New ruger precision rifle

I shot The Anchor's rifle today and all I can say is wow! Nice trigger, great rifle.

As one fellow put it after hitting a plate at 260 yards a couple of times, "Stevie Wonder could hit the target with this rifle".

Ruger has a real winner here. No need to worry about swapping triggers, once you feel it, you will forget about wanting to replace it.
 
I've been a big fan of .243 for a long time but a 6.5 has my interest now. I'll give this rifle the benefit of the doubt. I'll wait and see what trigger mods become available and wait for some range reports.
I am also interested in the .243 but not at the extent of having a barrel 6 inches longer than the .308. This rifle is exactly what I was looking for, a quasi AR platform bolt rifle. Semi autos have a tendency to encourage me to use more ammo in a shorter time period. ... and I do...
 
The Ruger precision rifle is a game changer. Its fundamentally different from any rifle that you can buy for less than $5000.

Guns like the McMillan/Tub 2000 have an integral upper receiver. There is no cylindrical receiver that needs to be bedded to the stock. Its all one piece. The upper is not held into a stock with 1 or two bolts with all the uncertainty that that entails.

Its revilutionary at this price point. Now, I can't say this rifle will shoot sub .5 MOA out of the box. But one thing is for sure, if you do standard accurizing tricks (bartlein barrel, jewel trigger, true the bolt, lap lugs, etc) you will end up with a gun that is a tack driver.

For years I've wondered why companies insist on continuing the traidtional design with the inherently imprecise receiver to stock interface. Ruger is the first one to remove that flaw at a reasonable price point.

Its a poor man's Tubb 2k. Now I'm hoping they will come out with a LH version.

Don
 
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There is a guy with the name Tibsasurous Rex. Or something similar. He does a sniper 101 series of vids. I'd be interested in his take. He's very good and his videos are very dense with good info.

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His vids are long but his reviews are extremely detailed.
 
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has about 100 rounds through her now, sporting a $300 vortex 4x16 scope,total of what you see here, is $1700 including the ammo. 100yards she is capable of 1/2"( i shot one group that looked about 1/2" or 5/8"), and i shot one group at 265 and it was just inside of 2". all with match grade hornandy ammo ( she prefers the 140gr). Trigger is great right out of the box, i can't imagine what a little polish will accomplish. all in all, its a bargain! i expect this to be a huge seller!
 
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these are 1" squares, we didn't have a tape to measure, but this looks under 1/2"?
 
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I gotta tell you I'm loving what Ruger has been doing lately. They just announced this today and I gotta say looking at the videos it looks sweet. Already heard that some places are offering it for $999.00. Heck of a value it seems

http://www.ruger.com/intro.html

Just a side note; myself, Heavy Hitter, Shop Keeper, and tripwire had the opportunity to shoot this new rifle in 6.5 Creedmoor before it was released to the public on Thursday the 16th at the Club. We were working as RSOs and hosts to CMARS ...the Crotched Mountain Rehabilitation activities along with Ruger and Access Outdoors New England.

Mike, the Ruger Rep asked us to put the cameras away and pulled out that rifle. He had just zeroed the thing at 100 yards before he came down to the Club. 4 shots ...3 shots in 2 holes, and one flier ...a half inch away. The trigger was just a drop-in ...not adjusted yet, so the pull was a little long, but she fired nice, and I'll betcha after the trigger's been toyed-with, that thing will be a tack driver. GunTest just had an article rating Ruger's new trigger the top out of 5 well-known manufacturers ...some costing considerably more to-boot. A bargain at the price from what I saw and experienced. No complaints from some long-time shooters.

When he pulled it out, it really has a nice gun-porn look to it too. Threaded barrel end (it had a smooth cap on there), but I did notice the end cap. Probably a quick-and-dirty factory camouflage. I saw other caps in the catalog, and they look quite different. And the side-folding stock for increased portability too. BTW, the magazine to feed the rifle was a stock Magpul marked .223 10-rounder that was used for the Creedmoor.

We shot at 200 yards, nothing on paper, just clays and such for exhibition, but that creedmoor's a nice round too. And as I have seen mentioned, the available calibers ....243, .270, 6.5 creedmoor ...and I guess 7.62/.308 will be happening too.

Just figured that I'd chime in the experience. It was neat to get the opportunity before anyone could even release the availability of the firearm. And we all kept quiet until the release as requested.

Ruger's got another winner IMO.
 
