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You know a Whittaker/24hour group buy would be a perfect springboard for MRCs 'mini' action that they never got around to producing...  I'm thinking they could sell a few 8" twisted 223/223AIs... Big +1 here.
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It's interesting to go back and read how many wanted a .243 with 1-8 twist but didn't buy one (yet). Curious if it's just the configuration, or something else holding them up. We did great putting our money where our mouths are for the 260. Hopefully we learn from this so there is a 3rd opportunity.
"For some unfortunates, poisoned by city sidewalks ... the horn of the hunter never winds at all" Robert Ruark, The Horn of the Hunter
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If the #2 buy doesn't move, there may not be a #3. I've committed and paid for the rifles. If I get stuck with a ton on the shelf, I'll have to evaluate things before I commit to another run.
I don't mind putting a few on the shelf, but a bunch is another story. We'll see how it goes.
I enjoy handguns and I really like shotguns,...but I love rifles!
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If the #2 buy doesn't move, there may not be a #3. I've committed and paid for the rifles. If I get stuck with a ton on the shelf, I'll have to evaluate things before I commit to another run.
I don't mind putting a few on the shelf, but a bunch is another story. We'll see how it goes. Might be too soon since the first one. Folks haven't gotten to read range reports, see pics, etc. Wonder if 1 or 2 per year wouldn't be a better pace?
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Good point.
I bet once people see how the first rifles shoot, and when pics surface this hunting season of the rifles laying next to dead stuff, the orders will flood in.
As of now, an order is kind of a shot in the dark about what you're going to get as far as quality, accuracy, etc.
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Absolutely.... I'm waiting on range reports and field reviews from a select few of the guys that ordered .260s.
The .243's will sell out in two days.... as soon as the first few 1/2" groups and real life scoped weights under 8lbs show up in the hen house.
If folks struggle to get consistent sub-MOA accuracy, if the stock ergos aren't well received, or they weigh in chunky.... then maybe you'll struggle to sell the #2 lot... and #3 doesn't need to happen at all. I'm praying this isn't the case... because I'm with Billy on the .284...
My money is on option one.... but it very well could be option two. That's business... but I applaud SAS for having the balls to let the market decide.
You better pray to the God of Skinny Punks that this wind doesn't pick up......
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*cough* Figure out a Canadian option........ 
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If the #2 buy doesn't move, there may not be a #3. I've committed and paid for the rifles. If I get stuck with a ton on the shelf, I'll have to evaluate things before I commit to another run.
I don't mind putting a few on the shelf, but a bunch is another story. We'll see how it goes. Might be too soon since the first one. Folks haven't gotten to read range reports, see pics, etc. Wonder if 1 or 2 per year wouldn't be a better pace? This. No way I would order one yet. Especially since one member has been waiting twelve weeks to get one back that's messed up (bought off the shelf. Not a group buy gun). Dink
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Pending a few reviews on the 1st buy, I'd put a deposit in now for a 6.5 saum
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*cough* Figure out a Canadian option........ I may have that issue resolved. I'll know more early next week.
I enjoy handguns and I really like shotguns,...but I love rifles!
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It's interesting to go back and read how many wanted a .243 with 1-8 twist but didn't buy one (yet). Curious if it's just the configuration, or something else holding them up. We did great putting our money where our mouths are for the 260. Hopefully we learn from this so there is a 3rd opportunity. For me, it is purely a matter of timing. I picked up two other rifles in between ordering and receiving the LH MRC 6.5x55. As I mentioned over on the Lefty forum, the MRC action is the smoothest one I own. And it is pushing 1/2 moa when I do my part... No reason to think the .243 will not do the same...
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