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That’s a nice bare bones weight.
Any reasonable hunting scope and rings and rounds will keep you under 9. And that’s probably about right for most any guns that aren’t being totted up the steep stuff.
Flute the bolt, ditch the pic bases for Talleys, drop it in an Edge, and you could start approaching 8lb all up if done right.
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Funny you mention that. That’s the one rifle I’d like to own, but don’t. I did order some of these for the shop though. https://www.savagearms.com/content?p=125thI’m keeping one in 250 “just because”. While I’m on Savage rifles, we sell a ton. I’m not a Savage guy either. Consumers continue to suck them up. We go through a bunch of 110 Storms, several of the cheap Axis models as well. The 110 Storm has some unique features. The mag box is almost 3”. Three position tang safety. Modular stock system. Although I don’t care for the accutrigger, it does adjust nicely and break clean. Most are extremely accurate. Their gas system is really good. They offer tons of left hand models. Maybe that’s why they sell? I just never really give them a second look. I think it’s because it says “Savage”. Kinda like Bear bows. Both of their names were synonymous with cheap, KMart products in my youth. i wouldnt mind one of those in 250 savage to go with ... well ... all my other 250 savages
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Build it in stainless steel, ditch the NRA reference, and offer it for the same price, and it would be worth buying. Otherwise, might as well build.
Agreed on the Fieldcraft. The stock design sucks.
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.... Barrett Fieldcraft ... Personally, I'm just not crazy about the stock ergo's. If that rifle was in the Kimber Montana stock, I'd probably have 4 or 5 of them!
Amen! +2 IMO, the Montana stock with the somewhat closed grip of the FC would be Nirvana...
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Agreed on the Fieldcraft. The stock design sucks.
If any of you had a more well designed face you'd like the FC better. You all have poor facial structures....no matter what your mamma's told you. ...grin...
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What's wrong with the FC ergos? Curious.
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The quality of the stock is great. It just doesn’t fit me right. I think it’s the angle of my wrist/diameter of the grip/LOP when I’m shouldering the rifle. I can live with it, don’t hate it, just don’t love it.
I never really liked Melvin's stock either though.
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The item description for these on remingtons website says the trigger is factory tuned to 3.5#. Do you buy that SAS, and would you say these “need” a Timney or triggertech like most other 700s ? I’ll put it on a gauge later. If it’s not 3.5# on the money, it’s close. It doesn’t need a Timney or Trigger Tech, but either would always be an improvement.
I enjoy handguns and I really like shotguns,...but I love rifles!
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Ya'll spend your money on whatever you please, but Whittaker's is where I will send mine but it won't be for a Remington over a Barrett.
One is filet, one is hamburger. This is my experience with those brands.
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The quality of the stock is great. It just doesn’t fit me right. I think it’s the angle of my wrist/diameter of the grip/LOP when I’m shouldering the rifle. I can live with it, don’t hate it, just don’t love it.
I never really liked Melvin's stock either though. Well said, and I completely agree. Also, the comb isn't high enough for the available scope mounts. Funny thing is I spec a 13 3/4" LOP when I custom order a stock for myself, so the Barrett ought to fit in the LOP department....but somehow it still feels long.
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The quality of the stock is great. It just doesn’t fit me right. I think it’s the angle of my wrist/diameter of the grip/LOP when I’m shouldering the rifle. I can live with it, don’t hate it, just don’t love it.
I never really liked Melvin's stock either though. That is my opinion also. Melvin's stocks do not fit me, and neither do the Fieldcrafts.
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the perfect rifle for whitetail deer seems to vary from place to place. Where I do most of my hunting, deep in a north Florida swamp, or along a forest stream, I don't get many shots longer than 50 yards. The rifle that has done the best for me is a Marlin 1894 in .44 Magnum. I have a Nikon African 1-4X scope on it, with a German #4 reticle.
For the past two years, I have supplemented the lever carbine with a Ruger Ranch bolt rifle in 7.62x39. This one might wind up replacing the Marlin for being just what I need.
