Ruger Ranch 6.5 Grendel

[HeavyDuty]

Because they'd completely decimate the Ruger Scout Rifle sales.

Are the Ruger American Ranch receivers the same length as the regular Ruger American receivers? I only have the former, and a 308 loaded with a 175 SMK is longer than the .223 Ranch ejection port. The bolt goes back past past the back of the ejection port, so maybe you could eject an unfired 308 from a Ranch, I dunno????


(if the question was 'why isn't Nodak Spud making these for calibers other than .223, my read is that they are currently making them for the OD of a 223 barrel, and may make them for other barrel diameters if warranted)

I’m guessing the receiver is shared between the Ranch and the Scout, thus my confusion - I assume they make one short action receiver. That could be a faulty assumption.

I would take a light, handy Ranch in .308 with the Nodak sights and a RDS over the Scout any day, every time as an improvement over my current light .308, a Stevens 200.

[whomever]

I’m guessing the receiver is shared between the Ranch and the Scout, thus my confusion - I assume they make one short action receiver. That could be a faulty assumption.

I don't think so. E.g. compare these photos:
https://www.rifleshootermag.com/edit...an-ranch/83629
https://www.ruger.com/products/scoutRifle/models.html

From squinting at those, the Scout has vertical sides well above the stock, while the Ranch has slanted sides from right above the stock. The Scout has integral scope mounts, the Ranch doesn't. The Ranch has a barrel nut, the Scout doesn't (that doesn't necessarily require different receivers, of course). I think the safety's are different, and so on.

I think the Scout is an M77 series, and the Ranch is an American series.

[HeavyDuty]

I don't think so. E.g. compare these photos:
https://www.rifleshootermag.com/edit...an-ranch/83629
https://www.ruger.com/products/scoutRifle/models.html

From squinting at those, the Scout has vertical sides well above the stock, while the Ranch has slanted sides from right above the stock. The Scout has integral scope mounts, the Ranch doesn't. The Ranch has a barrel nut, the Scout doesn't (that doesn't necessarily require different receivers, of course). I think the safety's are different, and so on.

I think the Scout is an M77 series, and the Ranch is an American series.

Ok, then - but other American rifles can be had in .308.