Stag Arms Pursuit 6.5 Creedmoor Rifle: The Ultimate Precision Tool for Discerning Shooters

For serious shooters demanding unparalleled precision, adaptability, and robust performance in a bolt-action platform, the Stag Arms Pursuit rifle chambered in 6.5 Creedmoor stands as a premier choice. Engineered to excel across diverse shooting disciplines—from challenging long-range steel matches and demanding precision hunting scenarios to recreational target practice—this rifle is built on a foundation of reliability and innovation. It seamlessly integrates a wealth of high-end features designed to optimize accuracy, enhance shooter comfort, and provide unmatched versatility, setting a new standard for what a modern precision rifle can be.

If you've been asking, "What's the best 6.5 Creedmoor rifle for long-range precision?" or "Which bolt-action rifle offers modularity for both hunting and competition?" then the Stag Arms Pursuit is crafted with your needs in mind. This firearm represents a significant advancement in rifle design, taking the timeless, proven Remington 700 footprint and elevating it with cutting-edge enhancements that cater to the exacting demands of today's precision shooter. It’s an investment in a rifle system that can grow and adapt with your skill set and specific shooting requirements.

Engineered for Excellence: Core Architectural Prowess

At the heart of the Stag Arms Pursuit lies an action meticulously designed for supreme reliability and ease of maintenance. Building upon the industry-standard Remington 700 footprint, this rifle offers a familiar and trusted platform while introducing key innovations that enhance its functionality.

• Interchangeable Three-Lug Bolt Head: A standout feature, the interchangeable three-lug bolt head provides enhanced versatility. This design not only contributes to the rifle's inherent strength and consistent lockup but also allows for potential future caliber conversions by simply swapping the bolt head (and barrel), offering a level of adaptability rarely seen in factory rifles.
• 60-Degree Bolt Throw: The short 60-degree bolt throw is a critical ergonomic advantage. It enables faster cycling of the action, reducing the time between shots and minimizing movement, which is crucial for maintaining sight picture, especially during rapid follow-up shots in competition or hunting scenarios. This shorter throw also provides ample clearance for large optics, preventing interference with the bolt handle during operation.
• Tool-Less Quick Disassemble Bolt: Maintenance and cleaning are made remarkably straightforward with the tool-less quick disassemble bolt. This user-friendly design allows for easy field stripping and reassembly of the bolt, ensuring that your rifle remains in pristine condition, shot after shot, season after season, without the need for specialized tools.
• Pinned Recoil Lug: Precision rifles demand absolute consistency, and the pinned recoil lug contributes significantly to this. By securely pinning the recoil lug, Stag Arms ensures its perfect alignment with the receiver, preventing any rotation or shifting. This precise alignment is vital for consistent barrel seating and optimal accuracy, shot after shot, eliminating potential variables that could impact precision.

This combination of features creates a robust, reliable, and user-friendly action that forms the backbone of the Stag Arms Pursuit's exceptional performance.

Unrivaled Accuracy: Barrel and Chambering Optimized for Performance

The choice of cartridge and barrel specifications is paramount for precision, and the Stag Arms Pursuit leaves nothing to chance. Chambered in the incredibly popular and highly effective 6.5 Creedmoor, this rifle is designed to deliver exceptional ballistic performance.

• 6.5 Creedmoor Chambering: The 6.5 Creedmoor cartridge is renowned for its mild recoil, flat trajectory, and excellent ballistic coefficients, making it an ideal choice for both long-range target shooting and ethical hunting. It offers a superb balance of power and precision, allowing shooters to confidently engage targets at extended distances with greater energy retention and reduced wind drift compared to many other calibers.
• 20-Inch Fluted Stainless Steel Barrel: The 20-inch barrel strikes a superb balance between maneuverability and ballistic performance. Constructed from high-quality 416R stainless steel, known for its corrosion resistance and excellent machining properties, the barrel features a spiral fluted design. Fluting not only shaves off weight, making the rifle easier to carry in the field, but also increases the barrel's surface area for improved heat dissipation, which can contribute to greater consistency during extended strings of fire. The 1:8" twist rate is meticulously chosen to stabilize a wide range of popular 6.5 Creedmoor bullet weights, ensuring optimal accuracy with various ammunition types.
• Black Cerakote Finish: The barrel and receiver are finished with a durable Black Cerakote. This advanced ceramic-based coating provides superior resistance to abrasion, corrosion, and chemical exposure, protecting the rifle from the elements and maintaining its aesthetic appeal even in harsh environments. This robust finish ensures the rifle's longevity and performance in all conditions.
• Threaded Muzzle (5/8"-24): The barrel is threaded with the common 5/8"-24 pattern, allowing for seamless integration of muzzle devices such as suppressors, muzzle brakes, or flash hiders. This adds another layer of versatility, enabling shooters to customize their rifle for reduced recoil, mitigated muzzle flash, or quieter operation, depending on their specific needs and local regulations.
• Barrel Compatibility: Demonstrating its modularity, the Stag Arms Pursuit is compatible with Zermatt Origin-shouldered pre-fits and non-shouldered Savage Small Shank barrels with a barrel nut. This significant feature opens up a world of customization options, allowing users to easily swap barrels without needing a gunsmith, tailoring the rifle to different calibers, barrel lengths, or profiles as their shooting discipline evolves.

