To me, the weapons are fun, but anyone can build a weapon well once. It takes good people who know what they are doing to build all the weapons well. If anything, I’m personally fascinated by the stories of how and why people get into the business – [Read More…]
(Authors note: Howa/Legacy Sports International did not work with American Built Arms on this project. American Built arms sourced a Howa barreled action and mated it with their Mod X chassis) There is a growing trend of “chassis rifles” hitting the market. These [Read More…]
For over twenty years Keystone Sporting Arms has been making .22LR youth rifles called the Crickett. Just last December Keystone Sporting announced the Crickett Precision Rifle (CPR) on Facebook. We saw them again at the Great American Outdoor Show last February. Well [Read More…]
In 2015 Ruger turned the shooting world on its head with the introduction of the Ruger Precision Rifle. Since then they have introduced it in some really great calibers like 6.5 Creedmoor. In this episode of TFB TV, Patrick takes the Ruger Precision Rifle out to the range and really stretches its [Read More…]
I had the opportunity to compare the brand new Tikka T3x TAC A1 with the Ruger Precision Rifle (Gen 1). The Tikka is so new it’s hardly on the market yet. First official deliveries to mortals like you and me are – to my knowledge – end of May. Both [Read More…]
Witt Machine & Tool, most notable for their muzzle devices, is now fashioning integrally suppressed barrels to the ever-popular Ruger Precision rifle. For the time being, they are taking pre-orders and making integrally-suppressed Precisions chambered in .308 [Read More…]
The new Ruger AI style magazines, just announced, should come as a welcome relief for those of you with a rifle that takes the ultra expensive AICS style mag. With the new mags priced well below what other options are retailing at it should be an easy decision. They [Read More…]
Having already established itself firmly in the battle rifle cartridge sphere, the Ruger Precision Rifle has opted to shrink and take on the intermediate caliber crowd. Ruger has announced the release of a 5.56 version of the platform optimized for the shorter [Read More…]
Sturm, Ruger & Co. announced a new caliber in its Precision Rifle line. The new addition – the .223 Rem/5.56 NATO – brings the total number of cartridges in this rifle to four. The other cartridges are the .308 Win, 6.5 Creedmoor and the recently [Read More…]
The G28 precision rifle will be available as the G28 Z. I would think that the “Z” stands for “Zivil”, or civilian. But as the G28 is the military version of the civilian semi automatic competition rifle named MR308, I’m a bit confused with [Read More…]
Two months ago Keystone Sporting Arms posted a teaser picture of their Crickett Precision Rifle (CPR). Click here to read the article I posted. Below is the photo I posted in that previous article. As you can see, it is a scaled down Accuracy International style stock [Read More…]
Badger Ordnance has been a very innovative precision rifle accessory company for some decades now (this year the 35th anniversary). The companies products have been used in competition and in Military/LE circles for almost just as long. New for 2017 included this 60mm [Read More…]
How do you make the excellent Ruger Precision Rifle better than it already is? Easy. Chamber it in a flat shooting, wind resistant cartridge like 6mm Creedmoor. Patrick also take a look at the new Mark 4 22/45 LITE to see how Ruger updated his favorite rimfire handgun. Thanks to our sponsors: [Read More…]
IWI, or Israel Weapon Industries Ltd., from Israel are perhaps most known for their bullpup Tavor models, UZIs and Galil rifles. But they also produce a rifle designed by Dr. Nehemia Sirkis in co-operation with Israel’s Defense Forces. It’s a sniper rifle [Read More…]
The speculations about which new calibers the Ruger Precision Rifle would be released in have been ongoing for a while. Just before Christmas, on the 23:rd of December, Ruger actually released the Precision Rifle in 6 mm Creedmoor , as TFB reported. That ends one of the [Read More…]
EOTech announced at SHOT Show 2016 their introduction of a new line of riflescopes. The TFB team was able to check out the Vudu riflescopes in person last winter. Although the general public knew about these scopes all year they have not been available until recently. [Read More…]
The little girl in this video is just adorable. I am curious how there is so little recoil from this precision rifle. Maybe it is locked onto the barricade? Then there is a little plug for Prime Ammunition. Too cute.
Keystone Sporting Arms LLC posted this photo on their Facebook page. I called them up to find out if this was real or not. According to Salesman Nathan, the CPR is based off their bull barrel Cricketts. They noticed the trend in the firearms industry is to make rifles [Read More…]
The Ruger Precision Rifle is quickly become more than a rifle and morphing into a full “platform.” While not quite there yet (as not one is making compatible aftermarket receivers), the rifle marches on with new accessories increasing its already prodigious [Read More…]
Anyone who’s been shooting very long at all is familiar with Timney triggers. It wouldn’t be a stretch to say they make the best triggers available. Of course, there are a couple of companies that make excellent triggers but Timney has always seemed to me to [Read More…]
The Ruger Precision Rifle platform continues to get better and better. With its relatively easy barrel swap, compatibility with various modern sporting rifle handguards, AR-style safety, folding stock, etc, etc. etc, the platform has been making serious waves within the [Read More…]
This coverage of Army 2016 will be covering some of the precision rifles that are being introduced, apart from the SVK, which Nathaniel F. is writing about. If you aren’t tracking, Kalashnikov Concern is introducing a number of precision rifles at the expo, the [Read More…]
The venerable SVD “Dragunov” (after its designer, Yevgeny Dragunov) was one of the first successful squad designated marksman’s rifles ever developed, and it spawned numerous copycats and competitors. In the more than half-century after it was [Read More…]
I have a Ruger Precision Rifle on order, they seem hard to find in some places. (I’m sure they have plenty where you live, I’m not so lucky) Therefore it was quite a surprised when Ruger announced a new enhanced version of the Precision Rifle. So soon? Like [Read More…]
If I were to mention a long range shooting competition, what would come to mind? A firing line of proned out shooters, underneath a hot sun, with all sorts of specialist equipment like stiff shooting jackets, odd eye pieces, strange rests for rifles, thick gloves for [Read More…]
Lancer Systems is known for their high quality polymer magazines for ARs and other small arms. A few years ago, Lancer entered the accessories market with their carbon-fiber furniture and flared magwell add-on. Nowadays, Lancer Systems is making completed AR-15 and [Read More…]
EOTech is now offering a line of precision rifle scopes. The brand new Vudu series includes 3 models: EOTech Vudu 1-6x The Vudu 1-6x is a First Focal Plane scope. The Vudu 1-6 has a 30mm tube and a 24mm objective lens. It has an illuminated reticle and .5 MOA or .2 MIL [Read More…]
I, for one, enjoy Precision Rifle Blog’s truly data-driven approach to everything they do. Their latest drive into the data is an epic breakdown of .30 cal muzzle brakes, rating them by 4 major criteria: Recoil reduction Ability to Stay On Target (Muzzle [Read More…]
I was not expected Ruger to announce the new Ruger Precision Rifle. They have jumped from strengthening their bolt-action line up on the low-end, with the Ruger American, all the way to the high-end tactical / long range market with this new rifle. The first word [Read More…]
Ever guess what height scope ring you should buy and they turn out too short or too tall? Lord knows I have. Precision Products has come out with the Right Height Scope Tool to help avoid problems just like that. The Right Height Scope Tool arrived in a retail ready [Read More…]
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