Ruger Precision Rifle

[WARFAB]

I hear the .243 versions are going cheap.

Tube guns are nothing new.

Suddenly I want to buy one of these and configure it as an iron sights match rifle. It is indeed a tube gun. A tube gun with a nice trigger and a double cam bolt that will accept existing AR platform match rifle hand guards and stocks.

[PY-Tactical]

Got an email on a 6.5 in stock today. $979.00. Jumped on it but went out of stock before I could check out and give CC and FFL info.
Chasing these might just become white whale of the summer!

[Meketrefe]

I hear the .243 versions are going cheap.



Suddenly I want to buy one of these and configure it as an iron sights match rifle. It is indeed a tube gun. A tube gun with a nice trigger and a double cam bolt that will accept existing AR platform match rifle hand guards and stocks.

All invented a long time ago... Some like it really tight!
Are you sure you just want the tube gun? LOL

[WARFAB]

As far as I can tell, you could buy and configure one of these Ruger Precision Rifles as a match rifle for less than an Eliseo tube gun. Even if you went the cheap route on an Eliseo, the RPR would still be less work to put together and set up. Not that I have the money to throw at such a project, but I'm having fun daydreaming on this. I'm curious to check one out in person and see if the double cam bolt is as nice as I'm hoping.

[Meketrefe]

As far as I can tell, you could buy and configure one of these Ruger Precision Rifles as a match rifle for less than an Eliseo tube gun. Even if you went the cheap route on an Eliseo, the RPR would still be less work to put together and set up. Not that I have the money to throw at such a project, but I'm having fun daydreaming on this. I'm curious to check one out in person and see if the double cam bolt is as nice as I'm hoping.

LOL. I know you love the rifle. Anyway both mak and eliseo have light chasis in the $600-700 range. In any case there is a number of chassis and stocks that will do great with a 700 or a savage. But also lets get real... when we talk about match, real matches, I mean the real deal we are talking about starting with super match barrels and well built and tendered rifles.
You know... those that right now win the competitions left and right.

I am all for innovation but I also like to take the cautious approach. Let others debug a brand new rifle, win some competitions and have it well tested, perhaps some service testing and then I will be looking into it. I do the same with my cars, I love the new models with all the bells and whistles but IMO it is wiser to be patient and get a model that has been two years on the market with all bugs worked out and perhaps some great service reviews.

I love this rifle but I prefer a warm chasis vs. a cold one ( just personal preference) and they take AR and AI magazines too. They shoot better than me so the precision recipe is not a concern.

I think ruger are making some smart moves and listening to what the consumers want that is huge. This is paramount and do not understand the companies that are not doing or even
doing the opposite. But there are also a lot of spaghetti tactics right now. (Throw it and see if it sticks). So be patient or in the mean time keep upgrading based of some other platforms with
unparalleled aftermarket options and support.

For everything else there is the Savage Precision carbine. Possibly the best submoa value out of the box for anyone who is initiating in some precision shooting. One is going to spend more in the glass, other equipment than the rifle anyway. Or what about the training that is the most overlooked and important item of all?

[WARFAB]

LOL. I know you love the rifle. Anyway both mak and eliseo have light chasis in the $600-700 range. In any case there is a number of chassis and stocks that will do great with a 700 or a savage. But also lets get real... when we talk about match, real matches, I mean the real deal we are talking about starting with super match barrels and well built and tendered rifles.
You know... those that right now win the competitions left and right.

Last I heard the Eliseo chassis is running more than $700, and that's not including an action or barrel. The guys that are at the top of their game aren't using stock 700 or Savage actions. Putting one of those rifles together right is not cheap.

I am all for innovation but I also like to take the cautious approach. Let others debug a brand new rifle, win some competitions and have it well tested, perhaps some service testing and then I will be looking into it. I do the same with my cars, I love the new models with all the bells and whistles but IMO it is wiser to be patient and get a model that has been two years on the market with all bugs worked out and perhaps some great service reviews.

Probably a good idea. At least I'll use that as my excuse as I try to scrounge up the funds to attempt such a project.