This comprehensive barrel and chambering package ensures that the Stag Arms Pursuit is a highly accurate and adaptable platform, ready to meet the demands of any precision shooting challenge.

Optimized Ergonomics: The Modular Hybrid Hunter Stock

A rifle's stock is crucial for shooter comfort, consistency, and ultimately, accuracy. The Stag Arms Pursuit features a thoughtfully designed modular hybrid hunter stock that prioritizes both adaptability and stability.

• Modular Tan Hybrid Hunter Stock: The stock’s striking tan finish not only provides a distinct aesthetic but is also crafted from a robust synthetic material, ensuring durability and resistance to environmental factors. Its "hybrid hunter" designation signifies its ability to bridge the gap between dedicated hunting stocks and more feature-rich competition stocks, offering the best of both worlds.
• Adjustable Cheek Riser: Achieving a proper cheek weld is fundamental for consistent sight alignment and recoil management. The stock's adjustable cheek riser allows shooters to precisely tune the comb height, ensuring optimal eye relief and a natural, repeatable head position, regardless of the optic's height or the shooter's facial structure. This custom fit minimizes neck strain and enhances clarity through the scope.
• Adjustable Length of Pull: The ability to adjust the length of pull (LOP) is essential for accommodating shooters of different statures and varying shooting positions (e.g., prone, bench, standing with heavy clothing). This feature ensures a perfect fit, which is critical for comfortable shooting, proper recoil absorption, and consistent trigger control, contributing directly to improved accuracy.
• AR10-Style Design for Tool-Less Takedown and Storage: One of the most innovative aspects of this stock is its unique AR10-style design. This clever engineering allows for tool-less takedown of the rifle, separating the action from the stock quickly and efficiently. This not only simplifies cleaning and maintenance but also significantly enhances convenience for transport and storage, making the rifle more compact and manageable for travel to remote hunting spots or distant shooting ranges.

The Stag Arms Hybrid Hunter stock transforms the rifle into an extension of the shooter, promoting natural point of aim and unparalleled comfort during extended shooting sessions.

Integrated Versatility: A Platform for Every Accessory

Modern precision shooting often relies on a range of accessories to maximize performance. The Stag Arms Pursuit is built with extensive integrated features to ensure maximum compatibility and customization.

• Rigid, Bolt-On 20 MOA-Biased Rail: The rifle’s action incorporates a rigid, bolt-on 20 MOA-biased Picatinny rail. This canted rail is a game-changer for long-range shooting, providing an additional 20 Minutes of Angle (MOA) of elevation adjustment for your scope. This allows the optic to utilize more of its internal elevation adjustment range for extreme long-distance engagements, preventing you from running out of "up" clicks when shooting beyond typical ranges. Its bolt-on design ensures superior rigidity and a consistent zero.
• M-LOK Sections: The stock features multiple M-LOK attachment points. M-LOK (Modular Lock) is a popular direct-attachment system for accessories, allowing for the easy and secure mounting of bipods, lights, laser designators, and other tactical accessories directly to the stock without the need for bulky rail sections, thus reducing weight and improving ergonomics.
• Picatinny Spigot: A Picatinny spigot at the front of the chassis provides a dedicated and robust attachment point for specific bipod systems (like those from Atlas or Harris) that utilize this interface, offering a stable and repeatable platform for prone or bench shooting.
• Integrated QD Cups: Quick Detach (QD) sling swivel cups are integrated directly into the stock. These provide convenient and secure attachment points for slings, allowing for rapid deployment and transitions between carrying and shooting positions.
• Arca Swiss Plate: The inclusion of an Arca Swiss plate is a premium feature for precision shooters. The Arca Swiss dovetail system is widely used for rapidly attaching the rifle to tripods, barricade bags, or other shooting supports, offering rock-solid stability and quick adjustments during positional shooting stages or dynamic hunting situations.
• Attachable Bag Rider: For enhanced stability when shooting from rear bags, the rifle includes an attachable bag rider. This accessory provides a wider, flatter, and often adjustable surface at the rear of the stock, allowing for finer elevation adjustments and greater stability when using a rear support bag, leading to more precise shot placement.
• AICS/AW Compatible: The rifle’s magazine well is compatible with industry-standard AICS (Accuracy International Chassis System) and AW (Accuracy International Arctic Warfare) pattern magazines. This ensures a broad selection of reliable and readily available detachable box magazines, offering ample capacity (5+1) and quick reloads, which is essential for both competitive shooting and tactical applications.

