Ruger Precision Rifle - Couple of minor gripes

[phaedra1106]

Their SRP is $1100 and most people have been able to get them for around $850-950, Gunbroker is the place to go to be fleeced :)

Obviously there's the cost of importing them but when they're bringing in 50 at a time that's not a lot per-rifle. However, it is what it is and as long as it shoots as well as everyone says it does I'll be more than happy with it.

I've a bit of free time this morning so I'll take off the handguard and do a couple of photos, I may even show my Heath Robinson conversion of the Inline Fabrication mounting plate with the Rockchucker and case ejection system mounted using the Lee bench plate system (assuming the bolts I ordered come in this mornings post!) :)

[Sim G]

Their SRP is $1100 and most people have been able to get them for around $850-950, Gunbroker is the place to go to be fleeced :)

Ruger list SRP at 1399.... Did Wingnut give you some old catalog he found at a fair in Helsinki or some other frozen half to death place?


http://www.ruger.com/micros/rpr/models.html

[phaedra1106]

No, they said $1399 but expected it to be $1100 in the real world, most as I said have been selling for around the $900 mark.

Here's the barrel nut and "C" section add-ons to make it fit the handguard, these were before I opened up the holes to allow the the "C" sections to rotate a bit further to try and get the picatinny rail on the handguard to align with the one on the receiver. It's purely cosmetic but I don't like things not to be square :)

Note the rather poor quality of the machining of the "C" sections.




And having given the rifle a good wipe down and 2 layers of CLP this is the lovely brown crap that came off the outside of the barrel on the both cleans!

[dromia]

It shot the 1000 rnds or so complimentary ammunition that came with the rifle that I put through it before you got back from the US without any problem. No sights so I had it clamped in a vise with that colander thing that is wrapped round the barrel as it seemed to serve no useful purose. It did cracking 4" groups at 50 yrds.

[phaedra1106]

Thanks Adam, that's good to know :)

[Mgi]

What case would you recommend for RPR?

[saddler]

What case would you recommend for RPR?

Peli 1750

[Mgi]

With cut-out foam?
£250-£300 on eBay but I guess quality matters...

[bradaz11]

peli should be pick and pluck shouldn't it?

[saddler]

Quite a lot of online tutorials on DIY case customisation using a hot wire or craft knife

Makes for a very neat job