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Sweet. That is a rare configuration as well. I am down to a 1 XTR FWT, but I really like them. The one I have is a first year SA, chambered in 22-250. It's a sweet shooter, that rarely comes out of the safe. I bought it almost 1 year ago. Paid $700 for it, but later sold the old gloss scope it came with and put something more useable on top. I think I have $450 in the rifle as we speak..


The prices on these XTR's keep going up. I damned near bought a nice FWT last year, but they wanted $1,100.00 for it. The stock was nicer than any XTR stock I've seen. Come to find out, that rifle was a great deal. Then later, I found a beautiful sporter chamberd in 300WBY. No one wanted that dang thing, so it went home with me. They even gave me 2 boxes of ammo for it. You guys don't want to know what that sells for!!!


I've always liked the XTR FWT's better than the sporter models. They are lighter, and the stocks are slimmer and more elegantly designed. The main reason I later fit a Pacific Research to the XTR sporter. Now it is 7 pounds and handles very well. I'm like redneck. I put them in the safe and call them my 401K. When I run across a nice one at a good price, I'll snag it.. That seems to be getting harder and harder to do though.