If you want to buy one just to have a rifle made by Melvin Forbes then by all means I can understand,....
Re: made by Mel Forbes...well depends what people understand that to mean.
As long as I can remember his actions are made by an outside machine shop, his stocks are made by his stock maker,
employees fit the barrel and action , finish the stock, etc.
just curious what hands on processes are normally done by Mr.Forbes himself.
I could not imagine owning a NULA in anything but .284win.
Actions are made for Melvin. Out of 3 Nula’s and one Montana re-barrel with Douglas, all clean easily. His rifles and stocks are made in house-at one time his garage-stocks are painted by another away from the shop. Melvin oversees perhaps 4 or 5 employees and his phone rings constantly with people who want to buy or talk rifles. Melvin shoots the finished product.
You think Barrett has his hands on every rifle that leaves the shop?
Between 7mm-08 and .284W, Melvin said 7mm-08 is the winner based on the constant availability of good brass.
Different loads do most often come close to the same POI. Close, but not 3 inches away or on top of one another.
Been to his shop perhaps 5 times and unless things have changed, I’m not guessing.