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I know a pretty reliable source that told me Sipe is now at Nosler, another reason not to be a Nosler fan.

I know this thread is from a long time ago but I just needed to add something. I have a Montana Rifle Company 7mm mag. A company called Rolling Bones Accuracy got with Montana Rifle Company and Leupold and created the Rolling Bones Accuracy System. Like I said it's a MRC 7mm mag with a Leupold VX-6 4-18X50 scope. The action is smooth as silk and it shoots tiny little groups with premium factory 160 grain ammo. I know for a fact my buddy smoked a lot of big game animals with it before he let me buy it. Including several elk at distances of 500 to 600 yards. I'm probably going to be selling it before long because it's not my favorite chambering. I have been a 300 WSM guy for a lot of years and don't think I'll ever change. But I can only speak of the only MRC rifle I have ever owned and it's a dream to shoot. I know I'd trade this 7 mm mag for the same rifle in 300 wsm in a heartbeat!

I've been eyeballing a lightweight MRC in .338 Win Mag for a few months, just can't commit. I have absolutely zero interest in a .338 WM, except I have over 1300 185gr .338 cal bonded bullets a several hundred 225gr bullets to load. Most of those are for my eventual .338 Federal, but a .338 WM would be neat...assuming brass can be located.

Man I'd love one of those...............

The 1999 are/were great action design. But, it is a world of difference between designing a rifle, and running a business. Too bad MRC sukked at "the running a business" side of the equation.

Ruger did a better job of finishing the action they knew how to use the hammer! MRC did not!

Ruger and MRC actions both came from Pine Tree Castings as I recall.

Ruger's have never been known for their accuracy and that's just a fact. There isn't a Hawkeye on the planet worth it's salt to me. And that doesn't have a thing to do with the Montana Rifle Company.

Haha, you must not handload....

I'd like to try an lefty MRC but didn't take the plunge so now I search out lefty Rugers, Winchesters, Browning. I'll take all the lefty Hawkeyes I can get.

I had a good one.
Bob

I have one in 300 Win mag, I love mine accurate, and functions as it should

I have two lefty MRC rifles, one in 270 WSM and the other in 375 H&H. Both are quite accurate but a bit on the heavy side. The barrels used are thicker than most rifles which goes a a long way as to why they are heavier.

I remember when they were taking pre-production orders on this site, probably on other sites too, and you could pick a serial number and chambering. I thought about ordering SN 256 in 256 Newton, but it never went any further.

I did buy a dozen or so barrels when they stopped selling barrels in addition to complete rifles and, except for one with a slower ROT than advertised, they have been okay shooters.

I think there was more than just the bolt handle improvement of the MRC over the M70. For example, the left lug on the MRC has a "conical" or "dovetail" cross-section to it, as shown in the photo below. The left-side raceway has a matching shape, as well. This more securely guides the MRC bolt as it travels in its raceway. Also, the bolt release on the MRC is better executed than on the M70.

I wished that I had purchased one of the special Whitaker runs in .260 Remington. or .243 Win

I have a Model 03 that's blued in 270wsm

I have a lefty X2 in 280 Remington. It is one of the least finicky rifles I own. I hunted with the first load I put together for it. It's a boring H4350 load behind a 154 grain Interlock. I would own another MRC if the right deal came along.

Just got my first M77 a couple weeks ago, an all weather .223, put a SWFA 6x42MilQ on it. Shoots like crap with the only factory ammo I’ve tried maybe when I get some better boolits we can see if it shoots as good as a Montana Rifle lol

That 260 is one of my all time favorite rifles in my favorite deer cartridge.

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The machining on the bolt face on the right looks like it was done with an angle grinder and a fifth of Jack Daniels. Ruger would be envious.