Ruger Red Label Review

A look back at the ruger red label shotgun. And the retooled over under shotguns improvements has made the wait worth it.

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The red label auto cycles with each trigger pull to the next barrel.

Ruger red label review. A criticism of the red label was that while it claimed the weight of the red label to be 6 12 lbs most guns tipped the scales close to a pound heavier. The new ruger red label receiver is finely polished stainless steel which contrasts nicely with the blued cold hammer forged alloy steel barrel. Ruger red label review.

The pull weight of the 12 gauges top barrel trigger averaged 6 lbs 5 ozs while the bottom barrel pull weight averaged 5 lbs 4 ozs. Fixed choke options were skeet and skeet or improved cylinder and modified. The wait for rugers reintroduction of its red label over under shotgun has been worth it with the company producing a more user friendly smoothbore.

The shotgun features a standard 3 12 gauge chamber with combo tange safetybarrel selector. After almost three years off the market ruger has reintroduced its red label shotgun. Eventually the qc issues were addressed and the red label became more or less readily available.

The red labels stainless steel mechanical trigger design is noted for safety features such as the fact that it cannot double due to an inertia block. Rugers very first effort at building a shotgun served as proof that traditional styling could be achieved with the latest in manufacturing practices. Ruger red label shotgun review.

The red label was initially offered only in 20 gauge with 26 and 28 inch barrels.

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