How are Montana Rifle Company rifles in terms of fit, finish, quality, and accuracy? How do they stack up against something like a kimber montana? Specifically I am asking about their x2 model. Are their stocks fairly good quality?

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John

I have an X2 7mm08. Very happy with it. Shoots as good as I can shoot. Reviews have been pretty good on accuracy overall. Fit and finish is great on mine and others are reporting the same. Nice thing is they will do some customization right at the factory for a reasonable price. Things like barrel length , fluting .Feeds great with both the hornadys and remingtons I have ran through it. I had an issue with the safety being hard to work but that worked itself out. I am loving it really.
Dont buy one if you are looking for a light weight rifle. I wouldnt consider it heavy but its not comparable in weight to a Kimber montana. Weights were generally heavier than advertised. Weight seemed to be the biggest complaint from those purchasing. Mine is just under 8lbs with a 22 inch barrel, tally LWs and a swaro av 3-10x42 empty.

Not real happy with mine, 300WM. Like has been said safety is erratic. I have had a terrible time getting it to shoot well. I don't seem to have a problem with other rifles & cartridges. Loaded up some 30-06 for the wife's Marlin & it shot approx, 3/4 inch with her pulling the trigger. Have not been able to do that with the Montana and have tried several recipes. They are heavy in comparison to most other brands. I have the ASR with stainless & Walnut.

Heavy,clunky, lots of cast parts. The safety on one of mine broke in half...twice. If you like heavy and clunky buy a Ruger at least they are reliable and accurate, at less than 1/2 the cost.

Lefty C

The above is the first bad things I read about these guns. Everything else ,other than weight, has been positive. Been eyeing one of them up myself.

Get a Model 70 and drop it into a McMillan. Even better, re-barrel a Kimber. You'll be better off.

MRC are kind of hit or miss. I was not been impressed with their customer service on the misses. Plus, they are heavy compared to other actions.

I own two left hand MRC's. As noted above, not the place to start if you want a mountain rifle. Other than that, mine are accurate. Fit and finish are good. The actions are the smoothest factory actions I have ever owned. Their Short Actions have a 3.125" magazine box from the factory.

As a South Paw, I can buy a complete Left Hand MRC stainless rifle for significantly less than the cost of a stainless Left Hand Winchester M70 donor action. Any future LH CRF projects that I build will start with an MRC action.

JMO... YMMV...

Shoots into just over and inch with the first load tried.
Slightly heavy, but not obnoxious. Any who thought it was a LW wasn't paying attention.





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Thanks for all the replies. They do sound like nice rifles but, the consensus does seem to be that they are heavier than what I am looking for.

Weight is not everything. I sold a Remington KS Custom Shop because of buying a Montana Rifle Co product. If I can carry it at my age you should be tough enough to handle another pound too.

I would agree, however there is a point where weight becomes a factor, but for me 8-9 lbs isn't it. If need be I'd rather take a few pounds off my body than worry about an extra lb or so of a quality rifle.....but that's just me.

I am still tempted to pick one of these up. Itd said it would be $1100 to have a stainless Douglas spun on a stainless action. Seems like a good price considering stainless nh m70 prices + a barrel and smith fees.

Why rebarrel it?

Heard this so many times. Sounds good but not accurate. You're comparing weight on your body which is distributed relatively evenly on your body. The pound or 2 on your rifle is typically carried on one side of the body or the other. Adding instability. It is also carried in a hand or on an arm which increases the effort it takes to pack that weight. Especially when hiking inclines, rough ground etc.

They ain't even close to a Montana. Quite frankly, and to MRC's credit, nothing handles like a Montana.

MRC's are thick and heavy. The ones I've handled feel ok in say, .300 Win.

But anything smaller is a compromise.

Correct and I don't see any asking where they can find a pair of boots that weigh 8-10 pounds no matter how much weight they have lost.

My fault. I should have said, "If needed, rebarrel a Kimber." Same with the Model 70, "if you feel it's needed drop it into a McMillan".
Personally, I think the Kimber is the best deal. Great stock, excellent action, usually shoots well out of the box. If it doesn't it can be made to shoot with are a barrel and bed. MRC just can't match the handeling characteristics of a Kimber no matter how much you polish it.

This whole lose a few pounds of body weight BS is a cop out. So you lose three pounds and all of a sudden the muscles in your forearm, bicep, shoulder, tricep etc are that much stronger. Yeah right. Go walk 30 minutes on a treadmill at a 8 incline with a 8 pound barbell in one hand. Lose five pounds and do the same test. Guess what, your friggin arm is still going to be tired as hell. The people who say I'd rather lose a couple pounds instead of carry a lighter rifle show that they have very little experience with working out and physical fitness. Those in the gym putting in the work realize there is a whole lot more to strength, cardio, conditioning and the ability to cover miles and miles with a rifle than just losing a couple pounds.

This is an old thread at this point and not to start a urinating match......however having trained fighters for 40 years and treated and rehab musculoskeletal conditions for 30 years, I would agree there are many variables to strength and fitness and weight loss and it would all be in context of the individual, my experience is, drop the 30 lb belly, keep the 9 lb rifle and you'll get up and down the mountain a lot easier. I like my 7 lb rifles and my 10 lb ones, I would rather carry the 7 lb ones but also use the 10s. But my opinion proves I obviously have no practical experience with fitness or working out.

Don't be the martyr here.

In your scenario, guy could stand to drop 30#s off his belly, yes drop the 30#s and that would be the way to go.

But the standard argument is drop 2 or 3 pounds of body weight and carry a rifle that weighs 2 or 3 pounds heavier.

My comment is that those arguments are illogical. Mainly because the 2 or 3 #s added to a rifle's weight is often held and carried by a single arm or hand for long distances which greatly increases the effort required and the fatigue. That weight, while often being in a hand or on one shoulder also adds to the hunter's weight imbalance which further adds strain and fatigue.

I am not the fittest guy in the planet, but I am fairly strong, especially in the shoulders and arms because of repetitive motions that are required in my work every day. I assure you I am more than capable of packing a 10# rifle all over hell and back. But I also know that when I pack a Kimber Montana in the breaks and cover 13-15 miles in a day versus my Wby or my heavy barreled M77, I damn sure can feel the difference during the day and definitely at the end of the day.