Winchester ammo is the worst do not buy especially m22

[@victoraviso2798]

You need to clean the barrel