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Cooper
April 25, 2022
Eurooptic is great to work with. It was easy to get answers to my questions about the rifle through the chat function, and with a phone call to a knowledgeable employee. The internet being the internet, several forums had me questioning the accuracy and reliability of the Ridgeline series. The Europtic employee, who has watched dozens to hundreds of these leave the store, put me at ease with those concerns. Shipping was immediate, and it was at my FFL 2 days later. Rifle with with thread protector weighs 6lb 4.8 oz. I mounted a 4-12x40mm Vortex Viper (16 oz) with X-Low DNZ Game Reaper mounts. Scope clearance was perfect at about 2mm. Weight now at 7lb 6.8 oz unloaded, 7lb 10 oz with 3 cartridges in the magazine. For 300 WSM I would not want my rifle much lighter than that. To me the green of the stock is darker than pictured, and the yellow webbing much less bright, so I was happy about that. Trigger is impressive. I've swapped out other stock triggers before, that won't be happening here. I could only get to a 50 yard range for initial break-in. My first two shots after bore sighting were touching. I then followed the recommended break in procedure for 26 rounds. Recoil was extremely tolerable with the brake, comparable to a 25-06. Without the brake this thing thumps; I'll just leave it at that. With cheap ammo I was printing 1/4-1 inch three shot groups with little effort (50 yards). I ended with a three shot group of premium ammo that measured 1/4 inch. This rifle is quickly and easily headed toward 1/2-1 MOA. My only hiccup was brass/nickel slivers/shavings from the cheap nickel-plated ammo causing one of the two ejectors to remain pushed in. This was easily cleared out but happened a couple times. This did not happen with the premium ammo. Between my range day and cycling the bolt at home I've had 40-50 feed with absolutely no difficulty regardless of how hard fast I run the bolt, despite the short fat round. Overall I am super impressed with this rifle, and the recommended break in isn't even done yet!
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