Ruger American Rimfire Long Range Target

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Thought I would get a thread started on these, doesn’t seem to be much info available online. I’ve had one on order since early May with a local gun shop, still another month or so until it arrives. From what I’ve been told only a few have been imported so far, and not many will be coming.

I chose this rifle for a couple of reasons:

Value
Comes with everything I consider essential under $1K: Vertical grip, cheek riser, rail, adjustable trigger, flush 10 round mag, adjustable LOP and QD sling points.

Barrel length
I’m interested to learn more about the effect barrel length has with velocity in .22LR

Dedicated ‘long range” Setup

Bolt action

I’ve had great experiences with Ruger rifles, and I have high expectations for this one.

Here are the specs: https://ruger.com/products/americanRimfireLRT/specSheets/8378.html

I already have a solid ORPS/CRPS rig, so this will be more of an experiment than anything else. I want to try my hand at longer ranges and obviously see what this budget rifle is capable of with good ammunition.

Anyone else have one on order or have any experience?

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Update, mine finally arrived. Will get out this weekend (weather permitting) to do break in and hopefully some ammo testing.

An important spec missing from the ruger website, it comes with a 30moa rail. It did not come with extra LOP spacers, will def need to get some 3d printed as I find the LOP a bit short. Trigger is nice, will adjust once I’ve broken it in.

Since there is limited photos/video here is the rifle in some detail:

 
Interested in the accuracy of this. I read the barrel can't be changed very easily, and with the reputation of the RPR, it's a lottery on whether or not it will shoot great.
 
Had it out today for barrel break in and initial testing. 800 rounds of CCI standard through the new mag it came with and 4 others from my other rifles. Zero malfunctions, zero drama. The trigger was noticeably more crisp by the end of the day, and the action smoothed out very nicely as well.

It is easily capable of sub moa groups at 50yards with CC SV. Shot at targets 50, 100 and 185 yards - Very happy with this rifle. Will update when I’ve had a chance to test SK STD, Match and long range match.
 
I have a ruger American rimfire target, and I imagine it’s exactly the same action, trigger and barrel. Mine loves cci standard ammo. She’s definitely a nice shooter. I installed a lighter trigger spring, and made the trigger excellent.
 
I have a ruger American rimfire target too (18" heavy threaded barrel with Dlask Arms XB-5 Linear Compensator). It loves CCI SV, can get 1/2" at 50 yards all day long(min is 0.241"). Will def order a lighter trigger spring later to make it better.
 
emerson said:
Yes, that would be quite impressive.
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Will do, just renewed my team membership so I can upload photos, don’t know how long that will take to be available.

You can see photos/video on my IG account HERE, I update it far more than I’m on CGN. Check out my stories for the group photos measured with BallisticX.
 
sunmoong said:
I have a ruger American rimfire target too (18" heavy threaded barrel with Dlask Arms XB-5 Linear Compensator). It loves CCI SV, can get 1/2" at 50 yards all day long(min is 0.241").
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All day long? With CCI SV to boot. That's a tall order on two counts -- the rifle and the ammo.


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Thanks. The OP said the rifle is "easily capable of sub moa groups at 50yards with CC SV." There's one five-shot group that is indeed under 1 MOA.

Are there other similar groups or, better still, other sub-MOA groups on a single target?

I ask because it's easy to say something like "my .22LR rifle easily shoots under 1/2 inch at 50 yards all day long" when in fact it is more likely to do so only on occassion -- especially with ammo like CCI SV, which doesn't enjoy a reputation for consistency or exceptional accuracy. Shooters should try to avoid conflating one or a few sets of happy circumstances when some sub-MOA results are produced into something such results don't support.

If you get a group or two that are .5" or less, that doesn't make the rifle a sub-MOA shooter any more than a group or two that are .25" or less makes a .22LR sub-half-MOA rifle.

A lot of newer shooters can be misled into thinking that this is what can be reproduced all the time with a rifle like this and inexpensive CCI ammo.
 
grauhanen said:
Are there other similar groups or, better still, other sub-MOA groups on a single target?

