Looks interesting. Says it can take Magpul 308, AICS, and some M14 magazines. Uses AR-15 free float handguards and has an AR style safety.
.308 is 20"
6.5 Creedmoor is 24"
.243 is 26"
http://www.ruger.com/micros/rpr/models.html
http://www.americanrifleman.org/articles/2015/7/17/ruger-precision-rifle/
There’s always something different, dang it! It looks great, good to see a company being innovative, hope to see more like this. Guess I’ll add this to the list.
The rifle is pretty genius on a lot of levels.
It looks like if you have an AR15 armorer’s wrench, vise blocks, and headspace gauges, you will be able to swap barrels with just a few minutes’ work. Hopefully Ruger sells enough of these to spawn a number of choices for prefit aftermarket barrels.
The way the handguard mounts is also pretty cool. The barrel threads into the receiver until your bolt reacts properly to the go/nogo gauges. Then, you tighten down the barrel nut to keep the barrel in place. THEN, you thread a “handguard nut” over the actual barrel nut, and the handguard nut is what you mount your handguard onto. As far as I can tell, the handguard nut is for all intents and purposes a standard AR15 barrel nut. Hopefully you’ll be able to swap the handguard nut for one of proprietary barrel nuts that ship with BCM KMRs, Geissele rails, etc.
I should stop buying guns for the year, but I’m very seriously eyeing one of these rifles in 6.5 Creedmoor.
I noticed the “lower receiver” is two pieces, left half and right half, that screw together.
Wow, blast from the past. I know that shooting range very well, probably been there over two dozen times and dropped a lot of cash there. One of the best indoor ranges/stores in the country in my opinion, far better than anything Las Vegas has, that’s for sure.
I’ve actually been wondering when someone would create essentially a bolt action AR308, but I’m surprised it was Ruger.
Anyone know the price?
MSRP is $1399 but turners.com is currently selling them for $999.98.
You will see a few bolt guns for sale now, folks wanting the latest. This is well thought out, I see other caliber offerings in the future. This is what happens when a company is responsive to the market. As I understand the Ruger engineer is a shooter, glad they listen to him.
If this shoots anywhere near as well as they say it does I’m definitely going to be in the market for one in 6.5. Not really in the budget, but oh well…
The movie “The Way of the Gun” should have been about this exact statement… LOL.
I’m in the same boat but went ahead and ordered one in 6.5 Creedmoor anyway. This, to me, is like getting a high-end chassis system with the action/trigger/barrel thrown in for free. But better.
Where did you order it from?
I ordered from turners.com, but it looks like they’re now OOS.
I need it in .338 Lapua!
Here’s a review and video Frank did for SH.
I am going to have to grab a 6.5 perhaps.
http://www.scout.com/military/snipers-hide/story/1564384-ruger-precision-rifle-65-cm
Another good write-up with details on the barrel nut, etc.
"It feeds flawlessly and here is the kicker, from just about any mag out there. You can use an SR25 mag, AICS, M1A, M14, they all work and feed without any modification to the mag well. "
That is cool.
Ohhhhhh buddy, I like that. Wow, 1000 bucks? Hmmmm, maybe.
BAH! This is tempting. I wonder how much weight could be dropped from the rifle by exchanging some components.
I know that Ruger has not enjoyed the greatest reputation in recent years, especially with their newer semi-auto pistols. Supposedly they have made some changes and turned this around.
What is the reputation on their bolt guns been like?