My wife is pretty happy with hers, especially for the price. Picked it up when they were $200 and the scope was free from a giveaway. It’s accurate enough for the intended purpose. A little rattlecan work to make it hers and we’re good to go.
I think they are ok, if you are going to leave them as is. I had one and it shot about 1" three shots with factory ammo, that was the good. The bad is the stock is a ****, the "bluing" is a very poor protectant, the barrel is ribbed, but not for pleasure for cheapness. That same ribbing is on the bolt for a not so smooth throw. Its like they keep the lathe on high and never quite finish the gun. It is just a gun that screams cheap. Putting a good stock on them is the classic lipstick on a pig, you have a $300 gun with a $400 dollar stock that is now worth $350 for the package. I agree with buy a used Remington or something along those lines. All I typed holds true with all these budget rifles, not just picking on the American.
I had one in 30.06 and didn’t like it.
Mine had significant feeding issues. Using only factory Ammo I was constantly getting wedged cartridges and bolt overrun failures.
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