TheFirearmEnthusiast wrote:Hey guys
I was thinking of purchasing the RUGER PRECISION RIMFIRE RIFLE 22LR that sells for approximately $850
Do you guys have any feedback regarding that firearm?
- Pros
- Cons
- Accuracy of it over long distance
- Ease of use
- Durability/Quality of the firearm
Etc
P.S; I love shooting long distance targets
So the feedback of how accurate it is over long distance is probably my main concern
Thanks Folks
TheFirearmEnthusiast wrote:Hey guy
P.S; I love shooting long distance targets
So the feedback of how accurate it is over long distance is probably my main concern
Thanks Folks
wildcard6 wrote:I had one very briefly but don't have it now - it was a dud. I had feeding problems from the start. It would not feed the final round in the magazine, so it was sent back to NIOA for rectification. I knew it was NOT a magazine problem because it did the same thing with FIVE different magazines [all of which worked okay in someone else's RPR, but NIOA 'FIXED' the magazine and sent it back to me... At that stage, it WOULD feed the last round, but with force required to do so. I examined the bullets after they chambered and they were scratched badly = no accuracy. I sent it back again and this time their workshop boss rng me and said they couldn't fix the problem, which he described as a common fault with Ruger rimfires! I took a refund and bought a CZ 457 Varmint for $200 more and am very happy with it. I have seen many people happy with their RPR's, so they can't all be duds, but if you buy one, don't register it until you've given it a good test because that money is lost when the rifle is refunded. I have also seen a Ruger TARGET rimfire that had a piece of rifling missing from the barrel [ !!!!! ] that had to be replaced [Kaching again $$ to the owner] and the replacement is none too accurate with [again] a feeding issue that scratches the bullets. Final point to consider; these rifles are only suitable for bench/rested shooting. I tried shooting it 'standing post' position and it was agonising to shoot this way because all the weight is in the front, on your hand's webbing and the metal hand-guard provides no comfortable interface with the human hand holding it. That's my 2 cents-worth.
Kelsey Cooter wrote:Bought my wife one and put a vx2 3-9×40 and bipod on it. She loves it, its a great little rifle. I've seen a post on facebook about them where alot of people said they were having trouble with feed issues, but I don't think ours has ever failed to feed.
Shoots cci standards great
I also have a ruger 77/22
Shootermick wrote:Maybe a stupid question, but... How do you go about cleaning and wiping down the outside of the barrel with the vented forend fully surrounding the barrel??
DJay wrote:So I got a RPRR a few months back, the factory barrel wasn’t great after about 1000 rounds, so I swapped it out for a IBI drop in barrel. 2 trips the range and so far so go. Much better than the original for me at least.
Ziad wrote:That's why i got put off the ruger. Get a gun and then very likely spend more $$$$ on a barrel. If they had spent another 100 on the barrel it would make this gun very awesome.
The standard rpr are quite accurate, unlike this pout of the box
Ziad wrote:No that's the marketing team and bean counters at work mate. They know they have a big market that like their RPR series centrefire rifles and wanted a cheap rifle equivalent. Not that by the time the rprr reaches Australia it's cheap.
Well that's my take on it, esp reading the American Facebook pages
Ziad wrote:BR no that's pretty good, But what i mean is with rprr there is a big proportion of rifles that can't do that... resulting in many having to spend 40usd on a new barrel. Sure there are also many who do it before firing a single round.
bladeracer wrote:
I would suggest they need to test a lot more ammo types...........
bladeracer wrote:I consider any .22LR that can consistently hold 1MOA to 100m to be very good, and all three of my Rugers do so, is that somehow not good enough these days for an off the shelf $800 rifle?
mikejay wrote:[quote="bladeracer"
I consider any .22LR that can consistently hold 1MOA to 100m to be very good, and all three of my Rugers do so, is that somehow not good enough these days for an off the shelf $800 rifle?[/quote
That's good shooting, imaging how much better you could do with a match chamber and barrel made using better processes than Ruger use for their 22's
bladeracer wrote:What .22LR rifles are you getting significantly-sub-MoA out of at 100m?
I just did a quick search for long-range precision .22 rifles and found this.
https://www.precision22lr.com/post/most-accurate-22-rifle-out-of-the-box
https://www.precision22lr.com/22lr-bolt-action-rifle-spec-compari
mikejay wrote:I've never shot out to 100m yet, just got my license in October last year, best I'm doing at the moment is 1/4 to 1/2 MOA at 50m, I'm still figuring out posture and breathing and the like. I'm running a Savage MKII BTVLSS, best ammo it like so far are SK Rifle Match and Eley Match, does ok with CCI SV but has too many flyers for my liking.
My brother's RPRimfire now with the IBI barrel, after 2 sessions is getting some consistency, still playing with different ammo, at about the same 1/4 to 1/2 MOA at 50m using Centre-X. He's also a new shooter, going through the motions of figuring out all the fun stuff like posture and breathing, trigger control etc etc.
What do either of us want? consistent 1/4 MOA groups at 50m, either of our rifles can do it, we can't ... yet.
I've done a bit of work to my rifle on my own like pillars, bedding, widened barrel channel, lightened trigger (1.1 pounds now), re profiled firing pin, fixed Savage's 22LR magazine feed issues.
bladeracer wrote:At 50m, one-quarter minute is a 3.6mm group! Even half-MoA is still a 7.5mm group. I have shot a 6.5mm group at 50m but it was an anomaly, far from the norm.
If you can shoot .22LR quarter-minute groups you need to get into national Benchrest competition.
Centre-X doesn't shoot very well in my rifles, around 1.5MoA at 100m for ten rounds.
Stix wrote:So mikejay...
Are you actually shooting what you say...?
If you're shooting .125"-.25" (which is 1/4-1/2 moa @ 50m) thats fantastic...!!
Maybe ill get you to pimp up my 22's...! !