Hopes it’s as accurate as it looks.

 

RAR Long Range Target

Hope yours is as accurate as mine. I love it. Try SK Long Range Target. It shoots the best for me at 100 yds.

One change I made was to get rid of the rear swivel in the toe of the stock. Dragged on the rear bag and drove me nuts (a short drive).

MI-shooter

 

Hope yours is as accurate as mine. I love it. Try SK Long Range Target. It shoots the best for me at 100 yds.

One change I made was to get rid of the rear swivel in the toe of the stock. Dragged on the rear bag and drove me nuts (a short drive).

MI-shooter

Thanks! I'm expecting 250 rounds of SK Rifle and 250 Norma Match to arrive either today or tomorrow. I also ordered two bricks of Wolf Match Extra while I was at it.

What optic are you using?

 

Nice looking rifle; reminds me of their 308 version. :t

 

Monday afternoon was the first chance I had to perform a 50-yard sight-in and ammo test. Overcast, 57 degrees, 88% humidity and general sogginess after a couple days of rain. It was forecast to be 67 this afternoon but, it never got there.

My expectations were pretty low as far as my marksmanship skills. It had been, at least, 25 years since I sat down at a bench and sighted-in a .22 rifle and with the prices of handgun ammunition going thru the roof during the past couple of months, I thought a good .22 rifle would be a way to stay sharp without breaking the bank to do it.

Since I got such a late start, I only tested three types of ammo: Geco 40gr, Wolf Match Extra and Eley Club and I gotta tell ya: I'm pretty satisfied. I'm also forced to conclude that all the previous user reviews I had read and watched on YT, saying 'meh' and 'not so great' about the Ruger American Rimfire Long Range Target, are not fair representations. This thing shoots. Even with homemade 1" red dot targets and a relatively inexperienced (rimfire) shooter behind the trigger, it was capable of one-holing the Wolf and Geco and shooting (IMO) very respectably with the Eley Club.

Geco 40gr, twenty rounds. I shot this immediately after performing a successful 50 yard sight-in/zero.

Eley Club

Wolf Match Extra

My initial impressions are very good, overall. Feeding and extraction was pretty smooth for a brand new rifle. The Timney trigger...is a Timney trigger. I don't think it gets much better, in terms of triggers. I'm very impressed that it performed well straight out of the box and I'm looking forward to my next trip to the range.

 

Back out again yesterday for another quick ammo test. Only had time to try-out one type but, I was impressed with the results, considering it was about ten degrees warmer than Monday and there was a gusty 5-7mph East-West crosswind.

Fiocchi Official 300.

I took 15 warm-up shots and liked the way it was grouping at 50 yards before shooting that five-shot group. Not bad. I may buy more of this since it's the same price as the Wolf Match Extra.

 

I really like your rifle a lot!:bthumb: Every time that I get my standard RAR in .22 magnum out I just marvel at how really nice the action is for the price range of rifle that it is.

 

Thank you! Yeah, this one caught my eye, too. I decided to give it a chance in spite of some just so-so online reviews. Glad I did, too. If I had based my decision only on what I read and watched on YT, I probably would've gone with something else instead.

 

Back at it: 50 degrees, partly sunny, 68% humidity, wind: NW-SW gusting to 10-12mph.

As if my marksmanship isn't already challenged enough, Mother Nature decided I should practice shooting in gusty, unpredictable breezes all afternoon. Not that I minded all that much, though. Sun was warm. It felt great to be outside again after being coop'd-up for a couple of days.

I was eager to shoot it off the bipod after x2 attempts to mount an Mlok adapter ended in failure. The first one I ordered wouldn't stay attached to the Mlok rail. The second didn't fit in the stock channel on the bipod at all but, the third one worked like a charm.

Eley Club. Wind would gust and go dead calm, gust and go dead calm. I just tried to keep them on paper but that one group on the bottom right (LOL) was shot when it was pretty breezy. Seemed like no matter what I did, though, I had at least one flyer in every group. I have to attribute that to me and not the gun.

Wolf Match Extra yielded the 'best' groups of the day but nothing to write home about it.

Yesterday was just enjoyable. I didn't shoot that great but, shooting off the bipod was comfortable and not much of a handicap compared to a bag. The action on this Ruger just keeps getting smoother with use. Feeding and ejection are non-issues with this rifle.

 

If you would've told me that I'd be wearing shorts and a polo shirt at the range, in November, I'd have said it was unlikely. The past couple of weeks here have been cool and blustery, very November-like. Today? Oh man, 75 degrees, 72% humidity, NO wind. My goal was to get on the firing line by 1:00pm but I didn't get out until 4:00pm and lost light quickly. Dang you, autumnal equinox!

