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Nice! Look forward to your report.
Hard to tell from the pic, but is that a #1 contour barrel or #2?
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SAS, given Forbes decided to put a chro bolt on a SS action, your choice is the way I'd go (Chro action, SS barrel).
As was already asked, what chambering?
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Nice! Look forward to your report.
Hard to tell from the pic, but is that a #1 contour barrel or #2? It measures .555" at the muzzle. It appears to be a 'tweener contour wise. It has a little beef through the body, but tapers to #1 land. In the manual that came with the rifle, Forbes says it's a #2. I'll compare it with a Lilja #1 on a 223AI tonight.
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The #2 contour is .6" at 24, so you're working with a #1.
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I'll get more pics tonight. I'm going to weight it and a Montana 7-08 for comparison.
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Looking forward to the range reports. I would like to see the actual weight too since published specs are often wrong. Is the stock a gritty feeling as it looks?
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It's really not that gritty, but it's not slick either. I like the stock.
Several have commented on the closed grip in the past, but it feels good in my hands. I like the ergo's of the stock.
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How long was the wait from the time you ordered it until you got it?
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That's subjective!
I contacted Rick as soon as they were announced last year. I ordered a 243 and an all stainless 7-08. Sometime during the year after I heard the all stainless 20B's wouldn't be out until 2015, I cancelled both orders. We emailed back and forth several times through the year.
Then in November 2013 I contacted Rick again. He told me about the initial run of 10, 308 20B's. He also said they were doing another run of 50 immediately after SHOT. I ordered a 7-08 from the post-SHOT production run.
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Is it too soon to say I'll take it? 
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Ha! I think several others beat you to it in previous threads about the rifle!
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Those don't count because the rifle wasn't yet in your possession. 
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I like that color combo! I just wish for 2 things; that they kept the 2pos/3function safety and that they came in 260! Looking forward to hearing your report.
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It's going to become a 250 Savage.
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Already counting chickens?
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it'd make a great .250 savage!
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How is the trigger and is the action smooth? What does the barrel look like inside? Shaw?
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