Ruger Precision Rifle

[jonbearman]

Anyone know if they shoot or are they just run of the mill? My buddy wants one bad but from what I have read owners either love them or are mildly disappointed.

 

[ballisticdaddy]

I have a gen 1 and with over 2,000 rounds down the pipe and still shoots sub moa. From what I hear the gen 2 models have had numerous issues with barrels and more specific the rifling. Like all factory offerings I believe it is the luck of the draw but for the price its kind of hard to complain.

 

[dickn52]

I have the now infamous 6.5 CM RPR gen II, and I can get sub-moa all day. I consider them a great product for entry level.

 

[Mark W]

I have a Gen 1 243 that shoots 1/2 to 3/4 moa pretty consistently. It even gave me a 2 1/2” group at 500 meters in really good conditions once.

I’m not sure about the problems with Gen 2s but mine has been a good value. I plan to rebarrel it if it ever stops shooting.

 

[mike a]

Anyone know if they shoot or are they just run of the mill? My buddy wants one bad but from what I have read owners either love them or are mildly disappointed.

Count me as mildly disappointed. The factory barrel shot fair. The Krieger shoots .6ish. The bolt lift is killer heavy, three small locking lugs gall easy, fold the stock every time to remove the bolt sucks, the pivot on mine is loose. I've got 1500 on the Kreiger now and spending my money on a custom from here on. Won't rebarrel again.

 

[Evan]

I won the lottery:

http://forum.accurateshooter.com/th...w-to-get-better-faster.3954107/#post-37247185

Mine is ALMOST popping off 0.5 inch groups at 300yds. The fifth flies out, which I think is me. Best shooting factory rifle I've ever seen or heard of.

Bolt lift is heavy and the tooling marks in the action are prevalent. I use grease to keep it acceptably smooth. It sometimes jams the bullet into the ramp when feeding the first round out of the magazine. The muzzle brake is a pain to clean (takes a lot of work and sharp edges mean I frequently draw blood). The rail holes were drilled crooked, leading to needing 7moa to bring it to center. This may just be me, but I feel like a lot of noise and vibration carries down the chassis and into my cheek while shooting and I have to have the cheek piece all the way down to get a reasonable sight alignment, with extra tall rings. Generally speaking I feel like I am always fighting it. But it certainly shoots well when I wrangle it correctly.

 

[urbanrifleman]

I think that the RPR is going to be so popular i designed bag riders for the front and back specifically for the RPR, and they are really selling. I think there are a LOT of these rifles going into circulation.

 

[mensajd]

I shot these during load development. RPR in 6mm creedmoor - hornady brass, berger 105 hybrid, H4350, CCI-BR2. Just 107 rounds through it so far and it has been VERY precise.

 

[hawkeyeshoooer]

I bought my .308 RPR a week ago. $2000.00 out the door with Sig Sauer Tango 4 6x24x50 scope, a Harris bipod, and a very nice hard case (probably a $150-$200 case). Also 20 rounds of Federal Premium 168 grain BT cartridges. The rifle had 40 rounds through it, just enough to sight in at 100 yards and then a bit of fun time. Because of the bad weather here, I've only shot it once to check the zero and then shot a few groups of five rounds. My average for four groups was .98" and the best was .85". I think it might have done better from a more solid bench rest as mine is just a tad unstable. I've read quite a few reviews of the RPR and nearly every review stated the RPR in 6.5 Creedmoor is more accurate than the .308. I got mine because I thought it was a pretty good deal and after the SHTF .308 should be much more available than 6.5 Creedmoor. I bought it mainly to have a standoff weapon should the Golden Horde ever reach my rural location.

 

[dickn52]

I won the lottery:

http://forum.accurateshooter.com/th...w-to-get-better-faster.3954107/#post-37247185

Mine is ALMOST popping off 0.5 inch groups at 300yds. The fifth flies out, which I think is me. Best shooting factory rifle I've ever seen or heard of.

Bolt lift is heavy and the tooling marks in the action are prevalent. I use grease to keep it acceptably smooth. It sometimes jams the bullet into the ramp when feeding the first round out of the magazine. The muzzle brake is a pain to clean (takes a lot of work and sharp edges mean I frequently draw blood). The rail holes were drilled crooked, leading to needing 7moa to bring it to center. This may just be me, but I feel like a lot of noise and vibration carries down the chassis and into my cheek while shooting and I have to have the cheek piece all the way down to get a reasonable sight alignment, with extra tall rings. Generally speaking I feel like I am always fighting it. But it certainly shoots well when I wrangle it correctly.

