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Man in this day and age you would thing they would be smarter than that... Sad to hear...if it was me I would have refunded all your money, gotten the rife back and then sold it with the actual specs and swallowed the minor loss vs. my reputation....

I have one of their guns that I bought used. A guy in Michigan had them build a barreled action in .350 RM and then he had his smith bed it into a B&C stock for a moose or bear hunt in Alaska. He liked Alaska so much he ended up moving there...and sold the rifle on GB for the price of the action to finance building a .358 Norma Mag....why I have no clue...with the longer box I load to the .350 RM Long specs and get 2700 fps with a 250. Rifle is good for .75 MOA and feeds perfectly....

Bob

It is painfully moronic of MRC to let crap like this happen. How many potential buyers other than myself eschew their product because of their treatment of customers like the OP. The net is littered with similar accounts. Fotis was a dealer. He happily dumped them. Whittaker got deep into the X2s. It doesn't look like they are bringing in any X3s. Just plain damn dumb on MRC's part.

I bought a used Ruger mini 14 and it fell in a serial number range that Ruger asked all to be returned to them to “proof” the steel. I believe it was the receiver . Anyway, I paid the shipping to them and never thought twice. They returned it on their dime. Point being , I believe this is pretty common practice for the customer to pickup the shipping one way. I don’t necessarily agree with it but stating facts. However, I have heard of some companies picking up shipping both ways for example Barrett.

Ruger picked up the tab both ways on the two I have had to send back.

I bought a lefty X2 a few years ago. I had problems with it feeding and extracting from the start and eventually had them turn it into another caliber. It still has some reliability issues with picking a round up off the floorplate. It looks like it's probably a simple fix, but I gave up on sending it to MRC to fix it and will probably tinker with it myself.

Truth be told, it's a good feeling gun that has decent accuracy and I don't regret the purchase, but I wish I took the approach below. As a lefty, I appreciate that they offer them in calibers the others don't and I really like their action.

I've said this before, if you want a MRC rifle, do the following:

Buy one of their actions
Buy some quality lightweight bottom metal
Buy a shilen barrel
Buy a McMillan edge stock
Find a local gunsmith that can turn them into exactly what you want.


I hate for us to dog MRC and run them off. They probably need to go back to how they started and provide semi-finished actions only.

After the new owners were onboard for awhile and were promising much better customer service; I sent them an email requesting turnaround time to receive one of their actions. Never heard back.

Over on the Sportsmans Warehouse site, the MRC ASRs all on sale for $999.97......Gonna be interesting to see if Sportsman Whse continues carrying MRC rifles in lieu of the issues going on at MRC......

I heard from one dealer that they are most likely dropping MRC because of all the problems they've had dealing with them.

Sent an inquiry about sending in an XWR that is misbehaving and got this:

”John Davis,

Thank you for contacting Montana Rifle Company through our Customer Support form. We have received your email and will be reviewing it shortly. Please allow up to three business days to receive a response.

If you don't receive a response within three business days, please email us directly at servicemontanarifleco.com or by responding to this email so we can make it right.

Your concern is important to us, and we appreciate you taking the time to reach out to us. Thank you for choosing our rifles!

Sincerely,
the team at Montana Rifle Company”

Later, got this:

“ Mr. Davis,

Currently the factory is closed for the holidays, when we return our Product Service Manager will be in Touch.

Thanks,

Montana Rifle Company”

That was in the 10th. Haven’t hear from them since...

John

Any company can have problems. The question is why aren't they dealing with them? Just don't get it; it's suicidal.

I wish they’d get their crap together. They have potential, but not with things going as they are. I’d have bought a X3 by now if it weren’t for the quantity of bad reviews out there.

Curious how this is going to play out

Wasn't it recently announced that MRC is out of business, or going out?

Last word was they filed for bankruptcy.

Yes
Hence why I’m curious as the OP started this months back

Yep. All done.

https://montanarifleco.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/MRC-Closure-Letter.pdf