OK guys, here's a few facts for you to chew on based on my .338 RCM. I got the stainless/synthetic version. The rifle weighed 6 and 3/4 lbs. out of the box, sans scope. Trigger pull of the new LC6 trigger was exactly 5 lbs., which I lightened a tad. Early groups were a bit large, but the rifle seems to be shooting in nicely now. Best 3-shot group to date was 1.09 in. at 100 yards with Hornady 225 grain SST, which I used to kill a monster bear on Vancouver Island just a week or so ago (squared nearly 7 feet, one shot, double lung, 180 yards, through and through, DRT). Recoil works out to about 30 ft. lbs. with that load -- certainly noticeable, but manageable, unless you pull a rookie move and crowd the scope in your excitement and total focus when proned out shooting a very large bear, but I of course don't know anyone who would do such a dumb thing... In any event, I'm sold on the rifle/cartridge combo and the 20-in. barrel. Just the ticket for hunting big toothy critters in cover.
