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Appreciate the info on Factory stocks Brad, I've only owned about 100 of them...

Range report..

First round:
140 PH over 45 grs. IMR 4350
Necked up .260 rem brass, annealed, FLS..

Failed to eject brass.

Knock it out with old crank's cleaning rod..

Second round: Failed to eject brass.

Wrap it and come on home... Plunger works, extractor snaps over rim by hand, but not easily.



The box is sitting here all ready to go..

P.S. - will not eject fired brass either, when fed from magazine, or by hand.

Lame. Failure to extract is a bad deal.

Any shiny spots on the brass (either at the shoulder or towards the base of the case body) which would indicate the case was not sized quite enough for the chamber? I had issues with this on my ULA 270 with brass set back less than resizer touching shellholder.

Dang, that old crank guy gets around, he was just at our range here.

Sounds like you definitely got a Fula. Fulla'chit

Mine did the same thing. Tried several brands of brass, same issue.

Called Rick and he sent me a new extractor. I put it in and it functioned perfectly. You'd think that would be something they'd check...

FWIW--I called Melvin about potentially upgrading the rifle and told him about the extractor issue. He wasn't happy and then he asked about the new trigger. I told him I preferred the old (his) design and he said he'd had several calls about the triggers...didn't sound happy about that either.

Nothing funky looking with the brass - no gouges or rubs..

How about $500? That cover shipping?

Some say don't worry about the bedding...I say bullshit, if you wanted crap you would have intentionally bought crap...Some wonder why American business suffer...Generally it is because someone don't care or have pride in their product...This one seems to fit that mold...

Agreed, bean counters rule and ruin things, at the end of the day, Melvin's reputation is on the line, if anything for his NULA, as this Forbes line has his name on it.....I would not have allowed this if I were him. Sorry, not a slam, just a fact.

I would be at the plant assembling these, checking all aspects of quality, inc. test firing for feeding/extraction/ejection issues, as well as accuracy. Accuracy is only ONE dimension....

Sorry you're having trouble. I think I would send someone in charge a link to this thread. It has over 1800 views which is 1800 potential customers. It shouldn't be that hard to make sure bedding looks better than that and that the rifle will actually function especially considering the wait time and volume they are producing. I mean what's going on over there. Did they hire two illegals to build rifles and call it a company?

I'm sure in the end you will have things to your satisfaction but a little special attention might help you get a rifle that someone at least checked before it left the factory.

In that case, send the turd back.

I would tell him I wanted my money back and he could keep the rifle.

Yeah....I would want my money back too.

Rancho, I think my luck rubbed off on you. Send it back and buy a Tikka.

With the foam exposed like that, I would be afraid of water getting inside the stock. Not good. Not good at all. I'm almost afraid of taking apart my 24B. Afraid of what I'll find.

I called Forbes about a month ago about ordering a 20b LH in all stainless.
They are due to start popping out around the first of the year.

This thread is disappointing, especially after owning a 20b NULA. They are special rifles.


Have you emailed Melvin about this, RL? Maybe I missed that here somewhere....

I've worked in the manufacturing environment before, and have found that if you let one part of your product stream lag in quality, all others parts will quickly start sinking in quality, too.