Ruger rifles and an old man who's only getting older = An opportunity

[MOPanfisher]

My Ruger American Ranch in 5.56 seems to like 55 grain Nosler Ballistic tips and Barnes x 55 grainers.  It is a neat little rifle, seems loud but not when I remember to old 7mm Mag I shot for years.  The 5.56 Rugers I believe are 1:7 twist and tend to like heavier bullets although I haven't tried any yet.

[Terrierman]

1 hour ago, MOPanfisher said:

My Ruger American Ranch in 5.56 seems to like 55 grain Nosler Ballistic tips and Barnes x 55 grainers.  It is a neat little rifle, seems loud but not when I remember to old 7mm Mag I shot for years.  The 5.56 Rugers I believe are 1:7 twist and tend to like heavier bullets although I haven't tried any yet.

They're 1:8.  Ruger says the rifle should stabilize everything from 35 grains to 77.  I'll try to find some of what yours likes too.  It's a blast getting this thing dialed in with ammunition it likes.  I took the factory rotary comp off mine and replaced it with an A2 flash hider.  Not quite as loud, but still plenty.

[jdmidwest]

I like this little short forward comp.  Been putting them on my shorties and seem to work well.  But, I always wear muffs or plugs.  I pity the man that shoots a AR 5.56 with std muzzle brakes.  My first A2 Colt I bought in 1988 caused hearing loss with the first 20 round mag.  I was young and dumb, been shooting pistol and hi power rifles for 10 years without protection.  Looked at my buddy and could see his lips moving, but nothing coming thru.  It never was the same on the right side.  Now, radiation and many more duck blind blasts have my ears playing a tune all of the time, but no hearing aides yet.  I plug them every chance I get.  And improve the forward blasts.  That A2 actually ended up with a $100 custom flash can made special by a gunsmith in Paducah not long after.  I should have pursued that design and patented it, but I thought it up and someone else made it.  Much like the extended mag for the Ruger 10/22 that I had a vision for back when I was a kid.  Butler Creek came up with it and produced it.  I took my 10 round apart to clean and stared at it for a while and thought, springs, longer mag, and more rounds would make this rifle more fun.