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Wow. Like a Tikka but 3x more money!

Yep. Just like a Tikka. Just like one.

Just reloaded for a friend's Kimber 8400 in 338WM with excess headspace. Bumped new WW brass to 35 caliber and sized it down to fit the chamber. Left the brass slightly tight just to ensure positive primer strikes.

The properly adjusted cartridges literally measured exactly (sheer fluke) .125" longer than SAAMI specs from shoulder to case head.

Kimber's response? Yawn!

Yea,with no plastic,and a pound lighter,but since that doesn't matter, just like any other rifle that will shoot.

I'm in for a lefty, 2 depending on calibers. It would seem 8% of rifle shooters being southpaws is a little low. Best estimates are 10-12% for the general, but maybe those rifle shooters have adapted to righty guns. I have a couple right handed guns that I'm culling as left handers become more available.

Looking forward to Mule Deer's breakdown of the Fieldcraft in Rifle.

Well The Barrett 7mm-08 is settling in nicely. Now if the old man behind would stay steady. This is a 5 shot group at

Very nice! What load?

Nice shooting!
Tennessee - have you heard if a .280 (or ai) may be in the future?
If not, can you bend someone's ear!! :-)

its a 140 gr ballistic tip 46 gr h4350 not to fast

I'm really liking the look of these rifles. Aesthetically for me I don't like the black bolt shroud and the safety. Can anyone that has handled one of these tell me what is the black stuff? Paint, cerakote? I'd blast the black to stainless if that's what's under there.

I've been looking at these rifles and wanting one since seeing them mentioned on here. I went back and forth between this, the Howa and Montana. The Barret seemed like the best of the class but of course was the most money. One thing I have learned through experience, is it's better to get what you really want instead of settling for less and ending up spending more in the long run.

Anyway, I ordered the Barret and picked it up Friday afternoon. I mounted a Bushnell LRHS yesterday and went to shoot it today. No dies yet, so I got two boxes of Horn eldM 140's. First two shots from a clean barrel went about 1/4". Got it zeroed in two or 3 more, set turrets and cleaned it. Next 3 were at 300 and went in 1 1/2". Next 3 went into 2". Both groups were fired quickly, not letting the barrel cool between shots. Looks like we got a shooter. I ran it all the way out to 1000 yards, and it shot way better than expected. Two shots at 500 were about 3" apart and two at 1000 were about 5" apart. Other than wind getting me sometimes, the vertical in that ammo was well below a minute, closer to 1/2. I would say a deer from 0-600 yards is in trouble. I was getting about 2625 fps according to my dope, which was 10 mils at 1k.

Overall, this rifle is more than I imagined. It is very handy and fits me perfectly. It shoots way better than a 5 lb rifle has a right to and is well worth the money.

280 is not on the list yet but ears will be bent....

The black finish is hard coat anodize. The part is 7075 aluminum alloy. Not advisable to blast it off. The best solution would be to Cerakote over the hardcoat to match the stainless if you really want it to match.

I'm making mine RED

Thanks for that Tennessee much appreciated.

This rifle likes Sierra game kings as

Uhhhh are you being serious?

Sorry I didn't read the entire 21 pages. Is there a list of future calibers, or just what is currently on their website?

I sprang for one NULA in my life and this is about as close as it gets for a reasonable price.. and it's stainless.

Like CharlieFoxtrot, I'm in for a lefty, likely 2, depending on calibers offered.

No..he's being stupid..

Any lefty updates?