11-18-2020, 10:25 AM
I would have thought Ruger could have done some modifications to the 6.5G RAP by now. They know they have issues out of the box with this particular rifle. No one, regardless of price, should have to do what is needed to get them to cycle properly at the consumer level. At least a Savage Axis cycles out of the box and for what you get at that price line, they are hunter accurate.
I have a Ruger RAP stock from another rifle that I bought on Gunbroker that I put on mine to make it 100% cycle. (wide gap in the stock tolerances obviously). Plus I had to reduce the spring tension in two of my Grendel AR mags, take the action apart and degrease the action screws and put them back in per Ruger's own torqe specs, tweeking them until it cycled and repolish the feed ramp and edges. I think Blaster and many others were wise to put a little more money into their CZ's and Howas. I prefer to buy American but the Ruger Americans in 6.5 Grendel suck bigger than black holes in space. How about a 6.5 with an AR magazine and some quality control to get the tolerances correct on each one coming down the line? How hard can that be?
I have a Ruger RAP stock from another rifle that I bought on Gunbroker that I put on mine to make it 100% cycle. (wide gap in the stock tolerances obviously). Plus I had to reduce the spring tension in two of my Grendel AR mags, take the action apart and degrease the action screws and put them back in per Ruger's own torqe specs, tweeking them until it cycled and repolish the feed ramp and edges. I think Blaster and many others were wise to put a little more money into their CZ's and Howas. I prefer to buy American but the Ruger Americans in 6.5 Grendel suck bigger than black holes in space. How about a 6.5 with an AR magazine and some quality control to get the tolerances correct on each one coming down the line? How hard can that be?