ruger precision rifle 308 effective range
In the review above, you claim to have put a brake on this rifle but you didnt specify whether the groups were shot with or without the brake, or whether you tested for any effect of the brake on group size. The AR-10 is also a much heavier rifle and ammo package. Gave the landlord my Remington 700 bdl in a 22-250 for rent because I was short of money. Neither is it brush rifle or a truck gun. The Creedmoor uses a smaller cartridge up to a maximum pressure of 62,000 psi, where as the Swede uses a larger case and slower powers at a much lower maximum pressure 46,000 cup (about 50,000 psi). SMKs. My M38 is bedded and free floated with the old Timmey trigger. I cant believe some of these range puffs, my daughter loves shooting my 1953 vintage marlin 30-30 lever, and consistently groups at 1 or less at 50 yards, buckhorn sights to boot. Federal Gold Metal shoots 5-shot 0.6 MOA groups all day long. The rifle was very solid (save the safety), smooth and very comfortable to shoot ergonomically even with the too low rings. However, were not talking about hunting rifles per se in this article. No its not an RPR, and you actually have to put in a little work to get it, but that same 10 pound gun is now an accurate action mounted/torqued in an all aluminum chassis and will perform as good, if not better than the RPR. This problem is of course only amplified when you screw a silencer to the end of the barrel. of it. Add to Compare. In a 10lb 308? Take it from a Canadian. That gun comes from the factory with a threaded muzzle which will save you some money. If I had to grab one of these and run though, I think Id still go for my late 70s Ruger M77 in 7mm Mag. You are right, brakes suck. I wont doubt that, and Im sure their (insert hunting rifle here) is a fine rifle. But it can sure work as one, even though it is about 10 pounds unloaded without a scope it could be carried afield for hunting. And the blast is a non-starter. Capacity10 Height7.30" Overall Length39.25" - 42.75" Length of Pull12" - 15.50" Folded Length31.60" I would love to see that ar 10 get that kind of accuracy I would never believe it I would have to see it Be there you know what I mean! In retrospect I probably should have gotten the 6.5 Creedmore. The .308 is so far the most famous sniping round and for a good cause. Really? However, this rifle was designed mainly for high-powered rifle competition shooting, plain and simple. Not sure where you are getting your factory ammo if its the same price at 6.5. I recall that some posters had custom heavy barrels installed and found .5 MOA or better. Only the military can legally shoot down people at long range, and for nothing more sinister than wearing the wrong clothing. But its not like this one, and heres why. They are virtually identical, but the Creedmoor is a tad faster, and because it is a modern rifle, and sold as a precision rifle, and factory ammunition is tailored for accuracy at long ranges, the rifle will likely be more accurate straight out of the box. Wish me luck. Ruger Precision .308 Rifle, Review and range test by Pat Cascio I forgot to say that I used 7.62 ammo. I gave it four stars only because I couldnt give it 4.8. The best also being about a .4 MOA. 06s are out now. The rest of the gun is identical down to the trigger, and the slight rattle from the safety selector. BTHP and the 155 gr. It comes I elected to have Ruger send me their RPR in .308 Winchester and its not only a popular hunting round, but also the most popular military sniper round, as well. Four inches may not sound like a lot, but it can mean the world when working off a barrier or out of a truck where that length can mean being able to quickly bring the gun to bear, or having to take a step back to give yourself more room to work. Therefore DO NOT consider folding stock an advantage, but rather a hindrance to maintenance and repair its a cool gimmick. To save you the humiliation of asking a girl how much rifle shes hefting while she out-shoots you, Ill give you the answer: Same as my Annie over 10 pounds. But if youve got an .06, dont loose it, cause youve got more gun. And truthfully, I really do feel that in the hands of someone looking to optimize its accuracy, it could have done better. I borrowed a hi-end scope to mount on the Ruger Precision Rifle, because