Ruger rpr....not impressed

Got one of these on sale.
Was able finally get out and zero and shoot yesterday.
Best I could get with hornady match ammo of 1.25" group.

Had initially used to cheap FMJ 147gr bullets to get on paper and close...had a lot of horizontal stringing of shots..not sure what that means...

Swapped to the hornady match ammo and closed the groups down significantly, however still having one round that pops about an inch high..

Going to do some minor load work this week...but initial impressions are ....ehh

I take it you have the 6.5 then shooting 147 FMJs? I have one in 308 that will shoot anything I put through it well under MOA with most in the half MOA range. I'm talking super cheap surplus ammo, garbage Tulammo that won't shoot in any of my other rifles and several different factory ammo from 150s to 180s. With handloads (175 VLD, 175 RDF or 178 ELD) that rifle will darn near single hole them.
My experience isn't unique...these RPRs just flat out shoot. That's not to take away from your experience but I would start with the basics and double check everything. Scope mounted correctly, properly torqued, good rings, rifle clean, etc., etc.

Silver bullet it's the 308

I'm def going to double check everything

.308 - copy. Check the basics and then heavier bullets for grins. What bullets do you have to reload? I can give you some ballpark reloads that mine likes at least...

I have 168 bergers and 168 hammers. Also have some 180 hammers

If you cant get them to shoot then the gun would be in question for sure. If thats the case Ruger should make it right. As in they will want it back to see whats up.

Do you have any IMR 4064 or 4166 on hand? I'll have to look at my notes tonight for seating (magazine limited on these) but I'm pretty sure it was seated full mag length and a good accuracy node between 44.3 and 44.8 grains of 4064 and 41.2-41.8 grains 4166 with 168 VLDs.

I have same results as Silverbullet. Mine shoots very well and I am building another one right now. The top gun is all stock except for magpul stock.

I dont have any but the store I use is on my way home from work. So I'll grab this pm

Silverbullets advice is spot on, I am sure there is just something loose. And also some good ol home made pills will tighten them groups way down.

Varget is also a great powder in the .308, if you have any. I personally did not like the results I got from 4064, however that was in a 16" AR-10 chambered in .308. I also got good velocity from heavies and reloder 17 in a Savage .308, but some don't like it due to temp sensitivety.

My father in laws is a tack driver as well. Hornady factory ammo is all it needs!! I'm quite impressed actually.

I do have some varget