Same issue on the magpul mags, but I bought into the ARC mags and all is great now. American Rifle Company mags are beautiful too.

 

[dickn52]

I bought my .308 RPR a week ago. $2000.00 out the door with Sig Sauer Tango 4 6x24x50 scope, a Harris bipod, and a very nice hard case (probably a $150-$200 case). Also 20 rounds of Federal Premium 168 grain BT cartridges. The rifle had 40 rounds through it, just enough to sight in at 100 yards and then a bit of fun time. Because of the bad weather here, I've only shot it once to check the zero and then shot a few groups of five rounds. My average for four groups was .98" and the best was .85". I think it might have done better from a more solid bench rest as mine is just a tad unstable. I've read quite a few reviews of the RPR and nearly every review stated the RPR in 6.5 Creedmoor is more accurate than the .308. I got mine because I thought it was a pretty good deal and after the SHTF .308 should be much more available than 6.5 Creedmoor. I bought it mainly to have a standoff weapon should the Golden Horde ever reach my rural location.

I got the 6.5CM, but I reload and have about 600 rds stocked already. It is a flat shooter compared to the 308 blunderbuss. (Kidding as I have several 308's myself and like them too).

 

[jonbearman]

It sounds to me that ruger needs a 3rd generation with some upgrades. He will probably buy one just to say he has one but I want him to buy at least 3 good barrels and rebarrel his problem children. We will see. Thanks for the feedback fella's I appreciate it.

 

[STOMP442]

I've only messed with one RPR in 6.5 Creed and while I don't necessarily like the looks or the feel of it, it did shoot amazingly well. Here are five shots with a 140 ELD-M

 

[mikehotel]

When they first came out, my neighbor brought one home from Alaska. I took it out to sight it in and it was an amazing shooter with both 120 and 140 (factory) Hornady ammo. Fast forward a couple months and I finally found one and quickly gobbled it up. When through all the dances and guess what, it's maybe a one moa gun on a really good day. Switched scope, mounts, trigger, stock, brake, etc; yup, I was not one of the lucky one. It's not worthy of going to the safe, it lives in a closet.

 

[rr2030]

I have a RPR gen II in 6 Creedmoor, have about 200 rounds through it, all factory Hornady 108 ELD's. So far it shoots great out to 1000 yards. Several friends also have the RPR in various caliber's, none of us has experienced any of the issues mentioned here. Attached is 5 rounds @ 100 yards with a friends RPR in .308, the first and only shots I fired out of it. Sorry for the size of the image, it was the better of the two choices.

 

[Dgd6mm]

I have a RPR gen II in 6 Creedmoor, have about 200 rounds through it, all factory Hornady 108 ELD's. So far it shoots great out to 1000 yards. Several friends also have the RPR in various caliber's, none of us has experienced any of the issues mentioned here. Attached is 5 rounds @ 100 yards with a friends RPR in .308, the first and only shots I fired out of it. Sorry for the size of the image, it was the better of the two choices.
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I shot one that belongs to a friend of mine in .308. He shot several groups at 100 yards like the one in this picture, he has them hanging in the shop. I loaded some 175 smk up for him and we shot together. He'd never been out past 200 yards. We zeroed his rifle, ran a dope chart and he was banging the center of a plate of steel at 400 yards. Pretty good shooter for a Ruger.

 

[Rsadams]

As a friend said , for an out of the box rifle in .308 once the barrel is broken in , it's boringly accurate with the right handloads...

 

[waltk]

As a friend said , for an out of the box rifle in .308 once the barrel is broken in , it's boringly accurate with the right handloads...

There is no such thing as "boringly accurate".

 

[270WinDude]

There is no such thing as "boringly accurate".

Try shooting my springer airgun at 10-20 yards... all day. Centerfire... I'll have to agree with you though. I doubt I'd ever be "bored" but with my airgun at such a close range and having a really hard time discerning the size of the hole I do get bored. The gun I speak of is the reason I am now shooting centerfire.

 

[Evan]

If you're rifle is "boringly accurate" then your targets are too close. Find a longer range.

I like 300 yards. It takes a boring sub 0.4MOA grouping machine and spreads then out to over an inch so that you can actually see how you're doing at reading the wind and controlling the gun without needing big targets to catch all the bullets.