But it's is shooting 1/2 moa now which I'd definitely call a precision rifle for a .22LR. Especially for a $400 rimfire.Bought mine with the intention of converting it to a .17HM2 for controlling ground squirrels in the orchard behind the house.
I couldn't resist seeing how "precision" the gun was out of the box. It wasn't, 5 shot groups averaged .75-1 MOA at 50 yds due to 2 random flyers per 5 rounds. Tinkered and tested for hours and improved the group average by approximately .15".
The gun has a weak ejection issue that leaves a case on in the chamber unless the bolt is racked like rapid fire drills.
Shipped the gun back to Ruger and they replaced the bolt and barrel, but did nothing about the ejection issue. Accuracy is in the .4 - .7 MOA range now.
Hopefully someone will step up and make a .17HM2 barrel in the near future as the platform is a easy maintenance functional tool for my intended purpose.
IMO the mistake they made with the rifle was naming it a precision rimfire.
It is disappointing though that so many people have had to call Ruger to get stupid fixes that seems like QC would fix before it became the customers issue.
They will probably have a Gen2 soon that address the common issues people are seeing (mag feeding, weak ejection, precision issues, etc). I still believe it's a great rifle for the value alone but understand how some are frustrated.