My intention today was to 50 yard-test a box of Norma and SK but I only had enough light for the Norma USA Match 22. Shot 25 (somewhat unremarkable) fouling rounds and then shot the target above. 5- top left, 5- bottom left, 5 - top right, 10 - bottom right. Conclusion: this rifle 'likes' it and I wish I would've bought more than 250 rounds. No extraction/ejection issues.

 

55 F, 46% Humidity, light breeze < 5 mph, N-S.

It was so nice out this afternoon that I had to rearrange some plans so I could get out to the range for about an hour. What about HV ammo? I took a box of CCI Mini Mags and I already had a box of Geco to compare and left the 'good stuff' at home!

Geco 40gr.

CCI Mini Mag

I was a little disappointed with Geco but, the CCI Mini Mag made-up for it. I'll probably try a few more but, I was impressed with how it performed and could definitely see myself using it as a hunting load.

 

Got back out Sunday for a little while. Fairly good conditions, too: Overcast, 53F, 66% humidity, light breeze with 5-10mph E-W gusts.

SK Rifle Match

I know that SK Rifle Match works well for many RPR owners but, honestly, it was more inconsistent than either Fiocchi Official 300, Norma USA Match or Wolf Match Extra. I'd always get at least one flyer in a five shot group and sometimes two. Still, when it shot well, it shot very well and that's probably why so many rimfire competitors like it so much. That was the best 50 yard group I shot out of 50 rounds. The rest were in the .6 " to .8" range.

Fiocchi Official 300

That's simply the best five-shot group I've ever shot out of any .22 rifle, bar none. It was surprising since I never associated Fiocchi ammo with being extremely accurate, especially in my centerfire handguns. I purchased 150 rounds and now I wish that I had bought 500.

 

Anyone else get out today? Not bad: Overcast, 57F, 64% humidity and calm wind. Day off + zero wind - rain = my butt on the range. I bought 1000 rounds of Eley Club before I ever shot the RAR LRT and after some very mediocre results with it at first, I decided to give it another try.

Eley Club

Shot two boxes of Eley Club with more consistent results which I can attribute to shooting off the Harris bipod, instead of sand bags. The bipod allows me to really lean-into the rifle and get a nice steady hold with less shifting-around between shots. Plus, it's better practice. In hunting situations I won't have a nice front and rear sandbag to steady my shots.

This is more of what I expected from Eley and I'm glad I didn't give up on it. Frankly, the transition from centerfire handguns to rimfire rifles is proving more difficult than I imagined but, I don't care. I'm having fun. I really like this rifle a lot and all I need is more trigger time with it.

 

RAR LRT

Patriot MD
It currently wears an older Simmons Pro Air 4-12 AO target scope. Originally meant as an air rifle scope but works as well for rimfire. Optics are clear and 1/8" adjustments are repeatable. Higher magnification would be better but it's what I had for a spare scope.

SK Long Range Target ammo worked best for me but other brands did well too.

MI-shooter

 

Patriot MD
It currently wears an older Simmons Pro Air 4-12 AO target scope. Originally meant as an air rifle scope but works as well for rimfire. Optics are clear and 1/8" adjustments are repeatable. Higher magnification would be better but it's what I had for a spare scope.

SK Long Range Target ammo worked best for me but other brands did well too.

MI-shooter

Thanks! I went with more of a hunting set-up than a PRS/NRL set-up because that's the job that this rifle will do most often. I considered upgrading to a higher magnification optic but this Leupold is working pretty good and if it ain't broke...why fix it.

The most consistent performer has been Wolf Match Extra, although, I recently shot some excellent 50-yard groups with Fiocchi Official 300 and Norma USA Match. I'll try some SK Long Range Target if and when I can find some.

 

With Winter (hopefully) winding-down here in the East, I thought my LRT was overdue for an optical upgrade so I selected a Meopta Optika6 4.5-27x50 in Steiner low H rings. It replaces the Leupold VX3i 4.5-14x40 I had originally mounted.

And if I haven't said it recently, I'll say it again, this rifle is definitely a keeper. I wasn't so sure at first but now that it has 1500+ rounds down the barrel it's like a different rifle. Accuracy is more consistent, 50 yard groups have shrunk by 35-40% since brand new, action is smooth as buttah.

 

Nice setup and good shooting.

 

Thanks for keeping this up-to-date. I am considering the purchase of another 22LR. I already own the RPRF. While this rifle may not seem significantly different as it essentially shares the same action its more traditional stock appeals to me. And then there is synergy with the RPRF sharing many of the same parts and magazines. A CZ or Tika may very well be more accurate out of the box. But Id want to put those in a stock like the KRG Bravo or similar. This LRT already comes with good stock.

