The RPRs bolt shroud is affixed to the rear of its bolt, guiding the tail of the assembly as it travels within the rifles vacant receiver extension during manipulation; depending on the time of the guns manufacture, the part is either polymer (pre-May 2016) or aluminum (post-May 2016). Ruger Precision Enhanced Gen3 Rifle 308 Win 20 Barrel M-Lok Rail The foundation of all the other parts. Get Our Top Shooting Drills and Zeroing Targets ($47 value - but FREE for a limited time). A first-run model, my RPR came from the company with a round, free-floating Samson Evolution handguard with KeyMod slots at the 3-, 6- and 9-oclock positions and a full-length Picatinny rail running along the top. I got out my hornady ogive guage and checked the free bore and found that the hornady match(and i use that term loosely) rounds were way too long to the ogive. If you choose to run AICS magazines, there is no bolt hold open and you can easily single-load additional cartridges. Theres nothing on it thats going to fail you. Gun Review: Ruger Precision Rifle in .308 WIN - Home - The Truth About Guns Either way, new magazines are cheap.
The RPR is more like a penny rattling in a soup can. The barrel is held on with a proprietary barrel nut from Ruger, but you can easily upgrade the barrel and handguard if youre so inclined. On 300 WM I did have a rail issue and had to send to Savage and they fixed promptly. Great product that's actually DESIGNED for the Ruger Precision rifle that is purpose driven for real world use, not fluff!! Mainly, the thoughtfulness and effort that went into the design. Made some adjustments to get to center of the target, and shot a .56 MOA 5-shot group next. When applying forward pressure while using a bipod the picatinny rail comes loose after a few rounds. I set up @ 100 yds and spent a half a box dancing around the edge of the bulls. The X Ring Rail-mounted Data System, or RDS, was designed to conveniently locate your ballistic data in a position that can viewed without moving out of your shooting position. I found that configuring the knob so that its widest dimension ran parallel to the barrel was a very ergonomic setup for me, making an already-easy-to-run bolt even faster and more natural. Fantastic product. The only drawback that I have found to this feature on the Accuracy International AW rifles is that it makes it difficult to single-load another cartridge.