Thoughts on the Winchester XPR

[Hunter Sargent]

I don't see this rifle mentioned very often, but I picked one up in Vias camo in 300wsm on a whim. Having only shot a box through it I can say it has a great trigger and is sub MOA with factory ammo. The action is smooth and supposedly the barrels are the same as the M70. The only thing I don't like is that the comb is a little low for me, but I have that problem with most rifles.

Is there a major weakness that I am missing with this rifle? Seems like a pretty good budget rifle that comes in at 7lbs 12 oz with a Leupold VX3i 3.5-10X40

 

[thinhorn_AK]

They seem pretty decent, I have a friend who shot a Caribou with one in .243 (also Vias), I've also seen him shoot it out to 500yds at a local event and he did pretty well, I haven't played around with it much or at all really but for the $$$ they seem good.

 

[JFK]

How do you like the stock? Does it flex much in the fore end? Overall fit and finish? I have had my eye on an xpr in 300 wsm too but never handled one.

 

[Hunter Sargent]

How do you like the stock? Does it flex much in the fore end? Overall fit and finish? I have had my eye on an xpr in 300 wsm too but never handled one.

Stock material is very good. Fit and finish is excellent for a sub $500 rifle...in fact I can't find anything wrong with materials or workmanship. The only thing I don't like is the low comb and its a touch narrow at the cheek rest. Both problems will be solved with a cheek riser pad. I'd say go for it if you are on a budget. I like my Tikka T3lite better (not by much), but it was more $.

 

[Summit1]

I bought my daughter a compact XPR .308 for Christmas and ended up liking it so much that I got one for myself as well. For the features you get at that price I don't see how you could beat them, plus Winchester had a $100 rebate at the time. The place I got our rifles from has them on sale pretty regular for $380.00, shoot me a PM if you want to know who. Brad

 

[archp625]

My opinion is not the greatest since I have not shot mine yet. I bought one from CDNN in 6.5 CM for $350 before the end of last year. Winchester gave me $100 back for buying so total was $250. Kinda hard to beat for the price. The one thing that I see that other guys aren't liking is the stock. I will have to agree. Its just seems cheap, but its a cheap rifle so i cant expect much. Fit and finish seem really good. I like that it has a three lug bolt. I did sent it away to have some work done. I'm trying to make it more custom. To fix the stock issue I bought a Boyd's Pro Varmint with a adjustable cheek. It makes the gun a little bit heavier but I knew that before buying it.

I wish I could say how it shoots but I don't have the gun back from getting it worked on. I will try and keep you guys updated when I do.

PS: I have a 20 MOA rail and a Monarch 5 3-15 X 42 to put on top of it.

 

[Summit1]

My opinion is not the greatest since I have not shot mine yet. I bought one from CDNN in 6.5 CM for $350 before the end of last year. Winchester gave me $100 back for buying so total was $250. Kinda hard to beat for the price. The one thing that I see that other guys aren't liking is the stock. I will have to agree. Its just seems cheap, but its a cheap rifle so i cant expect much. Fit and finish seem really good. I like that it has a three lug bolt. I did sent it away to have some work done. I'm trying to make it more custom. To fix the stock issue I bought a Boyd's Pro Varmint with a adjustable cheek. It makes the gun a little bit heavier but I knew that before buying it.

I wish I could say how it shoots but I don't have the gun back from getting it worked on. I will try and keep you guys updated when I do.

PS: I have a 20 MOA rail and a Monarch 5 3-15 X 42 to put on top of it.

What custom work are you having done? I got the same deal as you on my rifle, it was a pretty crazy price. Brad

 

[TwoTikkas]

Pretty interesting. I've been thinking about a knock around 22/250. Might need to take a look at these. Looked at the Ruger American,and TC Venture. Not wild about either. The brother in law bought a TC,still waiting for a turn behind the trigger. How horrible is the trigger on these XPRs ?

 

[JeffRaines]

Its surprisingly not bad. Its worlds better than the trigger on Savage Axis, and arguably better than the newer accutriggers... unrelated, but I don't know what happened. I had a 30-06 from 2015 and the trigger was awesome, was able to adjust it down to like 2lbs, no creep, no overtravel... the last couple savages I've bought the trigger was terrible.

 

[Hunter Sargent]

Pretty interesting. I've been thinking about a knock around 22/250. Might need to take a look at these. Looked at the Ruger American,and TC Venture. Not wild about either. The brother in law bought a TC,still waiting for a turn behind the trigger. How horrible is the trigger on these XPRs ?

Trigger is actually really good. I set mine at 3 lbs...clean and crisp break every time.