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Just a side note; myself, Heavy Hitter, Shop Keeper, and tripwire had the opportunity to shoot this new rifle in 6.5 Creedmoor before it was released to the public on Thursday the 16th at the Club. We were working as RSOs and hosts to CMARS ...the Crotched Mountain Rehabilitation activities along with Ruger and Access Outdoors New England.

Mike, the Ruger Rep asked us to put the cameras away and pulled out that rifle. He had just zeroed the thing at 100 yards before he came down to the Club. 4 shots ...3 shots in 2 holes, and one flier ...a half inch away. The trigger was just a drop-in ...not adjusted yet, so the pull was a little long, but she fired nice, and I'll betcha after the trigger's been toyed-with, that thing will be a tack driver. GunTest just had an article rating Ruger's new trigger the top out of 5 well-known manufacturers ...some costing considerably more to-boot. A bargain at the price from what I saw and experienced. No complaints from some long-time shooters.

When he pulled it out, it really has a nice gun-porn look to it too. Threaded barrel end (it had a smooth cap on there), but I did notice the end cap. Probably a quick-and-dirty factory camouflage. I saw other caps in the catalog, and they look quite different. And the side-folding stock for increased portability too. BTW, the magazine to feed the rifle was a stock Magpul marked .223 10-rounder that was used for the Creedmoor.

We shot at 200 yards, nothing on paper, just clays and such for exhibition, but that creedmoor's a nice round too. And as I have seen mentioned, the available calibers ....243, .270, 6.5 creedmoor ...and I guess 7.62/.308 will be happening too.

Just figured that I'd chime in the experience. It was neat to get the opportunity before anyone could even release the availability of the firearm. And we all kept quiet until the release as requested.

Ruger's got another winner IMO.

Thanks for the review now that you can finally spill the beans. I am intrigued by the Creedmoor round fitting standard .223 mags. That is very cool to know, since there doesn't seem to be a ton of people using it yet and as a result very little info. What is its primary advantage over more common ammo such as .308, or 5.56/.223? I've never seen it even for sale in any local gun shops so unless you reload, it doesn't seem too viable if you like to shoot a lot.
 
The Creedmoor round fits standard AR10 mags. Not AR15. Itsl designed to work in a .308 sized platform.

The bullets are narrowerand longer so they have a ballistic coefficient. As a result, they retain energy downrange better than a larger diameter bullet. Also, because the long range bullets are lighter (140 gr vs 175 on average), they recoil less.

Finally, they are less affected by wind because of the higher BC.

This is an abbreviated response, I'm no an ipad, but hopefully this helps.
 
Thanks for the review now that you can finally spill the beans. I am intrigued by the Creedmoor round fitting standard .223 mags. That is very cool to know, since there doesn't seem to be a ton of people using it yet and as a result very little info. What is its primary advantage over more common ammo such as .308, or 5.56/.223? I've never seen it even for sale in any local gun shops so unless you reload, it doesn't seem too viable if you like to shoot a lot.

the 6.5 fits in 308 mags, i saw in his post that he mentioned regular ar-15 mags, but it is similar in diameter to .308, not 223, and the gun comes with (2) .308 magpul mags. its also not available in .270, only .243, 6.5, and .308. its been a favorite with Long distance shooters since its introduction in 2008. better bullet coefficient and accuracy in a round that doesn't have much recoil. the rounds i bought were $1.10/rd for match grade ammunition. thats a pretty good deal for match grade ammo. to reload it will bring it down to about $.45/round. similar to what i reload .308 at.
 
Looks great- I may have to dive in once Cape Guns has their MRAD drawing. Odds are 200:1...

Compared to sky high prices for the MRAD or similar offering from Accuracy International, what's not to like about the Ruger? Unless you had your heart set on .338 Lapua, not much.
 
Some nice shooting there! Thanks for the review.

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1.5" at 265yards

and the nut behind the bolt was loose!

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Since the barrels can be swapped out fairly easily.338Lapua may be offered in the future.

Looks great- I may have to dive in once Cape Guns has their MRAD drawing. Odds are 200:1...

Compared to sky high prices for the MRAD or similar offering from Accuracy International, what's not to like about the Ruger? Unless you had your heart set on .338 Lapua, not much.
 
Some nice shooting there! Thanks for the review.



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Since the barrels can be swapped out fairly easily.338Lapua may be offered in the future.

Have you been told this specifically? I doubt that the action is long enough for the .338 LM.

