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I use the eagle industries shooting mat case and put the whole thing into a Pelican 1720. It doesnt close perfectly aligned edge to edge but gets the job done with the stock folded.Anyone here fold their RPR into a soft case? I'd love to hear anyone's experiences make/model for a soft case with width folded. Even if it's longer than necessary that's cool too b/c I'd like to leave my can on which is +8". Thanks
Curious how that white oak barrel shoots, debating that and the proof barrel.havent made it out yet mounted the scope and bipod, I had a leupold M3 laying around, so on my digital bathroom scale I tried it multiple ways including holding the rifle and subtracting my weight and all were 11.4 pounds 11 pounds 6oz
Leupold m3 21oz
Vortex Seekins high rings 4.7
gg&g bipod 15.4oz
so subtracting scope rings and bipod actual rifle weight is 8.8 pounds a little lighter than I thought, so Im 11oz over factory weight with scope and bipod
Question: I’m running Alpha 2 mags in my RPR 308, no binder plate. I want some more but called and emailed Alpha no reply? Might be out of business?
What would you guys recomend? I’m looking at MDT with no binders???
Thanks!
I learned a little trick for stock muzzle breaks. A .22 brass bore brush cleans the muzzle break extremely well. It fits in the holes perfectly.
I have 2 MDT's without the binder plates and love them with my 6.5 CM RPR.
I havent made it out due to work, looks like this saturday i will head out and get a range report on the barrelCurious how that white oak barrel shoots, debating that and the proof barrel.
Shot the “jugs” today 43.7 Varget .018” off the lands. Under 1” at 200 yards. LRI 24” barrel, Lapua brass, 210m. Gonna go back in a week or two and play with seating depth.^ Nice! Let us know how you make out
“Jugs” shoot great in 4 of my guns. I run them in my F T/R rifle. 44.0 grains of N150, 28” Krieger gets me right at 2750 fps. Really a good bullet!^ Well I’m sold. Thanks for posting the load!
That's exactly what I was looking for thanks. Factory ammo on both barrels? What I'm trying to do is keep it down to 1 variable on a barrel switch. Or it could be hand loads on factory barrel and hand loads on after market barrel just so there is one variable. To go from a stock RPR barrel with Hornady 143's and then go to a hand lapped barrel + start hand loading doesn't quite give me the story I'm looking for. Thanks!
Zero on the stock barrels tends to shift when they heat up. That happened to me. Put on an LRI barrel, no zero shift.For the guys who have replaced their RPR 6.5 barrels what kind of accuracy improvements did you get? Trying to get as apples to apples as possible. Like say factory barrel/factory loads to custom barrel/factory loads. Not a replacment barrel AND going to hand loads comparison.
Love the way my stock barrel shoots don't really *need* any more accuracy out of it and can pick up a stock barrel with zero rounds on it for almost nothing......might just do that vs wait til mine is shot out and be forced to drop $5-900 on another.
Don’t know if anyone else noticed this, but I got a POI shift when hot with my factory .308 barrel but only for the first 1500-2000 rounds. After that I’ve maintained the same accuracy and no shift when hot. I have 3800 on it now
do what?My biggest complaint with the RPR is the bolt and bolt handle raceway but mostly the misaligned bolt handle raceway.
The bolt itself didn't bother me too much because even if Ruger didn't take the time to polish that slot on the left side, at least I could do it myself.... and I did.
But the bolt handle raceway needs some serious attention and that just discourages me from the rifle as a whole.
What I'm referring to is the slot for the bolt handle goes through three components and the slot is in a different location and width in each of these three components.
Cycling the bolt is like sliding on my butt down a stairway.
And the relationship between that slot on the left side and the bolt handle raceway is the key to a clean cycling bolt.
If the bolt is permitted to over rotate counter clockwise... and it does, the bolt handle no longer contacts the upper side of the bolt handle slot... instead the bolt release lever stops the bolt from rotating and then the bolt binds.
One continuous and smooth surface across the top of the bolt handle raceway would correct this unforgivable product defect.
Has anybody heard of any gunsmiths that are offering a service to address this?
