It's Official! Ruger Precision has arrived

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Re: It's Official! Ruger Precision has arrived

Post by <<Genesis93>> » 10 Jun 2016, 10:42 am

<<Genesis93>> wrote:I hear Savage have released a competitor....looking for more info.


Its not the prettiest... looks like an AR stock, so I guess that makes it semi-auto ass-ault rifle in Aus :roll:
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Re: It's Official! Ruger Precision has arrived

Post by AusC » 10 Jun 2016, 10:59 am

gunnnie wrote:Have never seen a need for the calibre/cartridge. What I can't do with a 223/22PPC/22-250, I can cover with a 303-25 or 257Rob AI. So there's no need for that calibre in my opinion.
Don't doubt it's worth for those who like it. I just believe there's better options.
Personal opinion & choice really. :thumbsup:


The minimum calibre laws here get in the way of the .243 being as useful as it could be.

Not arguing with the limits, if you're going to have one a lined has to be drawn somewhere and .243 is just the cartridge that copped it.

It's fine to say having a .223 and .30 covers everything, it goes, but not everyone wants or can afford two rifles. They might not need as heavier hitter as a .30.

Laws aside a 100gr .243 is no feather duster, and in most situations would happily take game which it is illegal for here (not advocating anyone does it of course, just saying it would).

Being able to go from 50gr - 100gr loads makes it very versatile for varmints and game, if you were living in the US and hunting Coyotes one day and White Tail it would be perfect for the one-rifle-hunter.

Horses for courses, whatever suits your given situation.
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Re: It's Official! Ruger Precision has arrived

Post by Squiddy » 11 Jun 2016, 9:28 am

Picked up my 6.5 the other day. Looking at putting either a Nightforce 5.5-22x56 MILR or Vortex PST 6-24X50 FFP EBR2C MRAD for shooting at ranges to 1000m and beyond. Of course the NF is superior, but is it really worth $1000 more? I hear mixed things about Vortex scopes where as the only con of the NF seems to be the price.
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Re: It's Official! Ruger Precision has arrived

Post by gunnnie » 12 Jun 2016, 12:57 pm

AusC : when I was first able to purchase a centrefire I looked at what was available for what I wanted to hunt. I did look at the 243 but trying to find one at my price limit was near impossible. Even a BSA was 2-300 more than my funds allowed. So that probably precluded the calibre from consideration.
Whereas I could get 222, 6.5 & 308 within my budget. I ended up choosing the 6.5 & to be honest the Swede more than adequately covered anything I hunted. My experience with that cartridge was a major factor in choosing the 6.5CM in the RPR.
I also found that I scored more one shot kills on medium sized game than a mate did with his 243. I won't say he was a worse shot than me, but I did better on medium size pigs & big billies, go figure.
Now that I'm able to indulge in my passion for firearms I have expanded my cartridge choices & still can't find a need for the poor old pope gun.
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Re: It's Official! Ruger Precision has arrived

Post by Squiddy » 23 Jun 2016, 8:25 am

Bump for scope help!

Has anyone stuck a scope on theirs and if so what did scope and rings did you use? Looking for some advice for scope and ring selection on long distance shooting 500m-1000m (and maybe beyond sooner or later...).

Guys in the local gunshop recommend Nightforce, and said the quality of the Vortex is inferior being built in the Philippines and using glass that is not up to long distance shooting (compared with the NF) but many people on the web are singing the praises of the Vortex PST. There's also a bunch of videos on youtube of people shooting comfortably past 1000m with the PST.... Any help here would be appreciated.

Im also reading that you need to use rings at least 1.45" high so the bell clears the rail - at least for any scope thats around x50 with this rifle. What rings have people here used?
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Re: It's Official! Ruger Precision has arrived

Post by Squiddy » 12 Sep 2018, 3:41 pm

Just wondering if anyone uses one of these for hunting? Stalking or hiking with one of these seems like it might be a bad idea given the weight?
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