It’s a great rifle that’s incredibly accurate for a mass-produced gun. Other than that, in terms of customization, I suppose I’d swap the AR-15-compatible pistol grip out, throw a suppressor on its 1/2-28 threads, and call it a day. Once locked in place it was absolutely fine, but finding that sweet spot between adjustment notches after performing the actual adjusting was somewhat frustrating - they won’t lock down unless they’re over a groove rather than a land, if you will. Really, my only gripe with the RPR is the adjustment lever system on the stock. A nice touch, the bolt knob is screwed on (rather than integral) and can be easily replaced with any 5/16-24 threaded, aftermarket knob. 223 (or even 5.56), but it runs smoothly with its 70° throw and dual cocking cams.
There’s a heck of a lot of bolt here for.
But wait, there’s more! Also included in the box with the two Ruger AI-pattern magazines (with dust covers) is a section of KeyMod-attach Picatinny rail, a KeyMod-attach QD sling socket, and a standard sling swivel. If you’d rather forgo the muzzle brake, fear not, the 5.56/.223/whatever-it-is RPR ships with a thread protector as well. For practicing the fundamentals of precision shooting and long range shooting, the RPR lets you shoot all day without bruising your shoulder or your wallet, and it has the accuracy chops to provide meaningful feedback.Īdditionally, it would make a great varmint gun for taking care of pests on the ranch or for long-range coyote hunts. 223 so low compared to most any other centerfire rifle caliber appropriate for this sort of gun and the light recoil associated with it, the 5.56/.223 Ruger Precision Rifle makes a fantastic precision trainer. I also didn’t find the blast or concussion of this brake to be particularly bothersome. Then again, there’s something to be said for a rifle so stable that you can see impacts on your target even at short ranges (i.e. 223 needs much help in the recoil reduction department. Not that a 9.8-pound (before optic, bipod, etc). The 10-round magazines have plenty of room for cartridges loaded extra long, and the barrel’s 5R rifling with a 1:7″ twist should be able to stabilize just about any 0.224″ projectile.Īt the end of that 20-inch barrel is Ruger’s RPR Hybrid Muzzle Brake. If you want to handload or shoot really heavy or really long bullets, go for it. I think it even shot a 4-inch group that day. The average, though, was more like 2.5 MOA. The only place it really wavered was with M855 ( 62 grain steel tip 5.56 NATO), where the best group I got out of it was the 1.75 MOA affair shown above. The RPR was also comfortably sub-MOA for me with 75 grain Hornady Match and 60 grain CapArms with Hornady’s V-Max projectile. Heck, I shot multiple sub-half-MOA, 5-shot groups with 77 grain Federal Gold Medal Match, and I know other shooters have had great success with the 69 grain GMM load as well.
With the superb SIG Optics TANGO6 5-30×56 scope mounted up, I proceed to shoot accuracy groups with a bipod and rear bag: 223 Wylde? Something custom? I don’t know, but it sure can shoot. Ruger’s website says, “5.56 NATO ‘Target’ chamber safely accommodates 5.56 NATO cartridges while providing maximum projectile control and accuracy for both 5.56 NATO and. So what is this thing? It’s officially marked “5.56 NATO” on the barrel and most of the paperwork, but it ain’t exactly that.
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