Gtscotty
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So I recently picked up a Ruger Precision Rifle to use in my range's monthly long range shoots. I've had great luck with, and phenomenal accuracy out of my Tikka CTR .308, but have been wanting to try a 6.5 target rifle, so I branched out and got the Creedmoor. I have seen a few threads on the RPR, but no range report, so I figured I'd post one up.
The rifle came in the week before last, so I loaded up 50 rounds using virgin Hornady brass and 140 gr Nosler Custom Competition bullets ($19.99/100 at the local Sportsmans Warehouse). Unfortunately last weekend was too windy to shoot with sustained winds at 35 to 40 mph, and gusts to 65. Today, however, was perfect with wind at 10mph or less from 6 o'clock all day.
I used H4350 for all my loads, and started at 39.5gr, and worked up to 42.5gr. This is well over book max, but the load that was printed on the early 140gr Amax factory loads was 41.5gr H4350. This combined with the fact that my velocities were below published velocities leads me to believe that i'm not out in left field pressure wise.
Here are my chrono'd velocities:
Factory 140gr ELD-M: 2702, 2695, 2679
140gr Nosler 41gr H4350: 2600, 2588, 2600, 2581, 2568
140gr Nosler 41.5gr H4350: 2637, 2586, 2589, 2583, 2621
140gr Nosler 42gr H4350: 2708, 2651, 2637, 2646, 2660
Velocities and spreads aside, I am very happy with the accuracy, especially for a rifle that only had 24 rds through it before today. All groups are 5 shots at 100 yds. I've never had factory ammo shoot so well, the top group on the factory target is with the thread protector on, the bottom group is with my Saker 762 attached.
As for the rifle itself, I know there have been some reports of loose stocks and cheek rests, and off center rails, but mine has been pretty much perfect in all regards. I'm not sure I have the stock set up right for me yet, as it feels kind of odd compared to my CTR, but I'll keep playing with it until i get it right. The rifle is fairly heavy, but that's a non-issue to me given it's intended use.
I'll probably play with 41.5gr and 42.5gr to see if I can refine them any. I might also try RL17 to see if I can get a little better velocity. I've read on a few other forums that folks see a velocity increase in the first couple hundred rounds on their RPR's as the barrel wears in, if that were the case I'd be happy with 41.5gr H4350.
Just as a bonus, I was also shooting the CTR today and shot the best group I've ever shot:
Just another day at the range for some folks, but It made my day. While I'm more familiar/comfortable with the CTR, I'm thrilled that the RPR shoots as well as it does for a $1,100 factory rifle.
The rifle came in the week before last, so I loaded up 50 rounds using virgin Hornady brass and 140 gr Nosler Custom Competition bullets ($19.99/100 at the local Sportsmans Warehouse). Unfortunately last weekend was too windy to shoot with sustained winds at 35 to 40 mph, and gusts to 65. Today, however, was perfect with wind at 10mph or less from 6 o'clock all day.
I used H4350 for all my loads, and started at 39.5gr, and worked up to 42.5gr. This is well over book max, but the load that was printed on the early 140gr Amax factory loads was 41.5gr H4350. This combined with the fact that my velocities were below published velocities leads me to believe that i'm not out in left field pressure wise.
Here are my chrono'd velocities:
Factory 140gr ELD-M: 2702, 2695, 2679
140gr Nosler 41gr H4350: 2600, 2588, 2600, 2581, 2568
140gr Nosler 41.5gr H4350: 2637, 2586, 2589, 2583, 2621
140gr Nosler 42gr H4350: 2708, 2651, 2637, 2646, 2660
Velocities and spreads aside, I am very happy with the accuracy, especially for a rifle that only had 24 rds through it before today. All groups are 5 shots at 100 yds. I've never had factory ammo shoot so well, the top group on the factory target is with the thread protector on, the bottom group is with my Saker 762 attached.
As for the rifle itself, I know there have been some reports of loose stocks and cheek rests, and off center rails, but mine has been pretty much perfect in all regards. I'm not sure I have the stock set up right for me yet, as it feels kind of odd compared to my CTR, but I'll keep playing with it until i get it right. The rifle is fairly heavy, but that's a non-issue to me given it's intended use.
I'll probably play with 41.5gr and 42.5gr to see if I can refine them any. I might also try RL17 to see if I can get a little better velocity. I've read on a few other forums that folks see a velocity increase in the first couple hundred rounds on their RPR's as the barrel wears in, if that were the case I'd be happy with 41.5gr H4350.
Just as a bonus, I was also shooting the CTR today and shot the best group I've ever shot:
Just another day at the range for some folks, but It made my day. While I'm more familiar/comfortable with the CTR, I'm thrilled that the RPR shoots as well as it does for a $1,100 factory rifle.
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