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The perfect deer rifle? Interesting topic and my choice might be one I never used yet. That rifle is a left hand Ruger Hawkeye in 300 RCM. Ruger designed the stock with a slightly shorter LOP, 20 inch barrel complete with factory irons, and the normal built in scope base and free rings. All for $500 on sale when CDNN was clearing them out.
The shorter stock permits the rifle to be shouldered faster, especially with a hunting coat on. It should shoot any bullet weight the 06 can at a slightly faster velocity. Overkill for the whitetails of the size we hunt at the distances we normally shoot. But we never know when a big piggy might show itself.
My biggest fear is when I die my wife will sell my guns for what I told her they cost.
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the perfect rifle for whitetail deer seems to vary from place to place. Where I do most of my hunting, deep in a north Florida swamp, or along a forest stream, I don't get many shorts longer than 50 yards. The rifle that has done the best for me is a Marlin 1894 in .44 Magnum. I have a Nikon African 1-4X scope on it, with a German #4 reticle.
For the past two years, I have supplemented the lever carbine with a Ruger Ranch bolt rifle in 7.62x39. This one might wind up replacing the Marlin for being just what I need. A 44 mag long gun works well in mid TN too.
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94 30-30 PERFECT!
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My go to rifle is a 30-06 Fieldcraft with a 3.5-10X40 Leupold VX3, or a SS Tikka 243 with 3-9X40 VX1, or a SS Tikka 30-06 with 3-9X40 VX1, or a Remington AWR 30-06 with a 3.5-10X40 VX3, or a Weatherby Vangaurd with a 3-9X40 VX2, or a Savage Weather Warrior 30-06 with a 3.5-40 VX3, or a Semi Custom Remington 700 300 SAUM with a 3.5-10X40 CDS VX3, or a Sendero 300SAUM with a 4.5-14X40 CDS VX3. etc etc I choose my rifle based on where I am hunting at the time and I have a hard time choosing! LOL I have a problem. Seems like I wind up carrying the Savage more than anything though. Just a good utilitarian rifle that I am not so worried about damage or weather.
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I’d be much more interested if they had made it in stainless underneath that cerakote.
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The quality of the stock is great. It just doesn’t fit me right. I think it’s the angle of my wrist/diameter of the grip/LOP when I’m shouldering the rifle. I can live with it, don’t hate it, just don’t love it.
I never really liked Melvin's stock either though. Put me at +3 or +4. The FC stock feels like a warmed over Forbes stock. Feels like a square piece of wood with rounded off corners. For me, best ever factory stock is the Kimber Ascent. At one point in time, I was trying to buy an extra Kimber Ascent stock to fit to a Left Hand Forbes rifle. Never could find a spare Ascent stock, so sold the LH Forbes rifle and the RH Ascent. ETA: Even tho I am thinning the herd, if Kimber ever offered a LH Ascent in .243Win, 6.5CM, 6.5x55, or .270Win, I would buy one sight unseen.
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Dad (lastround) traded in a couple rifles for a Barrett Fieldcraft today. He got the special edition with the #2 contour, green stock and black cerakote. He bought the 6.5 Creedmoor. I bet it the all up weight isn’t 7 pounds. It shoots exceptionally well - we had to try it out!
It could possibly be the more perfecter combo. Barrett quality and consistency still amazes me. Like I said earlier in the thread, I believe they’re the highest quality production (actually semi custom) rifle on the market today.
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Dad (lastround) traded in a couple rifles for a Barrett Fieldcraft today. He got the special edition with the #2 contour, green stock and black cerakote. He bought the 6.5 Creedmoor. I bet it the all up weight isn’t 7 pounds. It shoots exceptionally well - we had to try it out!
It could possibly be the more perfecter combo. Barrett quality and consistency still amazes me. Like I said earlier in the thread, I believe they’re the highest quality production (actually semi custom) rifle on the market today. I recently bought the Lipsey’s Special run Barrett FC 6.5CM w/ 24” no.2 bbl. (the exact one I lobbied for, Whittaker’s proposed, and Barrett rejected). It’s a fine little rifle that groups 140 NAB’s into .6” groups. I just wish Whittaker’s had gotten my $... ![[Linked Image]](https://i.postimg.cc/xTNB6x2f/barrett-6-5cm-06-09-19.jpg)
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