Finnaly picked up the 223 gen 2. Im not a reviewer, and I’ve never done this kind of thing lol so please be easy with my horrible explanation.
First impression “okay” but I’ve never had the gen 1 so the only thing I can base it off of is my B14 BMP with 4k+ rounds through it, which isn’t really a good comparison between the two. They had the gen 1 next to it and they removed the “zippy” bolt from what I can tell. I removed the stock to lighten up the trigger and notice a ton of overspray on the bedding pillars. I haven’t shot it yet but I would feel that would’ve been detrimental to the accuracy and would have been chasing it all over the place. I’m gonna clean it up with light sandpaper.
Hopefully on New Year’s Day, I can take it out to the range and see how it performs.
Trigger feels about the same as the gen 1. You’ll hit a wall then have a squish before it breaksHow was the trigger ?
I'm thinking about adding one of these in 6.5G.
Trigger feels about the same as the gen 1. You’ll hit a wall then have a squish before it breaksHow was the trigger ?
I'm thinking about adding one of these in 6.5G.
Finnaly picked up the 223 gen 2. Im not a reviewer, and I’ve never done this kind of thing lol so please be easy with my horrible explanation.
First impression “okay” but I’ve never had the gen 1 so the only thing I can base it off of is my B14 BMP with 4k+ rounds through it, which isn’t really a good comparison between the two. They had the gen 1 next to it and they removed the “zippy” bolt from what I can tell. I removed the stock to lighten up the trigger and notice a ton of overspray on the bedding pillars. I haven’t shot it yet but I would feel that would’ve been detrimental to the accuracy and would have been chasing it all over the place. I’m gonna clean it up with light sandpaper.
Hopefully on New Year’s Day, I can take it out to the range and see how it performs.
If it's anything like the Gen 1 Ruger, the trigger will also need to immediately be scrapped for a Timney unit.What I have found, so far, with budget rifles is that the barrel and action are usually workable. The stock and bedding or non-existent bedding are the problem.
For example, I make a Mossberg decent by putting it in a chassis. That is because of how their synthetic stocks are made, which they refuse to change. Or, whoever makes the synth stocks for them (one cannot assume that Mossberg actually makes the stocks) will not change. The biggest problem is a gap in the rear action screw guide. And the fact that the mag well is a separate plastic piece used as a shim.
I have seen several budget rifles and it is just about always the stock that is the problem. Some do a little better. The TC Compass II synth stock has aluminum pillar bedding and a cold barrel will shoot .54 inches in the first two shots and the factory guarantee is 1 MOA for the first three shots. Which is acceptable for hunting and that has also been my experience. My TC Compass II in .308 shot .54 inches fresh out of the box from the factory, with a snake pulled through a few times before shooting.
So, I predict that getting this RAR Gen 2 could be good but one is likely to change to another stock to get more acceptable results.
You have to spend twice as much or more to get a good shooting rifle with 5/8-24 threads that’s cerakoted and takes AICS mags. I think they’re worth the price compared to what else you get for the same money.
CVA is absolutely garbage and has no aftermarket support. That also doesn’t take AICS mags.
Plus they are basically made by Bergara
Are you insinuating this is a good thing? Lol.
Again, I've read and seen nothing but good things about Bergara... *shrug*
I have a ranch in 556, great truck gun and for the price… pretty damn accurate. My 8yr old shoots it a lot.I set out trying to find a standard in 6.5 Creedmoor and was going to buy it for myself as a birthday gift even after handling the ranch in 556 and thinking it was a POS. I couldn’t find one locally and realized I probably wouldn’t have been happy with it anyway and ordered a PH2 NRL instead. I still kind of want one of these things though and I don’t even know why.
What’s wrong with me?
Then you haven’t looked very hard. I’ve personally owned some CVA’s that sucked ass, I’m not basing my experience off of reviews.
You've owned CVA Cascades that suck ass? What issues did you have. I tried to look up issues with the CVA Cascade and couldn't find anything.
Now issues with the Ruger American....Welllllll
I have a ranch in 556, great truck gun and for the price… pretty damn accurate. My 8yr old shoots it a lot.
No I haven’t owned a cascade and I’d never waste my money on another CVA product. They’re not regarded as quality rifles. Still, they don’t meet the same feature set as the American so they’re no comparable.
So I owned a Ruger P series in .40S&W so I refuse to own a Ruger American because it will be crap. Come on...
Coming from the guy that can’t even understand 308 vs 6.5 advantages, what you have to say means less than nothing to me.
Still nothing from you and I can't find anything to backup what you say. Just some personal insults.
Did you try google searching “CVA Cascade problems” because I just did and guess what was in the results? People having problems with them.
CVA firearms are fucking trash, plain and simple. If you want to waste your money on one go ahead but the only ones ass you’re blowing smoke up is your own.
Go buy one then and start a CVA thread telling everyone how great they are. Nobody here gives a shit about a shitty CVA.
See my post (#48) if it’s a gen 1. Smoothing the machining marks off the bolt body and raceways will make it much better. Still nowhere near as good as a high-end action, but much better than it comes out of the box.The actions are rough as shit. Probally needs about 10k cycles to smooth out the shit.
That will never work brother . I have been retired for 4 years and my foot install on the throttle .This why I am trying buy all of my toys before retirement.
-Stan
LOL I feel your pain . I live in the woods and I am surrounded by the ozarks unless I travel some where I have no need for the giant rifle I have just incase I decide to hunt some flat ground which I never will , the reality is I could get by with a 16 inch rifle and an aim point , yet here I am looking at long guns again .The weird thing about this hobby is how little “need” plays in. It makes you want stuff for the weirdest reasons.
I seriously don’t “need” another rifle for anything I’m doing at the moment.
Yet there I was, Thursday, standing in a gun store finger banging and old 700 Varmint .243 thinking how it would ROCK with 75 or 87 V-Maxes. Hammering coyotes 600 yards out. Smiting them as though it were God’s own wrath!
Fuck, I’ve got a .22BR and a AR and a .25-06 gathering dust in the safe. I can’t even SEE past 250 ANYWHERE where I’m hunting now. But I NEEDED that rifle sooo bad.
No, I didn’t buy it, and here I am with needs unfulfilled……is there such a thing as “Gun Blueballs”?
Oh yeah, I need one of these Gen II’s. Just haven’t figured out why or which one yet…..
I've been hoping someone would try. I will be in the market for a new rifle in the next year or so and since I'm one of the poors this is on my list of options to look at. But I'm sure by the time I'm able to buy, if they don't fit the chassis manufacturers will have an inlet for them.I can’t believe these things have been out for a couple weeks now and nobody has dropped one in some sort of gen 1 chassis to check fitment and no chassis manufacturers that I’ve seen have confirmed fitment or not.