There was a recent post about LAW, I think in the Campfire forum that stated they are now out of business.
Not a surprise to me. If Ed couldn't produce the 704 rifle at a suitable profit with a $4K price point, LAW probably couldn't produce even a knock off at $1,500 or whatever their opening price paint was.
I know they used Timney triggers, Ed used Jewell triggers and Shilen barrels. His stocks were made by McM, reportedly to his design. I have several Hunters Edge by McM. Stood side by side, I can't tell any difference between the McM Hunters Edge and Ed's proprietary stock, other than the paint is different. Ed also used a proprietary metal coating which is very good. I'm sure with all his 1911 work, he'd about perfected the metal coating business. And his bottom metal was steel, not aluminum.
My Damara is a .300 Win Mag. It has a 3.6", not 3.4" box mag. The chamber is throated for longer COAL than factory, which give more powder room in the case. The optimal COAL is a perfect fit in the longer box mag. Every detail like that is perfect. I like to mess with new guns. There was NOTHING (somewhat to my dismay and amazement) that I could do to improve this gun. All the kinks were out, it was(is) just about perfect.
Now, LAW surely wasn't building them to this standard, but it's hard to build a knock off Rolls Royce without it still costing a few bucks. The 704 action requires some serious CNC machining.
Oh well.
Here's a picture of the real deal, wearing a Victory 2.5-10x50.
DF