anybody play with one yet??

I did a search and could not find one for sale, looks like the only ones out were sent to gun writers.

Mark

While this Ruger precision rifle is different it's beyond ugly.

However it's somewhat different and that's what may sell to some.

I put one on order today; no distributor has them yet that I could find. 6.5.

Write-up in American Rifleman gives it serious KUDUs (of course what writer would write a bad report) but it sounds like a winner for accuracy even if it is fugly. The test rifle was a 6.5 and seemed to love the Hornady 140g A-Max/

DPCD- thought you were a larger caliber fan- the 6.5 got your interest?

Ugly?? I resemble that characterization!!!

One of my favorite rifles is ugly as sin . . . a post-64 Mod 70 with a totally ugly factory stock with a recoil pad (!?) that only closely approximates the stock's dimensions in an ugly-duck caliber (.225 Win) . . . which is crazy accurate.

I love ugly!

I think it's a cool long range rifle for shooting off a bench or prone. Has a lot of great features and is about 1/2 the price of the Savage BA. You get a lot of bang for the buck.

AR says the ruger is $1400.

Are you telling us the Savage BA is $2800?

The ruger copies the Savage barrel nut, and most of the other features of the Savage.

Ruger's new engineering dept's philosophy: let's find something by another company that works and is generating interest/sales and see if we can make a cheap copy...

Next thing you know, they'll offer an adjustable trigger on it. Oops, they do.

Ruger used to be the most innovative firearms company in the US. I think the backlash over supporting the 10-round magazines back in '94 still haunts them. I know it made me decide to never buy another (NIB) ruger product.

Turners Outdoorsman here in California had about 40 of them of each caliber on line the day they released it. I didn't figure it out until about 9 am. I went to steal the wife's credit card and by the time I hit send they were gone.

Asking price was $1000. I shot our local precision rifle match that Saturday and we got to talking about it. Everyone else was int he same boat. They didn't figure out that anyone had one until it was too late.

So yes Rich, they are about half the cost of a Savage BA.

The only person who I have seen the review for it is the Snipers Hide. It has some amazing features. And for $1000 it puts you in the running with other rifle chassis systems costing $2000-8000.

Ruger did great!

The Ruger firearm show highlighted them this week. I just saw that it taped the episode today.

Snipershide has a pretty good video on the rifle as well.

Neat gun, I don't like some aspects about it, but for the price I think it is a steal.

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Originally posted by Idaho Sharpshooter:
AR says the ruger is $1400.

Are you telling us the Savage BA is $2800?

The ruger copies the Savage barrel nut, and most of the other features of the Savage.

Ruger's new engineering dept's philosophy: let's find something by another company that works and is generating interest/sales and see if we can make a cheap copy...

Next thing you know, they'll offer an adjustable trigger on it. Oops, they do.

Ruger used to be the most innovative firearms company in the US. I think the backlash over supporting the 10-round magazines back in '94 still haunts them. I know it made me decide to never buy another (NIB) ruger product.

The barrel is a standard AR barrel.

So, I guess they 'copied' the AR barrel, not Savage (unless Stoner ripped off Savage).

Pretty smart to make a bolt action rifle that uses many off the shelf AR parts.

Easy for folks to tweak to their liking without shipping off to the gunsmith.

I dont see it as really copying anything.

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Originally posted by scottfromdallas:
I think it's a cool long range rifle for shooting off a bench or prone. Has a lot of great features and is about 1/2 the price of the Savage BA. You get a lot of bang for the buck.

THIS. Great idea from Ruger. I don't consider this a traditional sporting rifle, so my classification of "pretty" or "ugly" don't apply, even though I think most tactical/match rifles like this are pretty ugly... That said, the features and reported accuracy are certainly intriguing for the price.

I think its a great rifle. The prone and bench guys want the short lift bolt handle so they had to make it push feed with a plunger ejector and rotating extractor. That totally sucks but. Everything else is good to great . Especially for the price.