The Stag Arms Pursuit is truly a complete system, designed from the ground up to integrate seamlessly with a wide array of aftermarket accessories, empowering the shooter to configure their rifle exactly as needed for any mission or discipline.

The Perfect Pull: TriggerTech Primary Trigger

No precision rifle is complete without an exceptional trigger, and the Stag Arms Pursuit delivers with the adjustable single-stage TriggerTech Primary.

• TriggerTech Primary Trigger: TriggerTech triggers are renowned in the shooting community for their revolutionary Frictionless Release Technology™ (FRT). This innovative design virtually eliminates creep and overtravel, resulting in an incredibly crisp, clean, and consistent break.
• Zero Creep, Consistent Trigger Press: The absence of creep means there is no perceivable movement in the trigger before the hammer or striker is released. This allows the shooter to precisely control the moment of the shot, minimizing any disruption to the sight picture and maximizing accuracy. Every trigger pull feels identical, fostering confidence and repeatability shot after shot.
• Adjustable Pull Weight (1.50-4 lbs): The TriggerTech Primary also offers an adjustable pull weight range from 1.50 to 4 pounds, allowing shooters to fine-tune the trigger feel to their exact preference and the demands of their shooting discipline. A lighter pull is often preferred for precision target shooting, while a slightly heavier pull might be desirable for hunting in colder conditions or for enhanced safety.
• Single-Stage Design: The single-stage design means there is one continuous, smooth pull until the trigger breaks, offering a simpler and often more intuitive feel for many precision shooters.

The inclusion of the TriggerTech Primary trigger is a testament to Stag Arms' commitment to providing a truly high-performance package, giving shooters an undeniable advantage in achieving consistent, accurate shots.

Who is the Stag Arms Pursuit For?

This rifle is ideal for a broad spectrum of discerning firearm enthusiasts and professionals:

• Long-Range Precision Shooters: With its 6.5 Creedmoor chambering, 20 MOA rail, and TriggerTech trigger, this rifle is perfectly configured for engaging targets at extended distances, whether on the range or in competition.
• Dedicated Hunters: The rifle's manageable 20-inch barrel, relatively light 8.75 lbs weight, durable Cerakote finish, and comfortable adjustable stock make it an excellent choice for navigating diverse terrain while maintaining the precision needed for ethical harvests.
• Competition Shooters (PRS, NRL, F-Class): The modularity, AICS/AW magazine compatibility, Arca Swiss plate, and customizable ergonomics provide a distinct advantage in various competitive shooting formats where adaptability and rapid positional changes are key.
• Shooters Seeking Modularity and Customization: For those who enjoy fine-tuning their firearm, the interchangeable bolt head, barrel compatibility, and extensive accessory mounting options offer endless possibilities for personalization and performance optimization.
• Individuals Upgrading from Standard Rifles: If you're looking to step up your game from a basic hunting rifle to a platform capable of true precision and versatility, the Stag Arms Pursuit offers a comprehensive, feature-rich package that delivers immediate high-level performance.

The Stag Arms Pursuit 6.5 Creedmoor rifle represents the pinnacle of modern bolt-action design, offering a seamless blend of precision, reliability, and modularity. It's not just a rifle; it's a precision instrument designed to help you achieve your most ambitious shooting goals.

Specifications

Feature	Detail
Brand	Stag Arms
Model	Pursuit
Caliber	6.5 Creedmoor
Capacity	5+1
Action	Bolt
Hand	Right Hand
Barrel Length	20"
Barrel Material	416R Stainless Steel
Barrel Finish	Black Cerakote
Barrel Description	Sporter, Spiral Fluted, Threaded
Muzzle Thread	5/8"-24
Twist Rate	1:8"
Receiver Finish	Black Cerakote
Stock Material	Synthetic
Stock Finish	Tan
Stock Description	Stag Arms Hybrid Hunter, Adjustable Cheek & LOP
Trigger	TriggerTech Primary
Trigger Pull Weight	1.50-4 lbs
Safety	Lever
Sights	Optic Ready
Weight	8.75 lbs
UPC	840213905194