Great rifle for the money or otherwise! I recently bought one of these (least expensive rifle ever. Trigger is good and about 2 lbs. Took rifle apart and cleaned the gunk off and ran patches thru the bore until I got a reasonably clean one. Decided to paint the factory flat tan plastic stock my own rattle can version of camo (gets compliments at the range) by using several different colors of Krylon flat applied in layers every 15 minutes with wadded up plasric bags...until I get desired look then covered with matte clear after a 7 day cure time). Put back together, torquing to 35 pound inches. Mounted a VX-5 3-15 and bore-sighted. Had to wait several days for weather to cooperate but wind was still gusting 10ish. Hung a target at 100 and first shot went about 5" high and 2" left. I dialed it to 2" and fired 2 more after allowing barrel to cool between each with a couple minor windage corrections. I decided it was zeroed and loosened set screws on dial and reset to zero. I then fired two more, one at 400 yd steel and one at our 619 yd steel..hitting the 400 dead center and missing the 619 barely with a bad wind call (these are 12 inch steel plates and I still would have killed any animal bigger than a coyote). I used Hornady factory 147 eldms with holdover per Strelok+ using factory ballistics on box. To say I am thrilled is an understatement!

Hard to beat that kind of enjoyment while saving $$$!

Absolutely! And I still get to work up loads! Not sure I want to bother. Anyway, just can't justify spending the thousands I did before. By the way this is a $350 rifle, with light weight, nice action, good trigger and looks.

Thanks for the review, been interested in this same rifle and round. 6.5 prc brass prices and availability have been turning me off from it, good thing the same rifle comes in 6.5 creed.

I penned a little review of the rifle in 6.5CM. https://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbt...ot-predator-a-crappy-review#Post14468060

Yep, had read that. My PRC shoots less than MOA and forend hs very little flex and you could not make it touch the barrel.

Interesting on the forend flex; I assumed the synthetic stocks were basically the same. I have little doubt my CMs will shoot sub MOA when I have time (and when our fool of a governor decides the range can reopen). There's a lot to like about the 6.5 PRC.

It would be dangerous to look at. I have a Mossberg 22 MAG Chuckster 640c. It is the best rifle I've ever owned.

That's what I figured too until I actually held this one. Our range never closed.