Customer Reviews for Ruger American Predator 6.5mm Creedmoor Bolt Action Rifle
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03/02/2024
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Light weight and accurate just added a scope and it's ready to go! Easy to handle and shoots well. I had an issue with the magazine so I can't give it 5 stars. The issue was resolved (the springs in the magazine lost their spring) with a call too Ruger. Very accurate rifle.
12/18/2023
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Great gun shipping was fast like normal
10/18/2023
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works and shoots great, would buy again
03/28/2023
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This is an awesome rifle as expected from Ruger. Shoots nice groups in the 6.5 Creedmoor. After sight in and load work up, it performed great on an antelope at 275 yards. Great rifle for hunting or target shooting.
03/28/2023
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Great rifle. Smooth action. Shoots great! Very accurate. Thinking of buying more like in other calibers.
10/08/2022
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I really love this rifle. Affordable but the performance beyond the price
09/23/2022
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One of my favorite guns now. I put a Sightmark scope on this gun and was easily drilling an 18" plate at 800 yards. I put my wife behind the gun and she center punched the plate in one shot. One of the biggest benefits of the Predator is the weight for hunting. It's not a table gun. You can haul it around and barely feel it on your shoulder. I'll probably end up getting another one of these for my son. Outstanding rifle.
06/19/2022
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Excellent budget rifle. Shooting quarter sized groups at 100 yards. Paired it with a 4-12 Vortex scope.
06/17/2022
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The 6.5 Creedmoor is a powerful I love the way it kicks an very accurate thank you buds for the fast shipping.
03/30/2022
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to be fair this gun has not been fired yet. But Bud's is fantastic to deal with
03/29/2022
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Light weight, bolt is easy to operate. And I can put on a muzzle device.
08/17/2021
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This is one accurate firearm, my son and I took it out last Saturday, and put it thru the grind. got it sighted in at 25 yards, after bore sighting it, and then moved up to 100 yards. Both of us were shooting one whole clusters with every thing we were using from 100GRN-139GRN in that little 6.5 Creedmoor. Very little recoil, however, the report was extremely loud with the flash suppressor/recoil reducing gizmo, that I installed on the end of the barrel. Incidentally, I put a Burris 6.5X20X50 scope on it that I had here in my gun room. Out to 250 yards it was still shooting sub moa groups. BTW Bud's Guns really went out of there way in getting it shipped out to my FFL dealer. I placed the order on Sunday, and had it at my dealer on Tuesday. Definitely a 5 star proposition no matter how you look at it. I've read some bad reviews on this rifles stock about being flimsy, quite frankly it is a free floated barrel with the exact spacing on either side of the barrel to the stock. Incidentally we shot at least 20 rounds thru it before we even let it cool off, which didn't even mess up the groupings. As far as the magazine is concerned, I notice it is made of plastic, but when we were all done shooting we never had any failures to feed once so ever, and we went thru 3 boxes of factory ammo, and box of reloaded ammo. Definitely recommend this rifle to anyone planning on hunting white tail, pronghorn, or just about anything involving midsize game, or just plinking.
02/02/2021
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Very basic and simple rifle. Budget friendly. Good for first timers. Mounted a leupold vx hog 1-4 scope. Only thing that i didn’t like was the 1st round would not chamber when 4 rounds are loaded in the mag. Other then that. Buds has great shipping. Thanks buds!
12/09/2020
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Had to send back to ruger because extractor wouldn't eject bullet, ruger fixed and sent back with no problems. Everything was good to go and rifle shoots great!
06/01/2019
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As always fast and excellent service from Bud's Guns. The Ruger American in 6.5 Creedmore was exactly what I expected, thanks Bud's Guns.
05/11/2019
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Good rifle and great price for the money, excellent shooter!! Will buy again!
04/12/2019
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Can’t get a better shooting rifle for the price
01/08/2019
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Ordered this gun from Buds and shipping was fast as always and no problems. Finally got around to putting a scope on the rifle and taking it out to sight it in 2 years later and turns out they provided me with the wrong size magazine. Looks like the magazine is for a .223 or something quite smaller because it will not load the 6.5 Crd rounds I have purchased. I was still able to hand load one at a time and get a good grouping with the rifle out to 100 yards but it is very annoying Ruger sent me the wrong size clip as I could not tell when I purchased the rifle and signed off for it because I did not try to load a round and it does not have any markings on the plastic magazine provided.
12/24/2018
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Like most Ruger's this rifle is great quality and has a lot of awesome features. Nothing in this price range can even come close.
12/18/2018
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Purchase went as smooth as butter. Had it shipped to local dealer. It arrived in a couple of days. They kept me informed on tracking. The price was unbeatable. Would highly recommended buying from them. Item was undamaged,Thanks.
10/25/2018
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This is my second Ruger American Predator rifle. I am very happy with this purchase! Very accurate right out of the box. Just mounted a scope on it and cleaned the factory oil off of it. Sighted it in with 3 shots. Can’t wait to try it out at longer distances. I have already done business with Bud’s again!
09/28/2018
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Purchased this gun to see what all of the 6.5CM hoopla was about. Have to say this is a good gun out of the box, but with the Magpul American Hunter stock replacing the super flimsy factory stock, this became a great gun. With 143 gr ELD-X with 42.5 grains of Ramshot Hunter loaded .03" off the lands, I was able to get a 10 shot group at 100 yds to measure 0.75". If you do not want to replace the stock, I highly recommend that you at least bed the action and fill the butt stock full of silicone or another flowable media that can get down into the grip area void. This seems to be a serious weak spot on the stock. (You can put it on bags and push down on the action and watch how much the stock flexes at this point). That being said, I purchased this gun for $369 and spent $279 on the Magpul stock. I have approximately $650 in a rifle that I now would be happy to pay much more for.
06/03/2018
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the gun looks great, but haven't gotten around to shooting it yet. fast shipping from buds.
05/16/2018
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Bought the rifle in December but have not had the chance to take it to the range yet. But the appearance is better than expected based on some other reviews. The stock does have some flex as mentioned by others, but it is very minor and doesn't contact the barrel when trying to squeeze them together, much less when using a bi-pod, so don't expect to have a problem here. The rail scope mount is just that, a scope mount. I didn't have issues mounting the scope in the spaces, as I used a 2 piece scope ring set. The bolt ran fairly smooth, but will and should smooth out more with use. Overall, very pleased with the look and feel of the rifle and my first transaction with Bud's was smooth as I had hoped.
02/15/2018
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Great rifle don't think you could beat this for the price good service from buds