AusTac wrote:Got one squiddy?
Ya. 6.5 Creedmoor.
AusTac wrote:Got one squiddy?
gunnnie wrote:As Supaduke has said: straightline recoil forces control design aspect. Additionally, your comment re snipers not using folding stocks, incorrect! Accuracy International AWR-50 currently in use by several forces, is a folding stock design. Plus you can also add the AI 7.62x51 model in use as a sniper weapon system, also in use with several military and para-military forces. Don't think these are a less than effective platform.
Just saying!
gunnnie wrote:Additionally, too say there is no reason to make a compromise in a civilian long range rig would seem counter intuitive to what manufacturers & designers are producing.
gunnnie wrote:Based on what proven fact? Or is it just your opinion?
As far as the Ruger product goes the performance produced seems to contradict your opinion.
Yes I own one and no I wouldn't call myself a rabid devotee. For the cost outlay this Ruger product allows me to explore another aspect of my chosen sport.
Folding stock or not, it performs. Additionally, too say there is no reason to make a compromise in a civilian long range rig would seem counter intuitive to what manufacturers & designers are producing.
AusTac wrote:I had a fondle of a lithy in 308 on the weekend and i reckon its the goods, built like a tank, but of weight but its solid, i haven't seen or held a ruger but i'm a little dubious of the plastic quality/fit finish,
The lithgow has a huuuuge bolt to, id almost say the action was designed around a magnum caliber
As for the folding stock debate, meh, i'm not a shooter in a mountain range in the sandpit taking 1+ km shots and never will be so it doesn't matter to me, so long as it doesn't fall apart in 3 shots
bladeracer wrote:
Manufacturers produce stuff that sells, whether the selling point is valid or not. To claim that something "works" just because a manufacturer is able to sell it is a stretch.
bladeracer wrote:
I have not made any claim that the stock affects the performance of the RPR, but owners are finding problems with it and until enough owners replace their folders with fixed stocks there's no way to say if or by how much the folder affects the performance of the rifle.
bladeracer wrote:
I hope the stock does work, and work exceptionally well, but for this particular potential owner it's a compromise I'm not willing to put my money on. How many people build themselves a long-range precision rifle...and then put a folding stock on it?
bladeracer wrote:
As for bang-for-buck I absolutely agree, the RPR has it in spades, regardless of the stock.