So I was at the LGS today picking up a couple of ammo boxes (for storing batteries, of all things - it's a long story) and sure enough, for the first time I saw an RPR in the wild. This one was in .308 - which I'm strongly considering. I'm torn between that one and 6.5 Creedmoor - another long story.
So anyways, I was able to get the opportunity to handle this rifle.
Here are my impressions:
It's surprisingly heavy. I mean, I know it's meant to be a precision rifle. But dang if it wasn't a heavy sucker, and that's without ammo, optics, or bipod, etc. But it is SOLID.
The adjustable stock is nice. Lots of adjustment room in the different tweaks you can make on it.
The bolt is slick, easy to open and close, and *really* just about perfect. Going from the pistol grip to the bolt is really smooth and natural.
But the trigger. Oh mama, that trigger. I thought the Accu-trigger was nice... This is orders of magnitude better than the Accu-trigger. It's honestly better than many of the aftermarket triggers I've tried over the years. It's got the trigger safety "blade" and once you've got that depressed, well it's almost like a set trigger without the set trigger. It's seriously just a hard wish and it breaks so clean and crisp comparing it to a glass rod would be an injustice to the trigger. I *really* wanted to bring that rifle home tonight. It just wasn't in the budget. But I think I will be saving my shekels for this rifle before I go to my AR-10 build. This is a 1000 yard rifle all day long. And a good way to get into the long range game, which is exactly where I'm at. Ruger pretty much guarantees sub MOA out of this rifle, so that's a definite good starting point.
This one was listed at $1279.99 at the gun shop.
If I'd had that in the toy budget right now, that rifle would be sitting in my safe.