I wanted to squeeze all the accuracy out of this gun as I possibly could. Maximum effective range is 1000 yards. WRT the RPRs rattling safety selector, Ruger now has a free fix for it a spring that takes about a minute to install and solves the problem. You can read the balance of the specs on the Ruger web site, however, needless to say, the rifle offers a lot of goodies for what it is. Rather, they are the extreme. I am an average shooter and I have never shot worse than .75 with the 6.5 RPR. Real World Pricing: ~$1,250. I dont hear Ms. Weiss complain about weight or barrel length ever. Were in the middle of trying to fight a New-Zealand style ban right now. The barrel wear should not be as much of concern within 500 yard ranges as you only need 1.5 MOA, or so, to be accurate enough. Hats off to ruger. We live in a land of plenty. Im that lost soul that is heavily invested in .308 winchester. Later in the day I shot 3 rounds of 168gr SMK hand loads (thats all I had with me ) that are meant for my 308 ruger American, and it was about 1/8 off from putting two of the rounds in the exact same hole. Barrels should stay good for 10,000 plus rounds, and be might #3 bores at 15,000 rounds. ( the new wife was happy I got rid of it ). It is a shooter! Overall, I was very pleased and expect to get the accuracy sorted out on this rifle. From Black Hills, I had their .308 Winchester 168-gr Match Hollow Point load, and their 175 grain Match Hollow point. I see them in classes all the time, and they blind instructors and students alike during night shoots. As I said, stay tuned; Im working on it. Out of the box, 90 minutes on the range with a $109 scope. The evaluation gun provided by ; wrench is stored in the bolt shroud. The base model Ruger Precision Rifle, in .308 Winchester, is 42.75 inches long with its stock extended, three inches wide, and 7.3 inches high. There just might another article in me on that, and several other gun related topics. From prone off the ground with a bipod (Atlas) the RPR shot roughly moa for me with Factory 168g SMK and slightly worse with some Hornady 165g Interlok handloads with Varget that are designed to mimic 165 SGK loads. Im not saying that I did, but I did. That model rifle earlier reviewed in 6.5 Creed. I did notice upon cleaning the 6.5 and the .308 back to back that the .308 seemed to have quite a bit more carbon and copper fouling after a fairly similar round count. I expect sub MOA accuracy because my Ruger SR762 and SIG716(both 16) shoot that with M80 and .5MOA with Nosler hunting loads that I havent totally dialed in to perfection yet. Beginners can buy one of these and do the range time they need to gain some measure of proficiency while shooting out the factory barrel. I have become a big fan of nitrided barrels from Criterion, a spinoff of Krieger. While the 6.5 is obviously more accurate, its heavier and more unwieldy to maneuver out of and around vehicles and barricades, where I spend the majority of my time shooting. The .308 version ships with a very handy 20-inch barrel tipped off with the Ruger Hybrid Muzzle Brake. I have a RPR in 308 Win and its accuracy amazes me everytime I shoot it. Ive got just under 3,000 rounds through it and am paying close attention to groups for any signs of throat erosion. WebRuger M77-GS 308 Gunsite Scout Rifle with Threaded Barrel. Im now seeing them priced closer to $700, and even if you find a screaming deal, you still need to get it to your door. Oversized bolt knob. However, if I had my .308s piled up, and had the money to play, I would choose the 6.5 Grendel in a low cost rife from Palmetto State Armory, and that could my DMR platform after a low cost version in 5.56, or better yet, a 7.62 version that would cost much more in the AR-10. Call Rugers customer support with the serial number of your RPR and theyll send to you. Sub-2 MOA accuracy at 500 yards is still fitting five bullets inside the vital zone of anything on four legs that can feed a family of four, and well within the confines of a 10-inch diameter circle. Yet a scope would have to be mounted. For a serious shooter, barrels tend to be more accurate after a thousand rounds. Never got it back, oh well, history I guess. Only mod for the new barrel was a custom cut of the barrel down to 21 3/4 from 22 to achieve the best barrel harmonics. Match ammo might