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Upgrading the Ruger American Rifle (RifleShooter photo)
When I was growing up, there were two ways to get a fast car. If you were a rich kid, daddy bought you a Porsche or a Corvette and off you went. For the rest of us, though, the answer was the Ford Mustang. The reason was that there were so many bolt-on aftermarket accessories for that model that you could buy a used car and make upgrades until your wallet ran dry. In today’s rifle world, the Mustang’s equivalent is the Ruger American series. These are serviceable and often accurate rifles out of the box, but a host of parts are available to trick them out to suit your personal...