I was one of the many who sent emails to Darrik asking for this rifle. I was in the process of building an 8 twist .243 when the .260 group buy was offered. I saw what Darrick was doing as a way to get what I wanted cheaper in the long run.
Just my M700 donor and B&C mountain rifle stock cost over $600. A quality barrel and install with squaring of the action was going to push me over the $1200 price pretty easily. Throw in a new trigger, parts to remove the j-lock, flute the bolt, and other cosmetic things I wanted to do in the long run would have added even more expense.
Yeah this rifles going to come in heavier than I envisioned, but not by much. I shouldn't break 8 lbs all up, but if I do it won't be by much. All in all I got some thing I wanted with this rifle I wasn't going to have with the M700 I was going to build and vice versa.