be competitively priced in the Creedmore but if someone new is getting into long range shooting theyd be better served with .308. Ruger used a 15-inch handguard on the 6.5 and a 12.37 inch on the .308, so the difference is only 2.63 inches. I dont want to distract from my harrumphing here to detail why you cannot hand-lap a barrel thats already chambered and fit to length, but I shall if people are really curious. Few people are going to compete in F target class with a deer rifle. Like I told the owner of 2 of these guns who bought them for rentals at his range, he said they wouldnt shoot MOA, I said call Ruger, raise hell and send them back. This gun never seemed to be a laser in my hands. Shes all mine. And as if my prayers had been extra-double answered, one day later an email hit my inbox from our perpetual patrons at Kentucky Gun Company to let me know that they had a RPR in .308 WIN that we could thrash around on as well. I handload the 143 grain eld-x hornady bullet and the rifle likes them a bit fast. Width3.30". It may not be a precision rifle for 1000 meters, but with the right loads, it be good enough and save you lots of money and hit almost twice as hard as the Creedmoor at extended ranges. The 6.555 is the smarter choice in a sufficient environment, yet the popular 6.5 Creedmoor is well supported making, it easy for folks to get into the long range game. Maybe that explains why the 20 .308 will only shot well under 100 yards and the Creedmore with a 24 barrel would stand to reason that it would shoot better and a 26 barrel for a .243? Thats war. From the trigger to the patented multi-magazine interface (which functions interchangeably with AICS and M110/SR-25/DPMS/Magpul-style magazines and some M14 magazines) to its compatibility with the AR-15 platform and beyond, I have a really hard time dinging it much. I can tune a 175 grain bullet to do just about anything in that gun. I use IMR 4895 exclusively in my ARs and intend to stick with it for simplicity and because I have 10lbs. Hopefully Ill now be able to compete with the rest of the long range shooters at our club. A good hand load will cure fix that issue. Call us if you have Questions 800-627-3809. If I can persuade someone to make an extended rail (please, Ruger?) Happy Hunting. Ill just turn up the wick a bit and Ill have this Ruger singing a sub moa song every time it thumps dinner. Also includes: two, 10-round Magpul PMAG magazines. All I need my bolt gun to do is the same thing and feed from the same mags. The 6.5 got a well-deserved five stars. But the fact is that nobody in the top 10 of the Precision Rifle Series used a hinged floorplate to feed their rifle, and none of them ran stock bolt knobs, or factory stocks. Jim is the originator of the American Redoubt movement and a frequent talk show and podcast guest. Plenty of choices. When will the madness end? Still, the set-up was fairly good although I really needed a bipod on the RPR and I needed to go prone, to get the very best accuracy out of this rifle. What youre also sacrificing when you shorten a barrel is your sight radius. Weight and length dont matter so much when youre going to tote it to the firing line in a cart. The blue box stuff, probably 25 years old. Is this an ideal sniper rifle? One of the main attractions on the RPR is the folding stock, that is also adjustable for length of pull and comb height. For semi-automatic rifles, the Armalite AR-10 and DPMS LR-308 are both excellent choices. Web.308 Win with 1:10 RH twist, 20 in (51 cm) barrel, weighing 9.8 lb (4.4 kg) [3] 6mm Creedmoor with a 1:7.7 RH twist, 24 in (61 cm) barrel, weighing 10.8 lb (4.9 kg) [4] WebRuger Precision Rifle .308 Win Gen.3 - Jetzt mitbieten bzw. I havent used the heaviest new bullets that could be considered Creedmoor; bullets, bullets over 142 grains, but have been reloading long enough to say stick with 140-142 grain bullets, SMK, Amax, Accubond etc, and RL22. Both shot better than the 120 and 140 A Max and ELD. Ill take good care. It all makes for an interesting horse race. The RPR is built of similar parts with a much higher degree of final finish. The nice folks at Black Hills Ammunition have kept me in ammo for my articles for more than 27 years even during several ammo droughts, they still managed to get ammo into my hands for articles. I load my own using Sierra