[Meketrefe]

Yes with the intention to go all the way it is not so cheap but those are proven match winning machines.
I was thinking many people have a hunting one and can be used to blueprint or just wait for the season and buy a varmint / hunting budget for parts.
Once I bought 3 SA remington at once for $380 each after rebate. Sold a couple of barrels and stocks and triggers and ended up with a close to free of cost actions. LOL
One still unfired. But other two I got at different time one of them shoots very well with the factory barrel and upgraded stock. If one is going to do a consistent shooter the
ey component is the rebarreling with a known super match barrel and truing. the rest is easy including bottoms to take AR magazines.
As you know these are platforms battle tested and used all over the world so aftermarket and support is umatched. Same thing like the savage. one can upgrade at
any time and in the mean time save for that awesome ruger and see how it does. I am concerned about the barrel nut. Even the largest barrel nuts custom for the savage
or remington are a key component and beefed up if one decides to go that route. I think it becomes more critical if one is really thinking about swapping between seasons
several times / year.
I definitively to shoot one fo these rugers and check it out up close. Their strategy is very smart if they follow through with the direction they will sell many. This is the problem
with Remington and others that introduce things and drop the ball int he middle. ie: 30 RAR, 6.8SPC, etc...
Just keep in mind for an accurate Remi or savage stock there are great ones in the $300 range so not everything has to be AI or mcmillan to perform very well.

[PY-Tactical]

Missed out on another one today. A .308. Five tried to buy one gun within a few minutes. It looked like I had it, ordered it within a minute of getting an email it came on. But turns out I was second by 21 seconds.
Went with .308 as I am limited to only a two hundred yard range, and don't reload and figured ammo cost much lower than a 6.5 CM.

[Meketrefe]

308 is a better more versatile caliber. With the new bullets in 155gr and 168gr hybrids the 6.5mm doesn't make so much sense anymore.

[PY-Tactical]

My .308 RPR is on the brown truck and headed my way. Tracking says Tuesday, 9/8 delivery. Going to rob the Millet scope, bipod and monopod off my AR woodchuck gun for it. The scope is on a LeRue QD mount so that will be easy. Read that the grip is not liked as is hard plastic. Have in the drawer a fat and thin Ergo and a soft Hogue grip so I must have something to work.

Picked up ten boxes of 168 grain Privi match ammo. Enough to get started with and then I will have the brass to play with on reloads.

Boxes and boxes of gun parts and tools in storage I need to retrieve and sort out. Just ordered a bench and have a nice vise I need to refurbish and mount on it.

[WARFAB]

Did you get the UPS drama all straightened out PY?

[PY-Tactical]

Did you get the UPS drama all straightened out PY?

Yes, finally! Tracking kept saying they tried to deliver but no one was there to receive. But my FFL was waiting both the last two days for it and no UPS, no notice of delivery attempt, nothing. Of course UPS would not tell me the shipping address. For security... I got ahold of the shipper this afternoon finally and found out that they had been trying to deliver, not to my FFL, but to my billing address which is my flooded out house I am unable to live in, which is totally boarded up, driveway so rutted you need a 4x4 to get up it, that no one has lived in for a year and a half!
Guess I could have driven out there, waited, and accepted delivery of the rifle, bypassing the FFL....Wait? How is that possible? The vender really messed the order up bad!
Anywho, reached the shipper, they had UPS call me direct to arrange delivery, and I got my FFL down for delivery for Friday. Now my FFL closed his shop and retired two years ago, but still does transfers for good past customers, and was leaving Friday to head down south for a dove hunt but is delaying leaving on his trip until he receives my rifle. The match ammo I got through him got there Tuesday.

[WARFAB]

Please share all sorts of details when you do get it.

[PY-Tactical]

Will do. Am a bit concerned about the 20 MOA scope rail that comes on the rifle. My range is only 100 yards, (pushed to 200 if no one is around so you can block off the driveway so you can shoot accross it,) I am borrowing the scope off my woodchuck gun, (SPR AR clone) which is in a LaRue QD mount. Hopefully I can crank it down enough to zero. The SPR also has a good Harris bipod and a mono-pod so I'll rob them also. It has a PRS stock so if I don't like Ruger's, That goes on the RPR as well.

[Meketrefe]

Will do. Am a bit concerned about the 20 MOA scope rail that comes on the rifle. My range is only 100 yards, (pushed to 200 if no one is around so you can block off the driveway so you can shoot accross it,) I am borrowing the scope off my woodchuck gun, (SPR AR clone) which is in a LaRue QD mount. Hopefully I can crank it down enough to zero. The SPR also has a good Harris bipod and a mono-pod so I'll rob them also. It has a PRS stock so if I don't like Ruger's, That goes on the RPR as well.

I would highly advice against the larue mount as it bites on the receiver. it is easy to lock on and off but over time you will see the marks.
Get some rings and put the scope in them. If you don't want to spend too much get an OEM ring that is the same as some Warne and Burris anyway
and will cost very little. Not the UTG stuff something better. Then later on you can find a more suitable setup if you want.
I am just saying be careful or might be offset after you do something to a brand new rifle. I have been there.