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Ruger Precision Rifle & Precision Rimfire

Ruger's catalogue says a competent gunsmith can change a Precision Rifle barrel with headspace gauges; Ruger's own manual says barrels must be fitted at the factory.

Ruger's AR-pattern bolt rifle from its 2014 patent filings to the current model, and the rimfire trainer built to its controls — how both actions work and are kept working, from Ruger's own manuals, and one .308 and one .22 LR documented as they stood in September 2026.

Photo: Ruger Precision Rifle 6mm Creedmoor by Tactical Accountants · CC BY 3.0

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    Volumes

    1. Vol 1 Origins — a $1,399 Rifle, a Points Series, and the Market Between Them The Ruger Precision Rifle from its 2014 patent filings to the current model, and the rimfire trainer that followed it
    2. Vol 2 The Architecture — Receiver, Barrel Nut, Bolt, Trigger, and a Magazine Well for Two Patterns What each part of the Precision Rifle is, why it is there, and how it changed from model 18001 to 18104
    3. Vol 3 How the Two Actions Work — the Cycle, Part by Part The Precision Rifle's three-lug bolt, cocking cams, trigger and two-catch magazine latch, and the Precision Rimfire's action with its adjustable throw
    4. Vol 4 Keeping Them Working — Field Strip, Detail Strip, Maintenance and Repair Both rifles, from Ruger's own manuals — including where two revisions of the same manual disagree, and where the manual and the catalogue do
    5. Vol 5 The Precision Rimfire — a Trainer Built to the Big Rifle's Controls What the rimfire copies from the centerfire rifle, what it cannot copy, and what NRL22 and PRS Rimfire ask of it
    6. Vol 6 The .308 in Precision Work — Divisions, Chambering, Loading and the Suppressor Where a .308 Precision Rifle stands under the 2026 PRS rules, what Ruger says about its chamber and its ammunition, and what the published Suppressors dive says about this rifle
    7. Vol 7 The Two Rifles Documented Here — a 20-Inch .308, a .22 Trainer, and a Crossfire II at 4–12× What the owner's record says about one .308 Precision Rifle and one .22 LR Precision Rimfire as of September 2026, what it leaves blank, and an honest assessment of the scope listed on both