Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunting Rifles Forbes 24B looks very promising. More photo/comments.

Thanks Joe, great review and photos as usual....

I had Melvin put one of his safeties on a 673 in 6.5 Rem Mag several years ago and I really like it.

I keep hearing stainless barrels are planned, but not stainless actions. Anyone know for sure?

The serial number in the bedding caught my eye. I bought one in August and the numbers were 224. Not knowing when yours shipped or how long they held it at the shop, but that's 60ish rifles in 6 months. If they are truly in numerical order, that's only about 10 a month!

I see demand far outweighing supply. It also may mean they're taking their time and doing things right.

Stainless actions are planned too.

http://www.forbesriflellc.com/Portals/0/Shot%20Show%202013%20newest.pdf

Best write up on these I've see so far. Thanks for taking the time, especially with the pictures vs the Kimber. It was enough to show me that I'd still rather have a Montana, not a slight against the Forbes at all either. It appears to be a hell of a rifle. Glad their is another choice out there in the quality light rifle ranks.

I didn't have them at the range together. Just off hand I'd say they will be very comparable.

bigwhoop: Thanks for the usual great review...lokks like a nicely assembled rifle.

My experiences with NULA's is very scant but one thing I liked about the one I shot is that it was an easy,comfortable rifle to shoot off hand...the one I shot just seemed to "hang" far better than a rifle of that weight would indicate.That tighter grip and high comb,combined with the cheekpiece, were all parts of the reason and confirmed in a conversation with Mel Forbes.

I am thinking one of these in 7/08 would be a pretty tidy little package.Do they make it?

According to their website. 30-06,25-06,.270 and .280 are in production right now. .35 Whelen and 6.5x55 later this year as well as SA models down the road.

I believe one of the most popular ULA rifles was in .284 WIN.?

NB

NB: Thanks....a 280 would be pretty neat!

I believe the initial run of short actions is planned in .308, 7-08 and .243, but it will probably be several months before the 20B's are produced.

Here is a reply to an email I sent to Forbes a couple weeks ago.I was inquiring as to the future of the Forbes and the 7 Rem Mag.

Robert,

Thank you for your interest in the Forbes Rifle line, and thank you for your kind words as well. We will be offering a magnum round but we haven't really figured out all the actions we want to offer. We will for sure have a 300 Win and a 338 Lapua but other than that we haven't really solidified anything. The Forbes Rifle is extremely accurate and our 30-06 model weighs in at around 5.5 lbs. So it makes an excellent pack rifle hence why we call it the ultimate mountain rifle. Can I put you on our waiting list for a rifle?

I e-mailed about a rimfire model- NO plans

None of the Forbes rifles interest me at all.I just don't see all of the so called hype for these rifles.I'd much rather have a rifle custom built for me by Kampfeld Custom or Eddie F.

It's the lure of a light rifle at an affordable price. Real world prices of a Forbes in any configuration should max out at $1500. You won't get a complete rifle from Eddie or Kampfeld for that kind of money -- nor should you. Two peas in different pods. A full blown custom versus a production gun....

A true lightweight rifle that drives tacks for less than $1,500 seems pretty alluring to me. You can spend a lot more, but I'm not sure you will gain much.

2 groups shot with this rifle on page 1 didn't impress me at all.I don't like light weight rifles and the 1's from Kampfeld Custom were built the way I wanted and I did gain allot more by having them built.That's just me.
I've had several Senderos and CDLS THAT SHOT BETTER than this rifle right out of the box.

Good luck even getting a Kampfeld these days...

If you don't like light weight rifles, of course the Forbes won't be your cup of tea. They are among the best production flyweights you can buy, though. I don't know that I could justify a NULA over a Forbes unless I was set on something very unique. I really wonder how Forbes will impact NULA sales moving forward.

Crittergetter,

If you don't prefer LW rifles that is a personal choice not needing defense. Now as far as groups go-and that Forbes will probably do better-but let's say it will not, but will hold that relative MOA out to distance. How far away would a BG animal have to be before you could blame a miss on the rifle?

Also have you ever compared field position group size with one of your favorites with one that shoots as represented by the above Forbes?

Personal preference in rifles is just that. You couldn't give me a 8.5lb un-scoped 26in barrel Sendero to lug around the hills or any mountain country all day even it shot then all to the same hole all the time.

Take away the bags and bipod and those quarter inch wonders go all to hell in a hurry,and will be no better than the Forbes....nothing wrong with tiny groups of course but you could hunt the continent with that Forbes and never miss a beat...and if you miss an animal with it the way it's shooting so far.....well....you suck.