Tupperware Rifle Gen 2

 Cripes a’mighty! There was nothing wrong with the Gen 1!!!

Gawd… there was nothing but nitpickery going on when the original Tupperware Rifle came out. The action was unreliable, the stock was too flimsy, the mag dump was poorly designed, this had to be tweaked, that had to be upgraded, farkles and sparkles of every type were needed to get this thing optimized … the cool kids were not impressed. 

Screw them.

What a crock of weapons grade booshit! This thing is not a battle rifle and never will be. It’s not a sniper either… but close enough in capable hands. The only “problem” with it is that these guns are so accurate that they deserve good glass. We’re talking high end Swarovski, Trijicon, Nightforce, etc. You can put a cheap scope on it but you’re only doing yourself a disservice. But so much bitching, pissing and moaning went on that Roger must have felt compelled to bring this next Gen out. The only real improvement I see here is that 3 position safety. Otherwise…meh. The cool kids aren’t that impressed either so maybe next time the guys at Ruger will tell them to get stuffed!

When you mod these guns the big question has to be, “is this modification going to improve the rifle and enhance it to compete with higher end guns? Or is it just being added to make an inexpensive gun look like a higher end gun?” For me… I *might* consider a better adjustable trigger, way down the road, maybe? But man… you REALLY have to be a top tier competitor to take advantage of that. The factory trigger on my gun was a merest tad stiff on with a tiny bit of creep… but I have far bigger fish to fry before I worry about quibbles like that. All of the big problems stem from the fool behind the tool in my case. 

Contrary to our vlog host, this rifle will shoot inside all but the finest ARs. And it won’t throw your brass all over hell’s half acre in the process. Our host got mediocre results but that is just preliminary, I’m sure. As it stands right now my Gen 1 is shooting a tad better but that is with tweaked hand loads.

I’ve been hemmming and hawwwwing on a bipod for this thing but…

… a good ass pack will do anything a bipod will. My goal is to move out of my old range bag and into this ass pack. It’s time to get off the bench, and go back to being a rifleman again. That means shooting off my hind feet… and this is the perfect rifle to do it with.

As Old Man du Toit used to say, “Now if you’ll pardon me, I’ll be off to the range…”. Today’s a much needed range day so poasting will be light…

Don’t say anything rotten about me in the comments while I’m gone…