by vmaxaust » 18 Sep 2018, 6:30 pm
The Volquartsen trigger kit and competition bold are great additions - but your shouldn't have to spend an extra $650 on a gun to get it to run properly.[/quote]
You are right. However, in terms of quality finish the Ruger Hunter was excellent. Frankly, I have two Ruger Ranch rifles in 223 and 300Blackout. They are not fancy in terms of fine finish but they are deadly accurate and cycle as well as a Tikka Super Varmint I have. The Ruger American 22lr that I have is also a great rifle but in that instance the magazine well (wooden stock) was all wrong and I had to modify magazines to get it to cycle smoothly.
My other two Rugers are a GP100 38/357 which out of the box is perfect. The SP101 Ruger 38/357 is wonderful but needed the Wilson mainspring kit to remedy the way too heavy stock trigger. Not really a big deal.
When I compare my Rugers overall they are still value for money. The Ruger Hunter with Volq parts shoots as well as my other 22 pistol, a Smith and Wesson model 41 Performance Centre version which cost double the price of the Ruger with the Volq parts included.
Not defending Ruger, the 22 rifle was junk in the way it fed. Once fixed it's great but you shouldn't have to fix, upgrade or buy improvement parts to make the weapon do what it's suppose to from the factory but we are individuals who have different tastes. I have a friend who has an SP101 with stock 6lb trigger and he shoots it as well as I can shoot my GP100 which is deadly accurate with the right ammo load.