Stainless Ruger American vs 700 adl

[chuckster]

Am buying a new elk, bear, deer rifle for this season. And am looking at either the new all weather ruger american or the stainless rem 700 adl. Both are about $440 bucks for the 700 that includes a chepo scope. The ruger would be in .270, but if I go with the rem 700 it would be 300 win mag. Cant get the 300 mag in the ruger. I like how light the ruger is and it has a detachable mag, its a great gun for the money, my wife has one in .308 (not a all weather). However I would like to get a 300 win mag for elk which leads to the 700. Best thing would to have both calibers I know, and will. But for this year its just one or the other. Any thoughts on what path to take.   

[Bofire]

model 700 remington is the most customized, accuracy built action that exists. tons of options.
Carl

[bod]

If you buy the ruger you won't have to do any after market work  to make it shoot better.

[deltaops]

If you buy the ruger you won't have to do any after market work  to make it shoot better.

 

I bought the same rifle your wife has, slapped a scope on it and had it zeroed in in 5 shots.

I can reach out and hit a normal sized water bottle at 300 yards with no adjustments to wind age.

Oh and I did it with TULU Ammo. 

[chuckster]

Well went down to look at the 700 and they said it had been recalled. Cant order it and they don't know when they might have it again.

[deltaops]

Well went down to look at the 700 and they said it had been recalled. Cant order it and they don't know when they might have it again.

Just another reason to go with the American! 

[270Shooter]

I'd take the ruger over a new 700 for sure.

[Biggerhammer]

Remington..

[bowhunterwa87]

Ruger

[mountainman]

I would go with the Ruger. One of the best values out there currently!

[huntnphool]

 Ruger

[Alchase]

model 700 remington is the most customized, accuracy built action that exists. tons of options.
Carl

What Bofire said is true.
If you plan on customizing your rifle, it is hard to beat the availability of options for the 700 ADL.

If you want a out of the box shooter, of the two, take the Ruger.

Honestly I have never cared for the quality of the 700  or the accuracy (out of the box) of the 700s I have shot.

There is no denying that you can build a 700 ADL into very capable shooter reasonably cheaply.

[Biggerhammer]

From a bone stock Remington 700 ADL synthetic, purchased for 319.00 new from Bi-Mart.

300 Yards. Hmmmmmm.

[kodiak 907]

Ruger

[Blacktail Sniper]

model 700 remington is the most customized, accuracy built action that exists. tons of options.
Carl

What Bofire said is true.
If you plan on customizing your rifle, it is hard to beat the availability of options for the 700 ADL.

If you want a out of the box shooter, of the two, take the Ruger.

Honestly I have never cared for the quality of the 700  or the accuracy (out of the box) of the 700s I have shot.

There is no denying that you can build a 700 ADL into very capable shooter reasonably cheaply.

I agree! The "Older" 700's just seem to have better fitment, smoother actions and just overall better quality.  Bought a new ADL a couple years ago and just didn't care for any part of it.  Bolt cycled like it was full of sand, stock felt and flexed like it was made from a Coolwhip container's lid, horrendous trigger, just very poor workmanship.

That being said, the 700 does offer lots of options if you want to build something special down the road.  If you just want a hunting rifle, I would say go with the Ruger, always has been a solid platform and reliable workhorse in my experience.