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That's about as much fun as a man can have....

Deer Camp Lane doesn't suck, that's for sure!

They closed school because of that?

But it does get a little rowdy up there sometimes.

Yep, the Bocephus boys get a little vociferous... grin

They must have been on their good behavior when this Yankee visited.
I didn't even see one "Watch this".

Have you adjusted the trigger.

Yep. It's a Timney. Pretty simple to adjust.

It came in around 5lbs, from the factory. It's at 2.5 pounds now.

I can answer this question now, as I cleaned it again yesterday after my snow follies!

It has close to 100 rounds down the tube.....lots of carbon, but very little copper. The "blue" on the patches disappeared quickly. The barrel is SMOOTH and I don't expect copper fouling to be an issue. I expect nice things to come. Just for conversation's sake -- this barrel fouled much less than my last several Douglas's.

I'll get some more groups on paper with different loads this weekend.

.....and another thought.

I carried it a lot this past weekend in the snow sans sling. I wanted it in my hands, not on my shoulder. The bottom of the stock feels round in my hand and is a joy to tote.

Battue asked a question earlier in the thread about offhand pointing and stability. I've compared the Forbes to the Montana....and the Forbes wins. I honestly think that the balance on the Forbes is better too.

I wanted to wait a bit before I passed judgement. I'm so use to the Montana, my opinion could have been biased. My feel meter is tilting to the Forbes...

Thanks re bbl, - what are your latest groups and what bullets?

I've not been shooting on paper, I've been busting steel. My range is in the back of the house and I'm limited to 100 yards. I've been shooting steel from dad's front porch.....and the range is almost limitless. It's been a snowy, icy, muddy, windy mess here for a couple of weeks.

For reference: my house is in the left on the photo. Dad's is to the right. The picture is taken from the road, about 3/4's of a mile from my house. Our driveway is private and about a 1/2 mile long. We both can shoot a long way out the front door, but not very far out the back!

Hopefully I'll get more groups on paper this weekend. It's just more fun shooting and listening for a clang than walking back and forth to targets in this weather.

How easy? <grin>

It's very similar to this.

http://quarterbore.com/library/articles/rem700trigger.html

If these instructions don't get you there, call Forbes. I read somewhere on here where a guy sent his rifle back because he couldn't get it below 3lbs safely. Forbes fixed it and it now breaks below three. IIRC, the turn around time was uber fast.

Thanks!

Awesome rifle and good shooting. Might still pull the trigger on one of the 20B's in 243 even with the 10 twist.