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BobinNH, Believe me, I fought that very urge to say the least. I had to try to make the Sako Finnlight a distant memory. Hopefully, in the end I will receive the quality and performance I originally paid for. By the way, I forgot to mention in the previous post.......Forbes Management might be well served by placing a phone call to COLT Management, and assessing the demise of the ill-conceived Colt Light Rifle, as this was the original offering mirroring the NULA platform. Contrary to popular belief...unless Quality Control improves...History Can and Will Repeat Itself!
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Thanks for taking the time for that posting, St8.
"nightmare" suffices for your experience.
I'm holding off on ordering my LH 20b....too much in disarray at Forbes. I hope guys post good reports henceforth, but I'm not overly confident.
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Totally unacceptable and Mr. Forbes knows dam well better.
Conduct is the best proof of character.
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What's amazing is that they know they are sending out rifles with problems and continue to do so....
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What's amazing is that they know they are sending out rifles with problems and continue to do so.... This. I have been planning to order a Forbes when the all stainless versions hit the market, but I need to see much tighter quality control before taking the plunge. I don't question Forbes making things right when problems arise. I'm simply not willing to go through the hassles when so many other options are available.
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Granted it's about 6 ounces heavier and ain't sporting a Shaw barrel, but I'll suffer through at $500 less.
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I had mine fixed and sold at a loss. st8tman ask for your money back from Forbes there are other lightweight guns that will give you everything you need right out of the box. Forget about the gun of a lifetime from Forbes.
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Granted it's about 6 ounces heavier and ain't sporting a Shaw barrel, but I'll suffer through at $500 less. Where's the other stock!!!
I enjoy handguns and I really like shotguns,...but I love rifles!
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"Dear Lord, save me from Your followers"
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Specs on your rifle Steelhead?
Russ
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Remington 700 stainless steel MR (it was the Guide Gun in a TI stock or whatever the heck it was called), Callahan shroud and McMillan Edge.
Rifle is all factory.
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Granted it's about 6 ounces heavier and ain't sporting a Shaw barrel, but I'll suffer through at $500 less. Is that a tikka?
I replace valve cover gaskets every 50K, if they don't need them sooner...
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To keep shipping faulty rifles is going to be the death of this product. From a business standpoint, you will go broke with time and money to do the re-work required to repair every one sold. This will not end well if they do not correct this huge blunder, IMHO.
Nice Rem Scott, is that a 2.5-8? OP, regarding that SAUM you sold, it looks like you had a winner.....that was a nice stick as well. Sorry for your troubles.
Some here have far more patience than I do, when you lay down a sizable chunk of hard earned $$$.......others mirror my thoughts.
Surely something is awry when Nula and ULA had such a reputation, and even the CLR's seemed to function fine......and now this......I digress.
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st8tman, You're a patient guy. I would have had it fixed and sold it at a loss.Would have been the "end" for me.
Yup, that is just flat out deplorable!
My home is the "sanctuary residence" for my firearms.
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What's amazing is that they know they are sending out rifles with problems and continue to do so.... This. I'd be leery of their product until they slow down and implement better QC methods that most of us would consider to be "basic". There's no reason for a $1k+ bolt gun to not feed/function when it arrives. For that kind of price, somebody should be spending 10 minutes giving each rifle a good once-over, checking out fit/finish and functioning before it goes in the box.
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That's the stuff of pre 64 70s and unfortunately it went out of style a long time ago.
Last edited by battue; 04/23/14.
laissez les bons temps rouler
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Sad, isn't it? Even accounting for overhead and such, a good inspector could be had for $100/hr. Looking at 5-6 rifles an hour should only contribute $20 or so to the cost of a rifle. Seems well worth it to me if it keeps threads like this from popping up.
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Sad, isn't it? Even accounting for overhead and such, a good inspector could be had for $100/hr. Looking at 5-6 rifles an hour should only contribute $20 or so to the cost of a rifle. Seems well worth it to me if it keeps threads like this from popping up. I could do a much better job than what is being done now at a lot less than $100/hr.
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