Not my cup of tea, I have no need for a battle rifle, but if push came to shove, I would knock off an enemy combatant packing a full auto, with my 300 Win. mag and take his black rifle, at least that's the plan....

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Originally posted by butchloc:
anybody play with one yet??

Yes.

.243. Guy had a Nightforce something on it mounted way too low (tip = get rings sufficiently high) so I was twisted like a pretzel. Love shooting all uncomfortable.

Tip 2: it doesn't fit in a standard lead sled.

So I went off the bags.

First group started with a flyer (should have dry fired to "get" the trigger feel), followed by 4 shots in just under 1 inch.

But that was @ 241 yds. And that was factory Hornady 100 gr soft points, unless you think that can't be improved upon..........

Summary, you get a Sako TRG for about 40% the money. In .243 would suppose this just about the world's best coyote rifle.

Ugly, yes. If that matters. Street price was around $1k. Will be trying out a .308 (and maybe a 6.5) soon.

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ruger precision rifle

an oxymoron in my book

It is not a battle rifle by any definition; just because it is black don't make a battle rifle.
It is not an oxymoron no matter how much you dislike Ruger; it works as advertised.
It is a very small caliber for me, but I do have a 6.5 Creedmoor. It shot into .75 inches on a 40 mph windy day with initial loads.
Well worth the money.

Don't listen to Vapodog, he's still living in the 80s when Ruger outsourced their barrels. I have 4 Ruger 77s in various calibers and all shoot MOA or better. In fact, Vapo has been trying to buy my 77 Hawkeye 338 Federal for several years but I keep telling him it's not for sale.

When Bill Ruger didn't get the DOD pistol contract in the mid 80's & made the statement that no civilian should be allowed to own a semi or full auto firearm of any kind-
I wouldn't piss on the mans grave.

If the Ruger Precision Rifle is anything like the Piece of SHIT Palma rifles that they built for the US Palma Team to test in the mid 90's-good luck with your investment cast polished TURD Ruger's.

I would...

That Bill Ruger was a hard core new Englander is undeniable. Probably a skull&boneser or some other elitest cult.
But he did do a ton for pouring steel and other metals.
I don't know if it was him or an engineering team that came up with the M77 MkII action. But it was and is about the toughest action for a working rifle there is or ever has been.
A direct result of lots of lawsuits against Ruger. Along with transfer bar safeties in revolvers.
Obviously the RPR is pandering to popular demand. But from all accounts. It lives up to what it was designed for. They seem to be reliable and are match winningly accurate. It does follow Rugers original concept of putting great rifles in the hands of the masses.
Tho the RPR isn't the top of my list for next rifles I need. It is a great rifle that I hope to get one day in 6.5 Creedmoor.

I'll check back next summer to see what actual owners have to say about the rifle then.

Go over to 6.5Creedmoor.com
There are a bunch of very satisfied owners there who are shooting them out to 1400 yards with great success. They are pretty consistently producing groups in th . .3s . which comes out to a 3" group at 1,000 yards . inherent.

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When Bill Ruger didn't get the DOD pistol contract in the mid 80's & made the statement that no civilian should be allowed to own a semi or full auto firearm of any kind-I wouldn't piss on the mans grave.

The Ruger now with Bill gone is not the Ruger of the past.

Are you still not buying S@W for the stupid things their former British owners did.

Things change.

Is it better for someone to own a firearm then not. Their are millions of Ruger and S@Ws in private hands.

Thats very true ! Do people take Purdy's or Rigby's politics into account before they buy one of their guns ?
As I recall. Bill was dead when Strum Ruger started production of their AR 15 and AR10.

A friend of mine in AZ recently acquired a RPR in 308 Win. Has just started handloading, so just warming up to it, but very pleased with the accuracy, at or under 1" with 168gr SMKs and BL-C(2) powder. He has a ways to go but looks like he has a good start.