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Better grab one quick. Kimber dropped the 223 for 2019. What a shame! That leaves the market wide open for Barrett! Please!!! I hope they are listening! Got tired of waiting on Barrett so I did just pick up a Montana 223 last week. Hoping the 9 twist shoots the 62 ttsx? A Fieldcraft will be on order the second I hear they are shipping.
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Agreed! If Barrett drops a "micro action" in .223, 6.5 Grendel, etc I will likely own a few more Barretts which can only be a good thing.
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Agreed! If Barrett drops a "micro action" in .223, 6.5 Grendel, etc I will likely own a few more Barretts which can only be a good thing. In the Grendel and I'm in.
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The FC is already light, why re-tool for a Chipmunk when the existing platform works great?
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The FC is already light, why re-tool for a Chipmunk when the existing platform works great? They need excuses to not build a lefty.
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I bought a KM .223 a number of years ago, since I enjoyed shooting my KM .308 so much.....much cheaper to reload for, and easier on the shoulder, but is the same platform. I have shot thousands of rounds through it, and it still easily shoots under an inch. Actually just bought a box of 50 Hornady 55 grain vmax for the brass and printed a group of three not much larger than 3/8". Shot coyote, fox, otter, ptarmigan, handful of caribou, etc.....
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What can would you put on a 223 Montana?
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Better grab one quick. Kimber dropped the 223 for 2019.
The Kimber Montana is King in the ergonomics game. They just feel right.... I figure a guy could find one if he looked hard enough. I could one from here that doesn't shoot.  Why would they drop them from the line? Kimber isn't known for brilliant rifle decisions, but I really don't know the reason. The 22-250 and 204 was dropped also. Only available in the various varmint or heavy barrel offerings. Very disappointing. No 6mm CM either. Who makes a new model called the "Open Country" and only chambers it in 6.5 CM or 308? The name and configuration begs for the 243, 257R, 25-06, 270, 280AI, 7mmRM, 7WSM, 300WM, 300WSM, 6.5PRC etc. Oh to be the Kimber manager of product development.
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If we could use them for deer in VA I would have one. Wound up with a Montana in .260 instead. Spent a few dollars finding what bullets that one liked.
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If we could use them for deer in VA I would have one. Wound up with a Montana in .260 instead. Spent a few dollars finding what bullets that one liked. Va deer have thicker skin. IIRC .223 is legal in WV, MD, NC, TN, and KY....
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More than a few folks are Moosing with Montucky 223's. Elks too.
Hint....................
Brad says: "Can't fault Rick for his pity letting you back on the fire... but pity it was and remains. Nothing more, nothing less. A sad little man in a sad little dream."
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More than a few folks are Moosing with Montucky 223's. Elks too.
Hint.................... Doubt I'll be Moosin' or chasing Elks with my Montucky .223, but what would those folks be using for a bullet?
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In OEM spouts,the Hornie 75 BTHP shines in all atmospheres,as do the 62TSX(best .224" X-er going). In rebarreled 223/223AI Customs...the 75'Max/ELD are the mainstays,though the 88 ELD is coming along strong.
Same goes Bears.
Hint................
Brad says: "Can't fault Rick for his pity letting you back on the fire... but pity it was and remains. Nothing more, nothing less. A sad little man in a sad little dream."
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