I picked up a new RPR this last December and wanting to learn all the idiosyncrasies of my new toy, I read all 30 pages of the RPR thread-it really is a treasure trove of info for a new owner.
I disassembled the rifle and during the cleanup process it became apparent that there has been a significant improvement in the product quality. As an example, I compared the pictures in the big thread that detailed the bolt and bolt face of a RPR bolt and the finish of mine is FAR superior to the one pictured. I have not taped my action because the bedding block fits snugly and I have no intention of touching it or trying to remove it from the stock. I polished and radiused the forward edge of the bottom of the bolt that could drag on the bullet in the mag and ran some Bore Brite through the barrel and that's about it for mods. I did find a loose scope rail screw and strangely enough, the rear action screw was loose but I was taking the rifle apart anyway so...
I did replace the trigger with a Timney trigger and to be honest, after only backing out the spring on the factory trigger far enough to remove all spring tension for trigger pull, I'm not sure if the improved trigger pull of the Timney is worth 238 bucks-the factory trigger was by far, the best "factory adjustable trigger" I've come across in 55 years of shooting ..... I've only dry fired the Timney so far so I don't have any real trigger time with it yet.
I have two Kidd barrels and two Feddersen barrels on highly modified 10/22's and the rifles are great shooters. I have a borescope that gives hi res picture quality images of bores and I have to say that the Ruger barrel looked a good bit better than the Feddersen barrels and almost as good as the Kidd barrels. In fact, the Kidd barrels look a little better in the leade and the muzzle crown and that's it. I listed some groups in the big thread and the rifle shoots inside a half MOA at 50 yards with multiple brands of ammo.
ANYWAY, I am curious if any of the "newer" owners of the RPR had the same luck as I am having with my rifle and if most of the issues that are addressed in the big thread are associated with the earlier production rifles AND when did they finally get their S together????
I disassembled the rifle and during the cleanup process it became apparent that there has been a significant improvement in the product quality. As an example, I compared the pictures in the big thread that detailed the bolt and bolt face of a RPR bolt and the finish of mine is FAR superior to the one pictured. I have not taped my action because the bedding block fits snugly and I have no intention of touching it or trying to remove it from the stock. I polished and radiused the forward edge of the bottom of the bolt that could drag on the bullet in the mag and ran some Bore Brite through the barrel and that's about it for mods. I did find a loose scope rail screw and strangely enough, the rear action screw was loose but I was taking the rifle apart anyway so...
I did replace the trigger with a Timney trigger and to be honest, after only backing out the spring on the factory trigger far enough to remove all spring tension for trigger pull, I'm not sure if the improved trigger pull of the Timney is worth 238 bucks-the factory trigger was by far, the best "factory adjustable trigger" I've come across in 55 years of shooting ..... I've only dry fired the Timney so far so I don't have any real trigger time with it yet.
I have two Kidd barrels and two Feddersen barrels on highly modified 10/22's and the rifles are great shooters. I have a borescope that gives hi res picture quality images of bores and I have to say that the Ruger barrel looked a good bit better than the Feddersen barrels and almost as good as the Kidd barrels. In fact, the Kidd barrels look a little better in the leade and the muzzle crown and that's it. I listed some groups in the big thread and the rifle shoots inside a half MOA at 50 yards with multiple brands of ammo.
ANYWAY, I am curious if any of the "newer" owners of the RPR had the same luck as I am having with my rifle and if most of the issues that are addressed in the big thread are associated with the earlier production rifles AND when did they finally get their S together????
