That depends on how you look at it. I had shot several friends Ruger Americans. As long as you went really light on the forearm to minimize the noodle effect of that stock they all shot great. When I got my 6mm Creedmoor it did likewise, plus it will shift in the stock to the left and has to be slapped back each shot. And of course that magazine is the all time worse.
Had Magpul not announced the hunter stock and the replacement magazine I would not have bought it. Let's understand that had Magpul not done that I would not have bought it. I could have put it in a Boyds stock but then I would still be stuck with that worthless magazine.
Because I had to wait so long for that stock ( it just arrived today) I reinforced the existing stock. That helped but didn't solve the issues.
Since I want to use this rifle for the sniper walk I do, and possibly for hunting, I didn't want a monster barrel to lug around. I have a 284 with a 26 inch heavy profile barrel I've been using but I'm getting older and that darn thing is heavy. But also I didn't want a sporter weight. I wanted a medium weight rifle which the American Predator is.
So I didn't get this rifle and decide after the fact that I didn't like this or that, nor simply wanted this or that, I knew that up front. I also knew exactly what I was going to do and exactly how much it would cost. In my mind I was buying a barreled action and nothing more. There is no hindsight here. I knew the end would be slightly less than $700 and that it was. The end product worth it.
I have a M700 ADL in 223 that I bought with that same idea. I think I'll go forward with a switch barrel rifle using Pac-Nor barrels and Pac-Nuts. Heavy Palma in 6.5 Creed and something lighter in 7mm-08.
Just to keep on base, I retire in 5 years and these are my retirement rifles. I don't want to be building rifles on a retirement budget. The same reason I'm stockpiling bullets.