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Still way lighter than if a guy starts with a 8 pound rifle.
Nice pics Ridge250. It amazes me how some people don’t get that.
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a 2 pound scope and a heavy suppressor on a 5 pound rifle, LOL. oh and add a heavy harris bipod to ice the cake. My gosh, it might even be ffp! it’s different! It’s not what I do! How about that picture? Doesn’t look like a school playground, does it? The C clamp cowboy never disappoints. Ask CC for a hunting picture... 
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Is that the factory 22" version, threaded and ceracoated black with a green stock?
.......... The "perfect" version (for me). I've not had a bad Fieldcraft, but the 22" sporter barreled version is perfection (for me).
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Rarer and Rarer still. I think I've seen 1 on gunbroker? Is that the factory 22" version, threaded and ceracoated black with a green stock?
.......... The "perfect" version (for me). I've not had a bad Fieldcraft, but the 22" sporter barreled version is perfection (for me).
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Is that the factory 22" version, threaded and ceracoated black with a green stock?
.......... The "perfect" version (for me). I've not had a bad Fieldcraft, but the 22" sporter barreled version is perfection (for me). Have to agree. Tried and tried to get them to do a small run in 7/08 but they were having issues sourcing the 7 mm blanks - couldn’t even meet the demand for the regular two versions.
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Is that the factory 22" version, threaded and ceracoated black with a green stock?
.......... The "perfect" version (for me). I've not had a bad Fieldcraft, but the 22" sporter barreled version is perfection (for me). Have to agree. Tried to get them to do a small run in 7/08 but they were having issues sourcing the 7 mm blanks - couldn’t even meet the demand for the regular two versions.
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People are way too orgasmic about fieldcrafts. It’s the same as people wanting fixed power scopes again. They quit making them because only a few people were buying. Just like when colt was labeling them. The history is the same. Just buy a freaking tikka Have to agree. Tried and tried to get them to do a small run in 7/08 but they were having issues sourcing the 7 mm blanks - couldn’t even meet the demand for the regular two versions. Demand!? Not possible. CC plainly stated that Barrett stopped making the Fieldcraft because there wasn’t demand! 
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Is that the factory 22" version, threaded and ceracoated black with a green stock?
.......... The "perfect" version (for me). I've not had a bad Fieldcraft, but the 22" sporter barreled version is perfection (for me). Have to agree. Tried to get them to do a small run in 7/08 but they were having issues sourcing the 7 mm blanks - couldn’t even meet the demand for the regular two versions. The 7-08s are rare because they did have trouble getting blanks that shot as well as thry wanted. Most of the 7-08s that did get made had an 8 twist which is another thing they got right. My 18.5" 7-08 actually has an 8.5 twist which is good enough to shootb180s at 1/2 moa. A fire member found it for me in Montana before all feildcrafts became scarce. My 6mm Creedmoor is a 21" and it shoots even better than the 7-08. Someone offered me big money for the 7-08 once. Enough that I could have built a nice custom. I kept the field craft though because there's no guarantee a custom will shoot as well. Barrett put these fieldcrafts together well. Bb
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Regret not buying an '06 I handled several times.
Lucked into an 6.5 creed SCI version (ceracoated) that was unfired for a grand at a Scheels store I stopped at on my way to a meeting about a year ago.
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Have to agree. Tried to get them to do a small run in 7/08 but they were having issues sourcing the 7 mm blanks - couldn’t even meet the demand for the regular two versions. A 22" sporter barrel 7-08 would have been very nice with the fast twist and OAL freedom in the mag box. I had one of the 21" 7-08's but didn't spend much time with it. The 22" 6.5 was what I always reached for. Barrett made a 24", cerakoted, non-threaded, 6.5 CM as well. I never owned one of them but I think they would have been nice as well.
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Regret not buying an '06 I handled several times.
Lucked into an 6.5 creed SCI version (ceracoated) that was unfired for a grand at a Scheels store I stopped at on my way to a meeting about a year ago. I’d likely have broken my hand getting my credit card out. Damn!
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Have to agree. Tried to get them to do a small run in 7/08 but they were having issues sourcing the 7 mm blanks - couldn’t even meet the demand for the regular two versions. A 22" sporter barrel 7-08 would have been very nice with the fast twist and OAL freedom in the mag box. I had one of the 21" 7-08's but didn't spend much time with it. The 22" 6.5 was what I always reached for. Barrett made a 24", cerakoted, non-threaded, 6.5 CM as well. I never owned one of them but I think they would have been nice as well. A non ceracoated 24" no. 2 6. 5 CM just sold on GB.
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Scheels has the best discounts I have ever seen. Once saw a Jack O'Connor commemorative Model 70 in the Sioux Falls store for $1700. Brand new.
Elsewhere, in Sportsmans Warehouse, Denver, I bought a new SS Model 70 in 300RUM for $525 but that is as low as I ever saw them.
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I’d likely have broken my hand getting my credit card out. Damn! I damn near did, certainly wasn't expecting to see one just sitting there. Agree, some deals to be had at Scheels. Also picked up a like new 5 digit Classic Stainless 375 H&H this past year for 700. What baffles me are people trading these in for probably 25-30% less than the sticker.
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Does any body know for sure how long the aluminum bar in the front of the stocks is.Were the sling stud is threaded.
I know it’s at least 1.5 inchs but curious to see if anyone knows.
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Every one I have owned or shot was very accurate with factory ammo, I didn't need to develop a load.
Regrettably sold the 243 and 308, but kept the 6.5cm. It's in the box and still unfired. It's waiting for just the right scope.
Even if the Fieldcraft eventually re-ermerges under a new manufacturer, I can't imagine what could be done to make it better.
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They did Ted. Get on the road! Don’t tempt me…. I just sold a snowmachine, have $2200 in cash I haven’t put into the bank yet and have had a couple of beers. They’re not open tomorrow, which is probably a good thing. I have zero regrets about buying mine, only wish I’d picked up one of the close-outs from Whittaker. Consider this, if you don’t like it, there will be no trouble sending it down the road. Mine is a 6CM, and that’s perfect for me here. By the time I had enough scraped together for a FC, the announcement that they were suspending production for a few months (late spring/early summer 2020?). The cupboard was pretty bare everywhere I was looking and the option I wanted was a threaded 7-08 and there were zero to be found. I called Whittaker’s and the only one they had left was a display model 6.5 Swede for $1453. They said it looked fine and sent it out to me and it’s been a tack driver. Once I’m finishing shooting up my factory SST’s, I’ll see how it does with the Norma partition ammo. I have a bunch of 143 ELD-x’s on the shelf for after the partitions. To the OP’s question, it was kind of tempting at one point to see what I could get for it when I saw one on GB listed at 2X I paid, but knowing me I would have ended up pouring it all onto something that wouldn’t have been much different except maybe in a 7-08.
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Anyone have an update on when the new company that bought Barrett will start making the FC again?
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Anyone have an update on when the new company that bought Barrett will start making the FC again? Given the amount of world conflict and demand for military arms; I’ll guess sometime between not soon and never. But I’d love to be wrong in this case.
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Why wait for a Barrett when you could just buy a tikka?
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