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I’m sure you’ll be thrilled with it, congratulations.

This whole discussion makes me wish I'd ordered the threaded Fieldcraft when I had the chance.

Those were (and still are) a whole lotta rifle for not a lotta money.

Did you get the 7x61 s&h about close to 2 years ago?

I've had it about ten years. It's on the third barrel which NULA installed about two years ago.

I am the one who put the barrel on. That was one of my first working for Melvin.

Lotech, does that barrel shoot?

I think I posted this before but a good video showing Wilson's current capabilities. Not your run of the mill "shop".

looks like the stock will be the slowest part of the rifles....they sure have quite an investment in machines

Yes, all three barrels have shot very well.

https://www.fieldandstream.com/guns/melvin-forbes-sells-company/

Anyone seen this article by Richard Mann

Like many others, you didn't bother to read the rest of the thread. The first Wilson rifles won't be showing up for several months.

yeah but on page 5 Bill states all current orders are turned over to them to fill with only 11 remaining with Melvin to finish so a lot of things going on here that we are not privy to probably

I believe Bill said he has 80 orders to fill currently.

I need some help here.

The area around here is chapparal with dense thorn brush, sharp rocks, and nothing but 45 degree hills in all directions. I want an ultra-light, short oal rifle to put some foot miles on these brutal hills.

Trying to decide between a 16" or 18" NULA .308 Win.. I'm not too interested in a radial break as I don't want to kick up dirt when shooting prone off of a day pack. I also don't want a compensator blasting back at me or causing adjacent shooters' ears to bleed.

That leaves me with the noise, recoil, and blast from a 16" or 18" barrel or threading a 16" barrel and trying a titanium linear compensator. Some linears say they reduce recoil by 25% plus redirect noise and blast away from shooter and adjacent hunters/shooter.

I've hunted with nr33 ear plugs and Walker's Raptor Bone Conduction Bluetooth Electronic Hearing Enhancer so noise shouldn't be an issue. How brutal is the blast from an uncomp'd 16 or 18 inch .308?

I shoot an 18" AR in 7.62/308 quite alot and I don't find it bad myself, but I have shot short barreled rifles for a long time so maybe I am just accustomed to it. I'd think a bolt gun around 18" would be quite handy if built correctly and still very capable. Just my thoughts.

FYI, that video only shows our newest machine shop and a portion of another, we have 4 machine shops total in AR now with close to 90 CNC/EDM machines. Sister company Lehigh Defense has 19 Swiss CNC lathes running 24/7 in South Dakota also which will move to our new plant in NE TX this fall.

I hunt almost exclusively with a suppressor on my guns and rarely shoot past 300yds (my average shot here on the ranch in NE TX is 80yds on hogs and 150yds on deer) and find that I don't give up much performance with 16.2" barrels. My personal rule of thumb is 14.5"-16.2" for suppressed and 18"-20" for non-suppressed guns. However, if I was out west or anywhere where 300yd+ shots were common I'd certainly go longer for the increased velocity and better trajectory.

As I get older I've found that I just don't like long heavy rifles anymore!

I MUCH prefer a 19" 6BR to a 24" 308 in all regards,including performance. Hint.



Bullets matter wayyyyyyyy more than headstamps and the BR is a Giant Killer,to distances greater than double the cited. Hint............

Big Stick +1

#1 Bullet placement
#2 Bullet placement
#3 Bullet construction/weight/velocity for the application
#4 Caliber

A lot of hearts broke with that agreement.