GEN II
The barrel length of the Gen II Standard rifle is 20 inches. It is cold-hammer forged, spiral-fluted, and threaded. It comes with a removable radial muzzle brake installed.
an average velocity of 2,577 fps, with an extreme spread of 45 and a standard devi- ation of 16 fps. And bringing up the rear as far as accuracy went, the Winchester Deer Season 125-grain Extreme Point ammo averaged 1.13 inches. That load produced an average velocity of 2,625 fps (which was the highest velocity of the bunch), with an extreme spread of 42 and a standard deviation of 18 fps. As you can see, the SIG SAUER ammu- nition produced the lowest velocity extreme spread and standard deviation, but all of the factory ammo produced more than acceptable extreme spreads and standard deviations. I’ll mention that I used a brand-new scope
The Gen II Standard rifle’s detachable AI-style magazine holds three rounds. The magazine release is a lever type located at the rear of the magazine well.
brand (to me) for this report. It’s Arken Optics, and the scope I installed on the new Gen II Ruger American Rifle is the EPL-4 4-16X 44mm FFP model. The company says EPL stands for extreme precision light, and the EPL family of scopes is the company’s lightweight hunter version of its Extreme Precision scope series. This scope has a 30mm tube, resettable zero-stop turrets, and an illuminated VHR reticle. (VHR stands for variable hunter reticle.) As the model designation indicates, the reticle is located in the first focal plane, the objective lens diameter is 44mm, and the magnification range goes from 4X to 16X. The illumination is powered by a CR2032 battery, and the red reticle has six brightness settings with “Off” positions
fps, with an extreme spread of 37 and a standard deviation of 15 fps. The next best accuracy was with the SIG SAUER Elite Hunter 130-grain Expansion Tip ammo. It averaged 0.88 inch. Its average velocity was 2,568 fps, with an extreme spread of 33 and a standard deviation of 13 fps. Third place in the accuracy race went to the Hornady Pre- cision Hunter 143-grain ELD-X ammo. It averaged 0.95 inch. That load produced an average velocity of 2,551 fps, with an extreme spread of 37 and a standard deviation of 20 fps. With an average of 1.00 inch, the Browning 120-grain BXS ammo came in fourth place accuracy-wise. That load produced
The 6.5 Creedmoor Gen II Standard American Rifle weighs 6.5 pounds and is 41.25 inches long with the length-of- pull spacer installed.
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