Fuck it.....looks like a sicky to go to the shops....
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Fuck it.....looks like a sicky to go to the shops....
Hmmm - serious moolaa @ $5k++. And not a great choice in calibres. I have just about finished a light weight 280AI custom build for $3k, based on rem700 sps ss action, trued by Grant, UM 24in TrueFlite barrel #3 fluted. Dropping it into a Browns precision Kevlar "pounder" stock. All up bare rifle is 6 lbs, & will come in close to 5 & 3/4 lbs once I get bolt fluted & change out trigger for lightweight Timney (that last item will push me just over the $3k) etc. Have had a great run with 3 other re-barrel jobs from TrueFlite in past - all have been 1/2 moa. They have featured heavier contour barrels. Wanted to push the envelope a bit on this build in terms of weight savings. Fingers crossed this latest project also is close to the 1/2 moa mark. :thumbsup:
What's the warrantee like on those? [emoji12]Quote:
Originally Posted by chainsaw
Given Berretta's after sales service: probably very good in comparison. Just sayin';)Quote:
Originally Posted by Spudattack
Grant stands by his work in my experience. I have no qualms about warrantees.Quote:
Originally Posted by Spudattack
Went and had a look today
Very nice, would b good to shoot of backpack with a flatish foreend.
Stock is soft touch kinda like the houge feeling
Oh no
Not very hard wearing then?Quote:
Originally Posted by 199p
Should be def wasn't as soft or spongy as hoge just similar in texture. As aposted to to stug carbon stock thats very hard to the touch.
Should make it quiet in the bush too
Any kind of soft touch coating will wear off surely
Similar to the sako 85 feel?
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Mine felt like walnut :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Danny
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Originally Posted by veitnamcam
Don't you mean yours felt like ...............................heavy!! :D
The plastic one is the same only not pretty :wtfsmilie:Quote:
Originally Posted by mikee
that i can agree with, wood stocked rifles always look way better as do blued barrels and yet i own neither :(Quote:
Originally Posted by veitnamcam
It's a shame the Carbonlight has such a thick pistol grip. I don't like thick pistol grips as they always feel somehow crude and unrefined to me. Then again, if you have hands like baseball mitts I suppose the Carbonlight stock would feel okay.
Seriously though, the price of Sako rifles is outrageous and the Carbonlight super outrageous.
I thought the thicker pistol grip was a plus over the usual thin weedy pistol grips on modern rifles. It made it feel solid. Also the rubbery coating this has seemed really good, only time will tell about its wear rate. But at that price the thing should carry itself.Quote:
Originally Posted by 10-Ring
What do the normal carbon stocks, like stug's feel like? Is it just a smooth hard finish?
Smooth hard finish but somehow still grippy when its wet. I thought my hands would slide all over the thing when I first got it. Stug stock that is
Only carbon fibre feels like carbon fibre, the christensen Arms stocks feel the same, perfect for everyday use.
338 Edge. 24 inch tube, T2 brake
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Just as well you added the last bit to your sentence mate:DQuote:
Originally Posted by Toby
So many nice long range setups on here. Even more so in the buy and sell section.... God damn... Hard to resist
Just been into the local hunting and fishing to have a look at the carbon light.
Was told there is none in the country yet.
So who's talking shit? Them or the guys on here? :P
I had a look at one in Hand F down here in Dunners
So they are here.
Seemed pretty cool, price not so much $4199 and new price I think to be $4800, possibly the dollar slide.
Anyway, I am reluctant to go lighter than my 18" Howa with carbon stock, had a play with the super light Kimber and although nice to carry I did not like the feel of it shouldered and for off hand, too light!
Each to their own
Cheers
Dino
I would say our local shop, the shitness is legendary.
Who actually does have one on the shelf?
Preferably SI
Saw one in H & F New Plymouth last week
H&F Palmerston North has one
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Calibers?
Palmy has a 7 08 ( they had two, the 308 sold straight away ) but the Latte rifle is still there, thought it might have been snapped up by now.
I was in there yesterday wanting to look at one too. I am still waiting to be served now! I hope to fondle one in LatteLand over the weekend.Quote:
Originally Posted by veitnamcam
You should have taken your sleeping bag, and tentQuote:
Originally Posted by kokako
And taken a dump in the camping toilet on display, that might have got a reaction?Quote:
Originally Posted by mikee
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Originally Posted by kokako
"LatteLand" as in Auckland ?, only asking cause I thought they'd have one at the Botany HnF store, given they've got a so called "Beretta" room, but no, nothing....Quote:
Originally Posted by kokako
tho for the mutants they do have a nice LH Sako 85 Hunter 6.5 x 55 for $2600 ish....
I'd expect there to be one at the Sika Show.
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Hamilton H&F May still have one.
I checked it the other day and compared with a kimber.
Same weight and same balance but more than half the price of the kimber.
Are you sure about that??? When I looked at one in the local H&F store they told me it cost a hell of a lot more than a Kimber.Quote:
Originally Posted by Friwi
I'm sure he means half as much again as the Kimber?
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Kimber = $2100
Sako = $ 4600
1x Sako> kimber x 2
If that makes sense?
Ah! More than double the price of a Kimber then. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Friwi
I don't mind expensive toys but that's a ridiculous price. All you're basically getting is a lighter stock than a Finnlight for another $1400.