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What model no'1's were made in 243?
1V? AB? S? Etc....
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It was pretty popular. I have a #1B from 1976, and I think the 1A was also in there. Maybe one of the stainless models, too.
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Yep, they did a stainless 1B with a laminate stock.
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It was pretty popular. I have a #1B from 1976, and I think the 1A was also in there. Maybe one of the stainless models, too. I have a bicentennial 'B' specimen as well. I need to play with it more this summer.
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Yes, there are a few "V"s out there, but they're not common and were only made a couple of years on the early 1980's.
There were no 1S in 243. In prefixed rifles there was 1A, 1B, K1B, AB(also rare) and RSI. In the non-prefix rifles, there were lots of possibilities.
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The commonly catalogued were 1a 1b 1ah 1rsi 1v. I believe though I've always seen more in 6mm
The interesting thing about #1s is there are a lot of odd limited runs out there. I am also not including the variations of the above that have stainless metal and / or laminated stocks
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I have a .243 #1A that has long been my favorite CF rifle.
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Someone slipped a .222 1A with nice wood onto Gunbroker....
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Someone slipped a .222 1A with nice wood onto Gunbroker.... You should buy it Patrick! Mine has plain wood, so I don't mind dragging it around a bit...
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No you buy it. If'n I was gonna buy it, I wouldn't tell everyone about it If I can't get my .300 Weatherby shooting acceptably well, I'm eyeing a Montana 1999 in .28 Nosler...
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I'm eyeing a Montana 1999 in .28 Nosler...
Why don't you just stick with good guns? ( oh! He actually said that!!!)
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<sigh> I thought the reviews were good on them?
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Patrick I am given to understand quality control has radically improved the last few years. I dealt with them before that and it was a disaster, so I have retained the sour taste in my mouth.
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Over in Hunting Rifles they did a group buy on a .260. Seems like most of the guys loved them out of the box and some had trouble, but they say Montana made them right.
The Nosler 48 has a Pac-nor barrel, and they aren't that much more expensive.
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Patrick...I was mistaken I thought you meant a Kimber Montana... Montana Rifle Company guns never gave us a lick of trouble...Kimbers OTOH..... Might as well phone for a call tag when you have the customer fill out the 4473...we ended up sending exactly 100% of them back in for 'issues'.... Kimber is who I meant Ive heard quality control improvement on... sorry...my bad!
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oh, that's very different Yeah my Kimber Montana 7mm-08 had a POS for a barrel. A trip to Pac-nor fixt that problem, quite nicely
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