I feel your pain! I disassembled my bolt and action to smooth them up and improve alignment of the assembled parts. Additionally, I drilled a hole through the bolt handle just out from the bolt body and ran an 8-32 tap part way through on both sides. I then bottomed out two nylon screws from either side so they would bind and lock each other in place, nipped them off and used my X-Acto to carve them into little rounded nubs that bump across the staircase much better.My biggest complaint with the RPR is the bolt and bolt handle raceway but mostly the misaligned bolt handle raceway.
The bolt itself didn't bother me too much because even if Ruger didn't take the time to polish that slot on the left side, at least I could do it myself.... and I did.
But the bolt handle raceway needs some serious attention and that just discourages me from the rifle as a whole.
What I'm referring to is the slot for the bolt handle goes through three components and the slot is in a different location and width in each of these three components.
Cycling the bolt is like sliding on my butt down a stairway.
And the relationship between that slot on the left side and the bolt handle raceway is the key to a clean cycling bolt.
If the bolt is permitted to over rotate counter clockwise... and it does, the bolt handle no longer contacts the upper side of the bolt handle slot... instead the bolt release lever stops the bolt from rotating and then the bolt binds.
One continuous and smooth surface across the top of the bolt handle raceway would correct this unforgivable product defect.
Has anybody heard of any gunsmiths that are offering a service to address this?
I feel your pain! I disassembled my bolt and action to smooth them up and improve alignment of the assembled parts. Additionally, I drilled a hole through the bolt handle just out from the bolt body and ran an 8-32 tap part way through on both sides. I then bottomed out two nylon screws from either side so they would bind and lock each other in place, nipped them off and used my X-Acto to carve them into little rounded nubs that bump across the staircase much better.
Hot and cold can stress relieve as well as vibration.
I wonder if the heating > cooling and vibration cycle over time may have stress relieved the barrel for you.
Very possible. I may have even just smoothed it out kinda like polishing. A patch fits much tighter through my unused spare barrel than it does through the one that’s currently on my rifle
could i trouble you to please share where you purchased that bag rider for the pic rail/RPR stock? thanksThere are some folks that make bag riders that mount to the pic rail. I purchased a 3D printed one. Haven't tried it yet but it seems like it should work well.
As a newer shooter I can only say this. I was impressed by the RPR. My longest has been out to 250 and parking in the lot all I could think to myself was "holy shit, that's a poke!"I'm jealous!!!
As a newer shooter I can only say this. I was impressed by the RPR. My longest has been out to 250 and parking in the lot all I could think to myself was "holy shit, that's a poke!"
I spent the better part of 6 hours straight on the bench and after spanking steel at 500 without effort I spent the rest of the day at 1000. If I didnt have someplace to be that evening I'd have stayed till dark.
If I had a nickel for every shot that just missed by an inch I could've recouped my ammo cost. This range was a 2.5 hour drive one way and I can't wait to get back there.
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That's awesome good for you man I'm in a waiting mode until our new range opens up which should be pretty soon. Jealous! Where is that range located?As a newer shooter I can only say this. I was impressed by the RPR. My longest has been out to 250 and parking in the lot all I could think to myself was "holy shit, that's a poke!"
I spent the better part of 6 hours straight on the bench and after spanking steel at 500 without effort I spent the rest of the day at 1000. If I didnt have someplace to be that evening I'd have stayed till dark.
If I had a nickel for every shot that just missed by an inch I could've recouped my ammo cost. This range was a 2.5 hour drive one way and I can't wait to get back there.
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Northwestern PA. Ridgway Rifle Club.That's awesome good for you man I'm in a waiting mode until our new range opens up which should be pretty soon. Jealous! Where is that range located?
My Gen 2 is as smooth as silk guess I got lucky. For the price I don't expect to get any more performance from this rifle which is still limited by my skill sets. Having shot rifles costing 5x as much I know the guy behind the glass is the limiting factor given what the target said. Thrilled with my RPR for now. Maybe one day if I can hone this craft and feel like I'm being held back by hardware I'll jump in the big $ custom game.I have not shot the older rpr and experienced the issues so many speak of. However I can say my gen 3 6.5 has no problems and is very smooth after approx 1k rounds through it.
could i trouble you to please share where you purchased that bag rider for the pic rail/RPR stock? thanks
Question: I’m running Alpha 2 mags in my RPR 308, no binder plate. I want some more but called and emailed Alpha no reply? Might be out of business?
What would you guys recomend? I’m looking at MDT with no binders???
Thanks!