If you get a group or two that are .5" or less, that doesn't make the rifle a sub-MOA shooter

A lot of newer shooters can be misled into thinking that this is what can be reproduced all the time with a rifle like this and inexpensive CCI ammo.
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You bring up good points, and I’m always happy to back up what I claim because I agree - too many people over rating rifles or making claims good and bad about the rifles ability without proof or knowledge of what goes into making a rifle “good” or “bad”. I chose that wording specifically so it would not read “This is a sub MOA rifle with CCI SV”.

My goal was not to shoot the smallest groups possible yesterday, it was to break in the rifle and also test for consistency of group sizes. I found it would regularly print groups smaller than what my other rifles would with the same ammo. I found that it would group smaller than 1MOA without much effort on my end, which is why I say for me, it was easily capable of sub MOA groups at 50 yards.

I have the target and can post a photo is anyone is interested in seeing all the groups, it was an IDPA target with those orange target stickers placed all over it. I also used it for zeroing.

I think everyone should consider rifle reviews ESPECIALLY rimfire rifle reviews as general guidance, as ones ability, ammunition, weather and other factors can greatly influence the perceived performance of said rifle.

Let me know if there is any other info you guys would like to know about the rifle.
 

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grauhanen said:
All day long? With CCI SV to boot. That's a tall order on two counts -- the rifle and the ammo.

Thanks. The OP said the rifle is "easily capable of sub moa groups at 50yards with CC SV." There's one five-shot group that is indeed under 1 MOA.

Are there other similar groups or, better still, other sub-MOA groups on a single target?

I ask because it's easy to say something like "my .22LR rifle easily shoots under 1/2 inch at 50 yards all day long" when in fact it is more likely to do so only on occassion -- especially with ammo like CCI SV, which doesn't enjoy a reputation for consistency or exceptional accuracy. Shooters should try to avoid conflating one or a few sets of happy circumstances when some sub-MOA results are produced into something such results don't support.

If you get a group or two that are .5" or less, that doesn't make the rifle a sub-MOA shooter any more than a group or two that are .25" or less makes a .22LR sub-half-MOA rifle.

A lot of newer shooters can be misled into thinking that this is what can be reproduced all the time with a rifle like this and inexpensive CCI ammo.
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If you can't make it, doesn't mean the others or the rifle cannot make it. Obviously, RART is way more accuracy than the shooter. I tried some more expensive ammo like RWS, Eley... haven't tried Lapua Center X yet. The groups are larger than CCI SV.

And I sorted my CCI SV ammo(weight and rim thickness)
 
sunmoong said:
If you can't make it, doesn't mean the others or the rifle cannot make it. Obviously, RART is way more accuracy than the shooter. I tried some more expensive ammo like RWS, Eley... haven't tried Lapua Center X yet. The groups are larger than CCI SV.

And I sorted my CCI SV ammo(weight and rim thickness)
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You may be right that a lot of .22LR shooters and a lot of rifles can't shoot MOA at 50 yards. But my experience with my rifles is not at issue here. You've claimed your CCI SV-loving Ruger rifle will shoot '1/2" at 50 yards all day long.'

There's one way to prove that you and your rifle can do as you claim. Please be so kind as to post your Ruger American Long Range Target rifle targets, showing not only one or a couple of 50-yard MOA groups, but several on the same target paper, which should not be a problem for the claims made. That ought to settle the question.

If you get five five-shot groups under .500" on the same target page, you will qualify for this forum's 1/2" challenge thread. Yours would be the second Ruger to make the challenge, and the first with a factory barrel. If you shoot outdoors, it would be the first Ruger to do it outside.
 
Isn’t there 9 Rutgers on the list? Looks like it is capable as he said, not all day, just easily capable with cci sv.enjoy the gun, ruler bolt guns and I don’t like each other but hey enjoy and keep us updated.
 
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