Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunting Rifles A Tale of the "Stainless Steel" Forbes, and Rate of Twist

I spoke with Rick last week. They are still "thinking" about a faster twist on the 243 and are aiming to have the stainless actions ready in early 2015. I told him that I thought he'd sell a bunch more guns as soon as they could get those two features into production.

Personally, I told him I'd vote to get rid of the bolt flutes as well, but again they don't bug me really.

Waiting on my 20B.....

Thanks for the update!

Stainless 1/8 barrel is the biggie for me. The other stuff I've got preferences on but can live with either.... If listing preferences, I'd have the .243 in a 22 or 23 inch barrel rather than the 21 inch, but again, it ain't a custom gun.


Will Mr. Forbes rebarrel one of these?

I'm pretty sure that NULA will not work on a Forbes. I can't remember which company told me that, as I have talked to both in the last month. NULA will work on a CLR though. I was close to getting a NULA stock for my CLR 7RM, but decided to put the money towards a 20B.

^^ Nope. There was a Melvin-worked Forbes rifle for sale on this site just last week IIRC

In that case, I stand corrected.

I missed the one listed here. The following is listed on gunbroker and it looks like he will:

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=400394081


Opps....after a search it looks like it's the same rifle.

I spoke with Melvin on the phone about his work over. He checks the action, rebarrels with a Douglas(your choice of chambering/twist), beds the stock, then paints it to your liking. $650.....