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Cartridge: .204 Ruger
Smallest Group: .469
Trigger Pull: 5 lb. 2 oz. From the Gun Test: "It's just a matter of time until a factory .20 is announced. It will be similar, if not identical, to the . 20 TNT." Thus read OL's shooting column nearly three years ago [ August 2001]. Not only has this prophecy come resoundingly true, bit it has done so in a rifle-cartridge combination that earned our Editor's Choice Award for 2004. Ruger's No. 1 single-shot rifle has a reputation for erratic accuracy, depending on caliber, and newly introduced calibers generally require a shakedown period to work out the bugs. But the stainless-steel Ruger we tested and Hornady's spanking new .204 Ruger ammo go together like apple pie and ice cream. Overall Score: 4 Stars
Workmanship: B
Performance: A
Price/Value: B Ruger
Cartridge: .30-30 Win
Smallest Group: 1.00
Trigger Pull: 5 lb. 11 oz. From the Gun Test: What can be said when a lever-action "thutty-thutty" outperforms three high-quality bolt-action rifles? Well, you might say that lever rifles just aren't supposed to shoot that way. At least that's what we've been told or learned firsthand for a century and then some. This latest version of Marlin's tried and true–for over a half century no less–Model 336 can hardly be called a completely new rifle. But it incorporates enough new features to qualify for our new gun tests, and we're glad it did because it gave us a new perspective on the accuracy capability of a lever rifle. And by accuracy I'm talking about the 200-yard five-shot group fired by Executive Editor John Snow that measured a wee 1.892 inches and 100-yard groups that averaged close to an inch. Overall Score: 4 Stars
Performance: A
Design: B
Price/Value: B Marlin
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