Ruger american 6.5 creedmoor

[robin banks]

It's 1 in 10 . I tried some 75 grain bullets but they had a little wobble to them .

I had a 22-250 1x8 twist put on a ruger 25-06 target rifle. I like using long action. no need to worry about long rounds. at 450 yds 75 grain bullets shot a little under 3 inches 3 shots. it is a shilen barrel

 

[Waterboy3313]

I had a little bit of good coaching from my good buddy that has been mentioned in the beginning of this post. I was lucky enough for him to be in town this weekend. This is my best group and probably about my average group. Rifle is currently all factory original. Yes I'm still waiting for my timney trigger and a new stock or chassis is in the near future. Ammo is my hand loaded 140gr Hornady Eld-m over H4350 in alpha munitions small primer brass.


My opinion that I know doesn't matter gives the Ruger American 6.5 creedmoor a double thumbs up. I feel there is room for improvement like I said stock and trigger mainly. I feel that I probably could have spent twice the money and probably not had better results. For a hunting rifle I have to say I'm pretty dang impressed as well as the total cost involved. Here is one of my groups from today that was hand loaded out of my recycle pile. All of the shots were made using previous loaded cases/bullets. I actually labeled the loaded plastic box ****. I pulled all of the loads from previous work ups that were not fired and verified junk. Some bullets even had minor tip damage from the inertia hammer.

 

[stillquietvoice]

That's not bad at all @Waterboy3313 for a factory hunting rifle. I gavent owned a ruger rifle in a long time but may get one at some time in the future. I myself have used a several savages most have been super accurate

 

[d2wing]

I'm just curious what the opinions are on this rifle. Talking straight out of the box as is accuracy. I bought one based off of a friend's suggestion. Keep in mind this friend shoots in the king of of the two mile competition. Obviously not with this rifle. He did win a ruger american 6.5 creedmoor in some kind of raffle. He calls it his most impressive unimpressive rifle he's ever owned even using Hornady factory ammunition.

So after a solid year of hearing how good this rifle is and how basically I'm an idiot for not owning one I decided I would purchase one. Fast forward to today. Today is my 3rd time out with this rifle and I'm seriously not impressed.

My opinion is the trigger is weird and sucks. Even though I've adjusted it to the lightest it will go the goofy thing In my opinion is junk. The stock is light weight and flimsy at best. Please keep in mind I have been shooting off of a solid table with either a bi pod or Caldwell rest in the front with bags in the rear.

I've been using my hand loads. 140gr Hornady Eld-m projectiles, H4350, alpha munitions brass with cci primers. First time out I shot the best group, second time out was a refined workup. I was rushing and shaking so I decided to shut it down after running my fowler group. Today I started off with some basic stuff and when I attempted to shoot my workup I was allover the board. The load I had previously shot my best group the first time was garbage today.

My biggest complaints are the trigger and stock. The trigger is just weird. It kind of reminds me of glock trigger depress the button before you get pressure on the trigger type thing. I ordered a timney for it. The second problem is the stock. Light weight flimsy etc. The stock I want is literally out of stock everywhere I look.
I'm curious if maybe stiffening it up and adding some weight to it would help.

I guess in the end it's a $500 rifle. Maybe I expect too much I don't know. I am curious if I'm out of line or doing something wrong. However I would expect my 100 yrd groups to be better. I did use JBs bore paste in the barrel before my first time out. All in all I've put about 75 rounds through it so far. Maybe it's still not broken in? I would be curious what the people with more experience than me have to say.

Judging by the group you posted it is very good for a $500 rifle. Being a cheap rifle I am sure there are a few things you could do. I think it could be ammo sensitive from what you describe. Good luck.