More lipstick...

Soon they'll be including a stick of it with every one sold.

Where is the pig? Looks like a fine shooting, feature packed rifle to me. If, that is, those are the features are are looking for. Am I missing something that makes the RPR bad?

I like it alot from what I have seen/read. I would like to handle one in person.

More lipstick...

Soon they'll be including a stick of it with every one sold.

At that price point, I for one would expect better quality. - MUCH better quality.

Compare other firearms that you can get for the same amount of money, you'll quickly see what I'm talking about.

It's a Ruger American with some plastic BS added to it (lipstick) at three times the price. If that's your idea of a fine firearm, I'd say go for it.

Not me, though. - I like to get my money's worth.

how bout you actually READ the review... where he specifically states that he hated the Ruger American it was rough and poorly finished... Where as this rifle he said was immaculate... What are you expecting more??? Look at other $1000 rifles and tell me what they do that this doesn't lol...

Fireman also has a point, this thing is made for LONG range comp rifle that can hunt.

Charles I think you're looking at this from a hunting rifle standpoint. That is not the mission of this rifle. It is built to compete in the practical precision long range type shooting, AND it will also hunt.

The bottom line on my competition 6.5 Creedmoor including barrel, smith, stock, DBM, one mag, and brake is ~$1900. So for the price of this rig it is a good deal if it can hang. And by all accounts, it is looking like it can.

Put your rifle next to this thing, and you'll see where your extra 600 bux went.

Had I built mine with:

Adjustable cheek
Adjustable length of pull
Folding stock

You may as well add ANOTHER $1k to the bottom line of mine.

The Ruger has what mine has, has more, and will accept three different kinds of magazines, mine accepts one kind. The absolute only thing my rifle has over the Ruger is a cut rifled barrel threaded and chambered by a very competent smith. And yet the Ruger is a solid 3/4 MOA shooter.

Not this one, I don't need to. I've had plenty others I would have.

You're missing the point. Look at the 23 year old that completed his education plan, is now making a decent living, and has always wanted a precision rifle. He is on a budget, and learns he needs to spend at least half, usually more, on his scope to get the job done. This rifle checks all the boxes for what he wanting to accomplish. Now add 20 years to the age of the shooter wanting to extend his effective range, so the 43 year old is wanting to try something beyond the wood stock, pencil thin barrel and internal magazine he has shot since he was 15 years old, no farther than 150 yards. And he wants a rifle that will shoot just as well on the tenth shot as it did on the first shot, while having a detachable magazine. Then he gets more proficient and decides to try his hand at competition. This rifle fills that niche.

I'll tell you the short version of my story. RH .30-06 internal box, purchased retail, sold to an imdividual for a loss. LH .308, 4 round detachable mag, needed a 10 round mag to compete, switched bottom metal to accept 10 round A.I. mags. Discovered the ergonomic benefit of vertical grip stocks, purchased a McMillan A-5. Figured out the .308 Win could not hang in competition to 1200 yards, with 6.5mm cartridges, rebarreled the .308 into .260 Rem. So now all that is left of the original rifle is the action. Discovered the Savage action is not reliable enough to shoot far and shoot fast, sold the rifle, McMillan A-5 with DBM. For a total loss of money of about $3k when all is said and done between two rifles.

So I lost $3k trying to configure "THE" rifle system. The price of this Ruger is beyond a bargain, it is a steal! Anyone that comes through my class and asks my opinion of it, I am going to tell them to go for it, and that is why. And I have never shot one, but I have seen reviews from men that I know they know what the hell they are doing, so I will trust their judgement. Same as the scores of people that trust my judgement when I am trying to help them, and I am honored for the opportunity.

Don't be like the Chicago FD was in their unofficial motto. "200 years of tradition unimpeded by progress". I've seen the "it's the way we've always done it" metality and it is a blight on improvement.