I don’t shoot as often as I’d like. Why? Because I have too many other chores / tasks / priorities to take care of on this here farm and, therefore, don’t have the time or energy required to be cleaning guns all damn day. 😉
That said, I’ve now zero’d three *new* rifles in three days. I think I’ve gotten the shooting bug out of my system now. I can go back to building rabbit cages and garden fences.
I sort of rushed through this shooting session with the RPR, largely due to the heat and humidity, which just sucks the fun out of everything.
The RPR is a very interesting shooting platform. Long, heavy barrel. AR-15 inspired pistol grip and safety. Two-stage match competition trigger (light, crisp), and exceedingly smooth bolt action.
Two of the three rifles I’ve zero’d in the last three days had Vortex Viper PST (Precision Tactical) scopes, which I’m really starting to like a lot. I need to build up a higher level of expertise with their EBR MRAD reticle system, but even without 100’s of hours behind the scopes, I find them to be easy to step into and ‘just use’ out of the box. I’m sure once I get out to 500 meters or more, the finer details and idiosyncrasies of the reticle system will become much more important.
First impressions? I find the RPR to be extremely accurate out of the box, easy to shoot, and an absolute ‘tack driver’ from the shooting bench.
Also, I’ve become quite the 6.5 Creedmoor fan over the last few days. I’ll never give up on my .308 go-to platform, but may need to invest a bit more in the 6.5C alternative.