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There you go, good point.

How much coal does the 20B have then?

Really glad to see this thread. I am parting with my beloved Tikka Superlite for a stainless 24b in 6.5x55. This is making me feel pretty good about that decision.

Nick

I was told the short action mag box is 3 inches.

Yeah, if you're smart you'll get a Superlite in 30/06 or 308

Evans1010 what caliber,how much u askin,is it still for sale PM me.ScottyO.

Have 24B's in 25-06 and 30-06, used the both for all my hunting this year. I have posted about the only issue I had with my 30-06 was with the paint. It was shipped before the stock had fully dried messing it up. After season I sent it in and they primed and painted it over, took a lot longer than they had promised (thats why I waited till after season) but in the end it came home perfect.

Can anyone tell me if there's any after production support for a different trigger or safety? I assume a barrel replacement would be easy enough.

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Not sure which trigger the Forbes has now but Jewell makes a good one that fits with safety. The NULA trigger is a sort of three position safety and is available. The NULA triggers were on the earlier Forbes rifle but they may have gone to a basic two position safety now.

That 8 twist 260 might not suck

Pretty sure Forbes is currently using Timneys.

John

silly man

I could see a 24b 30-06 stainless barrel becoming my favorite elk rifle..so long as it groups 168 ttsx or 165 NAB. I've fondled the 24b on many occasions at the LGS...

john843,

According to what I heard from someone who should know, Forbes isn't using Timneys anymore. Or at least they definitely weren't at the time, 3-4 months ago.

Mule Deer, Could certainly be the case, just going by the last thing I saw and can't even remember where that was.

John

I have a 20b, purchased two months ago on GB, and it has a Timney. It was delivered set to 6 pounds according to my Timney pull weight scale.

That ought to be safe enough.

Has Forbes's quality control improved since startup? Anyone recently purchase a new rifle?

I spoke with Rick at Forbes last week and he was a pleasure to speak with. However, I am still a little unsure after reading some reviews about qc issues.

I traded off my Fluted barrel T3 super light in 30-06 a few years back after I bought my first Forbes 24B in 30-06.

Pros
Great light carry rifle
less felt recoil than the Tikka did (Melvin's stock design)
24" barrel is about 120 fps faster with same load used in Tikka

Cons
Tikka shot 168 tsx .75" @ 200 yards 24B best is .8 @ 100 yards -I can live with that
Cost more than 2x T3's


I now have a 2nd 24B in 25-06 which will be my carry gun this year, wanted one in 35 Whelen but missed the boat

My buddy recently bought a Forbes 20B in 260 Remington and he is very happy with it. My buddy went to gunsmithing school and worked for a while as a gunsmith. He has built some really accurate rifles and also owns a NULA to compare the Forbes to. He has torn the gun down and been all over it and is very happy with it. It drives tacks right out of the box, I mean like .25" tack driving. It runs with his bench guns.