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.
Fair call though I would counter that why would a major company such as Ruger base a significant potential financial and marketing risk on something just to meet a market selling point? Therefore, would it not be a viable point that something 'works' if a major manufacturer and firearms designer produces a product which is well received and at this moment in time is producing good results. There is also the consideration that a new design will nearly always having teething issues and lends itself to improvement and upgrades.
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.
This comment made me do some research and it would seem there are a significant number of shooters using folding stocked rifles in high level competition. So it would seem this aspect has certainly received a major share of assessment and dare I say, not really in need of more shooters swapping out fixed for folders to see if there is an accuracy difference. Several reviews, posts, threads I came across left me thinking there was no real performance difference statistics. Rather, the consensus was more closely aligned to what each individual personally prefers.
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?
It would seem there is quite a number of high level precision shooters doing just that! Though it may very well be just a personal choice for doing so.
bladeracer wrote:
As for bang-for-buck I absolutely agree, the RPR has it in spades, regardless of the stock.
On this we certainly agree. I like Ruger's product and the company is hitting goals with a lot of potentially interesting possibilities in the future.