Match King. Its obvious that the bbls dont totally suck or they wouldnt shoot as good as they did with factory fodder. Ballistics by the inch is also a nice resource. Just about every rifle I know of that guarantees 1/2 moa 5 shots at 100 yards have barrels longer that a measly 20 for example; Sako TRG 42, Remington 40X, any of Don Fraley builds (Advanced Weapons Technology) etc. Overall Length: 39.25"-42.75". is a much better option. I did have some groups well over an inch but that was me pulling a shot not the gun, and certainly not the ammo. Damn kids. I also know competitive shooters still use long barrels, and the real tack driver rifles always still seem to have long barrels. Extended trigger-reach AR-style grip and 45 reversible safety selector. But if youre already invested in .308, dont be scared off by these results. I guess my point is that designating any rifle a sniper rifle does not imbue it with some strange and mystical power. Shooting a thousand rounds would do the same thing. WebRuger Precision Rifle .308 Winchester Optics not included StockFolding, Adjustable Length of Pull and Comb Height Barrel Length20" BarrelCold Hammer-Forged, 5R Rifling HandguardRuger Precision Rifle Short-Action Twist1:10" RH Grooves5 Weight9.8 lb. And, if all you do is want to punch paper at the range, then go for it you wont be disappointed with this Ruger. http://www.tcsa.org Tri-Cities Shootiing Association. Sold it and got a mossberg MPV LC in 308, much better gun. It is plenty for those ranges, and it will be flatter as a result. The .308 still gets a four-star rating but its really more of a 4.1 or 4.2 because of the accuracy issues. The Ruger preferred the 168-gr Match Hollow Point load over the 175-gr Match Hollow Point load not by much, but it was enough to make a difference in the small groups. Those hunting handloads are easily moa out of my R-25 and also out of a 16 custom barreled rifle I recently built. 800 yds. The Swede barrel that can match Creedmoor velocities is the long M96 barrel with a 1:7.8 twist that can handle most of the heavy 6.5 bullets the Creedmoor typically can with it s 24 1:8 twist barrels. In a survival situation, we have to look at a lot of different things, before we pull the trigger on someone, who is on our property maybe they are just lost, and pose no real threat to us. As far as the loose safety lever, Swap it for an ambidextrous from CMMG and its not an issue any more. Suggested Retail$1929.00. The set-up looks more than a little different than your typical bolt-action hunting rifle, thats for sure. My only complaint is with the magazine/magazine well. Accuracy Disclaimer: Ive rung steel man size steel at 1000 Y but have NEVER been a super sniper precision rifle guy. WebRuger M77-GS 308 Gunsite Scout Rifle with Threaded Barrel. Now that Ruger has this rifle I see it as an ideal platform for a Scout. On the same scale on the same day, the 6.5 weighed in at 10.824 lbs. WebA 308 Ruger Precision Riflescope should offer a high level of precision, reliability, and versatility. The Creedmoor is a very nice package, and the available ammunition from Hornady is impressive with advertised ballistic coefficients approaching an amazing .7 However, if they offered it in .260 Remington, which I doubt they will, the top speeds would be greater, 50 to 100 fps faster at a lower pressures that may improve barrel life. His survivalist novel Patriots: Surviving the Coming Collapse, is a modern classic that reached #3 on the New York Times bestsellers list. WBT offers California & other state compliant rifles from any brand you want. Ive found that with their match loads, Black Hills produces some of the most consistently accurate ammo in the world. A suppressor (the trust route?) Where these accuracy gremlins really start to manifest themselves was out at the quarter-mile line and beyond. More to follow. R700 as is just to get some rounds down range for my hasty and unplanned range trip. The proof is cut and wrapped up in my freezer. I am close to that now. It now reaches more than 320,000 unique visitors weekly. Between dies, powder, bullets, and pallets of cheap(ish) NATO ammo, the rifle they buy is going to be a .308. Letter: Advice on Oxygen and Moisture Absorbing Packets, Preparedness Notes for Monday January 6, 2020.
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