Meanwhile today I am waiting for FEDEX to deliver a Timney trigger for my RPRF. I'll continue to make incremental improvements on it while I watch for more info on the LRT and for it to become available again.

 

Meanwhile today I am waiting for FEDEX to deliver a Timney trigger for my RPRF. I'll continue to make incremental improvements on it while I watch for more info on the LRT and for it to become available again.

When you take out the stock trigger, take your time tapping the roll pins out, and stop as soon as they clear the original trigger housing. Then when you put the Timney in, be careful not to bend the roll pins. They are really small, so if you knock them all the way out it could be a serious pain getting them started back in the holes, and they bend pretty easy.

The new housing doesn't come with new pins, so if anything goes wrong you'll have to hunt down replacements at the hardware store.

 

The safety "lever" (slide), connector and a couple other parts have to be swapped onto the Timney from the factory trigger unit. That is the easy part. I was specifically talking about the roll pins that hold the housing in place.

 

Thankfully no roll pins are used for holding the trigger housing on the Precision Rimfire. Here is step 8 from Timney's installation instructions.

Remove the cocking guide, cocking guide spring and plunger and install these components into your new Timney Ruger Precision Rimfire trigger.

After this the housing simply slides and locks into place.

 

Installing a Timney wasn't as easy as other rifles but, if you follow the advice of Cowpokey, you won't have any problems. It's definitely worth the effort.

40mph wind gusts kept me off the range yesterday but I'm planning to get it out again sometime this week. Now that we've set the clocks ahead for DST, there should be enough useable daylight for an after-work range trip.

 

I didn't go back and read the whole thread, so it this has already been mentioned, disregard.

When you adjust the Timeny trigger group for the Ruger American Rimfire, make sure you don't adjust the pull weight too low. Timney specifically says the lowest setting is 1.5#. When I put the Timney in my RAR-Target I set it to 1.5#, according to a Wheeler Trigger Pull Gauge. When I got to the range, it was having issues holding the sear in position to "cock" the firing pin. I had to increase the trigger pull weight a little. I have it set to 1.8# now and it's flawless.

Patriot_MD, what part of the state are you in?

 

Patriot_MD, what part of the state are you in?

I'm in Frederick.

 

rar trigger

Please guys quit replacing the RAR triggers. They are without doubt the easiest trigger to modify. An ink pen spring, lose the stupid blade and spring, buy a 15$ shim kit and you will have a 12oz no fail to cock trigger. Not sure on the RPR have not done one yet, but now I will look into it. Looks like Patriots LRT shoots better than mine, but I have only tested with a lot of CX that my bench rest guns don't like much either. GOOD SHOOTING

 

Please guys quit replacing the RAR triggers. They are without doubt the easiest trigger to modify. An ink pen spring, lose the stupid blade and spring, buy a 15$ shim kit and you will have a 12oz no fail to cock trigger. Not sure on the RPR have not done one yet, but now I will look into it. Looks like Patriots LRT shoots better than mine, but I have only tested with a lot of CX that my bench rest guns don't like much either. GOOD SHOOTING

Thanks!

Supposed to rain tomorrow but, I'm hoping to get it back out to the range Wednesday afternoon to sight-in the new scope.

 

Finally got the new scope sighted-in yesterday and it's a huge leap forward in several ways. I'll write-up a more detailed review later this evening but, it was great to get out to the range again.

 

This thread is a great help on the review of the rifle and the ammo used. Thanks

 

You're welcome! I'm trying to be as objective as possible.

Finally had a chance to sight-in the Meopta Optika6 4.5-27x50 yesterday and it was a breeze. Unfortunately, I left home with only 45 rounds of the ammo I wanted to use (Wolf Match Extra) and that meant I was gonna have to make every shot count. Great. No pressure at all. LOL

It took 25 to get the scope dialed-in good at 50 yards and that left me with enough ammo to shoot two, 10 round groups.

I've shot better but I'm satisfied with the sight-in. At 16x magnification, the Meopta Optika6 is stunningly clear and bright in optimum daylight. I can't wait to see how it does under overcast skies and less than ideal conditions.

 

Really good shooting, have to look for one of these

 

Reviving an older thread.................Got mine a month or so ago and finishing it out. This gun will flat out shoot !!....................RR

 

I have been wanting one but keep missing the deals

 

I appreciate the effort you put into this, I am shooting the heck out of my RPRs ...waiting on the LRT to arrive for filling that itch.