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Help with finding rifle in 6.5 Creedmoor
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<blockquote data-quote="Big Sky" data-source="post: 870702" data-attributes="member: 458"><p>You pose some good questions. I will do my best to answer.</p><p></p><p>First the trigger on the Predator is not the new Ruger trigger. It has a target grade two-stage trigger which I MUCH prefer. I used to shoot a RRA AR with a match grade two-stage and got very used to it. Anymore I find myself annoyed with single staged triggers. Now that might just be me, but as a hard core coyote hunter I really, really, really prefer a quality two-stage trigger. The Predator has just such a trigger. A second major plus of the Ruger Predator is that the barrel is right between a standard weight and a heavy barrel. Pretty close to a magnum contour. It settles in very nicely off a bipod for longer shots, but it's light enough to pack around all day. My biggest gripe about most varminter or LR rifles is they are too heavy to be a practical carry rifle. This rifle is a good balance between the standard weight rifles that are too light for long range and the bull barreled canons. I also very much like the laminate stock on this rifle. It is very comfortable and ,to me, very pleasing to the eye. It fits me very well. So well in fact that I killed 16 coyotes in a row before I had one get away and then killed 7 more before my next miss. I haven't had that good of a track record with any other rifle I've ever owned. Cost wise the Predator is right around $800.00. Taking into consideration the original poster of this thread said he was in school and had a $1200.00 budget that would leave him with $400.00 to put okay glass on his rifle. If he had a bigger budget I'd recommend a custom rifle as well, but I'm trying to stay within his limitations and give him what I think is a better choice than the DPMS (not a fan at all) or the Savage. Okay I think I covered most everything. Oh and btw, I never slowed down walking past the Ruger's either, until one day I accidently picked up the Ruger Predator thinking it was a different brand of rifle. One squeeze of the trigger and I was hooked. I have not be disappointed. It sure did take a leap of faith to buy that first one though, as I really didn't like Ruger 77's and had not had a positive experience with them prior to the Predators.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Big Sky, post: 870702, member: 458"] You pose some good questions. I will do my best to answer. First the trigger on the Predator is not the new Ruger trigger. It has a target grade two-stage trigger which I MUCH prefer. I used to shoot a RRA AR with a match grade two-stage and got very used to it. Anymore I find myself annoyed with single staged triggers. Now that might just be me, but as a hard core coyote hunter I really, really, really prefer a quality two-stage trigger. The Predator has just such a trigger. A second major plus of the Ruger Predator is that the barrel is right between a standard weight and a heavy barrel. Pretty close to a magnum contour. It settles in very nicely off a bipod for longer shots, but it's light enough to pack around all day. My biggest gripe about most varminter or LR rifles is they are too heavy to be a practical carry rifle. This rifle is a good balance between the standard weight rifles that are too light for long range and the bull barreled canons. I also very much like the laminate stock on this rifle. It is very comfortable and ,to me, very pleasing to the eye. It fits me very well. So well in fact that I killed 16 coyotes in a row before I had one get away and then killed 7 more before my next miss. I haven't had that good of a track record with any other rifle I've ever owned. Cost wise the Predator is right around $800.00. Taking into consideration the original poster of this thread said he was in school and had a $1200.00 budget that would leave him with $400.00 to put okay glass on his rifle. If he had a bigger budget I'd recommend a custom rifle as well, but I'm trying to stay within his limitations and give him what I think is a better choice than the DPMS (not a fan at all) or the Savage. Okay I think I covered most everything. Oh and btw, I never slowed down walking past the Ruger's either, until one day I accidently picked up the Ruger Predator thinking it was a different brand of rifle. One squeeze of the trigger and I was hooked. I have not be disappointed. It sure did take a leap of faith to buy that first one though, as I really didn't like Ruger 77's and had not had a positive experience with them prior to the Predators. [/QUOTE]
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