Like I said earlier. This is the lowest price gun by a huge margin to dispense with the old school tubular receiver and bedded integration into a stock. Its a small fraction of the MRAD or Tubb 2K or whatever McMillan calls it now.

I'll predict that a huge aftermarket will develop for this gun including bolt truing and barrel replacement. With a blueprinted bolt and a precision, hand lapped barrel like a Bartlein, there is no reason it can't compete with guns costing $5000.
 
Have you been told this specifically? I doubt that the action is long enough for the .338 LM.

Like I said earlier. This is the lowest price gun by a huge margin to dispense with the old school tubular receiver and bedded integration into a stock. Its a small fraction of the MRAD or Tubb 2K or whatever McMillan calls it now.

I'll predict that a huge aftermarket will develop for this gun including bolt truing and barrel replacement. With a blueprinted bolt and a precision, hand lapped barrel like a Bartlein, there is no reason it can't compete with guns costing $5000.


Those are all short action loads, I would think a new model would be needed for the long action calibers.

How much would a blueprinted bolt & hand lapped barrel cost?
 
If I were Ruger, I'd be tooling up for a long action version next.

Then, maybe, lefty ones? Keeping my fingers crossed on that. [smile] First bolt rifle I've seen that might convince me to stop working with Savages.
 
If I were Ruger, I'd be tooling up for a long action version next.

Then, maybe, lefty ones? Keeping my fingers crossed on that. [smile] First bolt rifle I've seen that might convince me to stop working with Savages.

Seriously. Im a huge Savage fan, and have managed to get consistent 1/3 MOA 5-shot groups at 200yds out of an off the shelf Savage varmint / predator rifle. Was planning a long range build with a savage this fall...now rethinking that.
 
If I were Ruger, I'd be tooling up for a long action version next.

Then, maybe, lefty ones? Keeping my fingers crossed on that. [smile] First bolt rifle I've seen that might convince me to stop working with Savages.

Thats what I was thinking. I've been shooting a FCP10 K in an XLR chassis for the last year and its great. But its still a tube clamped into a stock, which is a really stupid holdover from two centuries ago. (There is a reason the AI Arctic Warfare rifle has the action GLUED to the chassis.
 
I know that this post is a bit belated relative to my post #102 where I gave a quick hands-on review and just some brief info, but I figured that I'd respond:

Thanks for the review now that you can finally spill the beans. I am intrigued by the Creedmoor round fitting standard .223 mags. That is very cool to know, since there doesn't seem to be a ton of people using it yet and as a result very little info. What is its primary advantage over more common ammo such as .308, or 5.56/.223? I've never seen it even for sale in any local gun shops so unless you reload, it doesn't seem too viable if you like to shoot a lot.

<snip>The Creedmoor round fits standard AR10 mags. Not AR15.</snip>

Yep, my fault, I knew better. I knew that the firearm could handle standard .308 mags, not .223 as I stated. Heck, the Magpul that was being used, (10-round) had .308 stamped right on it. The Ruger said that any standard .308 magazine should work.

<snip>the 6.5 fits in 308 mags, i saw in his post that he mentioned regular ar-15 mags, but it is similar in diameter to .308, not 223, and the gun comes with (2) .308 magpul mags. its also not available in .270, only .243, 6.5, and .308 </snip>.

I have since done some reading regarding available calibers for the Precision rifle so am aware of the printed and online documentation. The Rep did tell me ...all of us there when I asked ...that the rifle is chambered for .308, .270, .243, and 6.5 creedmoor. That I'm sure of. Of course these guys may handle the stuff, but due to misstatement or other must have been mistaken ...he did say ".270".

</snip>p.s. for what its worth, the 6.5 Grendel is the 6.5 cal rifle round designed to fit in an AR15 length mag.</snip>

And yes, I am aware of this, but my mistake was not because of confusion between the two. I knew that we were shooting creedmoor, and just simply effed up.

BTW, here's Ruger's PDF manual for the Precision rifle:

Ruger (American) Precision
 
Also, based on Ruger's history with the American, which was launched in only 4 calibers, they will be making this thing in anything that will fit into a short action, soon enough.

Don
 
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Also, based on Ruger's history with the American, which was launched in only 4 calibers, they will be making this thing in anything that will fit into a short action, soon enough.

Don

Yep, I would imagine that to be so. A long-action may be a follow-up if this thing takes off too judging from history. The .270 is generally not considered a short-action cartridge, so perhaps he spilled the beans a bit. I really think that they knew they had a winner out-of-the-gate for a precision-style rifle at that price point.
 
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