Spandau RL .308 Review: Accuracy & Ergonomics Test
Spandau RL .308 Review: Accuracy & Ergonomics Test. Mud Lake Ranch tests the new Spandau RL .308 bolt-action rifle—a $799 Turkish import with 5R rifling and walnut furniture. Despite optic and ammo failures, the { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://greyhive.com#organization", "name": "Greyhive", "url": "https://greyhive.com", "description": "Greyhive is a censorship-resistant video platform for the firearms, 2A, hunting, and outdoor industries — where creators build, review, and monetize unfiltered content.", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://greyhive.com/static/uploads/images/ae198483-01c9-44b4-a16a-03f516ceaf66.svg", "width": 512, "height": 512 }, "sameAs": [ "https://x.com/greyhive", "https://www.instagram.com/greyhive/", "https://www.youtube.com/@Greyhive", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/greyhive/" ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://greyhive.com#website", "url": "https://greyhive.com", "name": "Greyhive", "description": "Greyhive is a censorship-resistant video platform for the firearms, 2A, hunting, and outdoor industries — where creators build, review, and monetize unfiltered content.", "publisher": { "@id": "https://greyhive.com#organization" } }, { "@type": "Person", "@id": "https://greyhive.com/c/mud_lake_ranch#person", "name": "Mud Lake Ranch", "url": "https://greyhive.com/c/mud_lake_ranch", "description": "Mud Lake Ranch is a Greyhive creator producing original 2A, firearms, hunting, and outdoor content.", "image": "https://greyhive.com/lazy-static/avatars/f346142b-4346-4463-a41e-b599c78375be.png" }, { "@type": "Article", "@id": "https://greyhive.com/blog/spandau-rl-308-bolt-action-review#article", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://greyhive.com#website" }, "mainEntityOfPage": { "@id": "https://greyhive.com/blog/spandau-rl-308-bolt-action-review" }, "url": "https://greyhive.com/blog/spandau-rl-308-bolt-action-review", "headline": "Spandau RL .308 Review: Accuracy & Ergonomics Test", "name": "Spandau RL .308 Review: Accuracy & Ergonomics Test", "description": "Mud Lake Ranch tests the new Spandau RL .308 bolt-action rifle—a $799 Turkish import with 5R rifling and walnut furniture. Despite optic and ammo failures, the gun proves sub-MOA accurate.", "articleSection": "Gun Reviews", "articleBody": "The Spandau RL .308 is a Turkish-built, Remington 700-pattern bolt-action rifle imported by Spandau Arms of Knoxville, Tennessee, with a $799 MSRP, a 20-inch oxynitride-treated barrel cut with 5R rifling, and a Turkish walnut stock. Chambered exclusively in .308 Winchester, it ships with both 3-round and 5-round AICS magazines and a 5/8x24 threaded muzzle wearing a factory brake. In his full review on Greyhive, Jared from Mud Lake Ranch put the RL through a brutal range session where almost everything that could go wrong, did — a Winchester Supreme optic failed mid-zero with a visibly rotating reticle, two boxes of Fiocchi and Federal ammo suffered repeated light primer strikes, and the scope walked back under recoil. Despite all of it, once a Hawke Endurance HD took over glass duty, the rifle stacked rounds inside an inch at 100 yards and rang steel at 200. This is the kind of test that tells you more than a clean paper review ever could. Here's what the RL actually delivered when the wheels came off. Key Takeaways MSRP $799, made in Turkey, imported by Spandau Arms (Knoxville, TN), chambered only in .308 Winchester at launch. 20-inch oxynitride barrel with 5R rifling, 5/8x24 thread pitch, factory muzzle brake, and a zero-MOA Picatinny rail pre-fitted. Total weight 6.83 lbs, overall length 39.95 inches, 13.75-inch length of pull, Turkish walnut stock. Trigger measure…