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Montana Rifle Company - Opinions?
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<blockquote data-quote="shinbone" data-source="post: 1858094" data-attributes="member: 15248"><p>Montana's 1999 action is a very well thought out combination of design features from Winchester M70 and Mauser M98 actions. The 1999 action is an excellent choice as a starting point for a custom build.</p><p></p><p>Unfortunately, MRC <em>really</em> sucked at quality control for their factory rifles, and let some really bad examples leave the factory.</p><p></p><p>I have 4 MRC rifles. Two from the early 2000's and two from the 2019 time frame. Of the 4 rifles, one of the later ones came with ugly machining marks across the tops of both action bridges, and both later ones had crooked barrel throats. The one with machining marks was replaced by the retailer. MRC quickly swapped out the crooked-throat barrel with a new one. Based on my experience with them, I would buy another only if I could personally inspect the rifle myself, including running a bore scope into the barrel to check for a crooked throat. </p><p></p><p>Not that MRC ever had much for customer service, but since they have stopped production, you are definitely on your own to remedy any problems the gun may have.</p><p></p><p>That being said, they are a very nice rifle if you get one that can pass a QAQC inspection.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Montana X3 in 26 Nosler</p><p></p><p><a href="https://randallcherry.smugmug.com/2019/Guns/i-WJwNZfx/A" target="_blank"><img src="https://photos.smugmug.com/2019/Guns/i-WJwNZfx/0/6abb871a/XL/Montana%20Rifle%20X3%20in%2026%20Nosler%20%283-17-2019%29%20%234-XL.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p></p><p>First load tried</p><p></p><p><a href="https://randallcherry.smugmug.com/2019/Guns/i-Vkk4bPm/A" target="_blank"><img src="https://photos.smugmug.com/2019/Guns/i-Vkk4bPm/0/41184ea3/XL/MRC%20X3%20in%2026%20Nosler%20-%20Barnes%20120gr%20TSX%20~3650fps-XL.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="shinbone, post: 1858094, member: 15248"] Montana's 1999 action is a very well thought out combination of design features from Winchester M70 and Mauser M98 actions. The 1999 action is an excellent choice as a starting point for a custom build. Unfortunately, MRC [I]really[/I] sucked at quality control for their factory rifles, and let some really bad examples leave the factory. I have 4 MRC rifles. Two from the early 2000's and two from the 2019 time frame. Of the 4 rifles, one of the later ones came with ugly machining marks across the tops of both action bridges, and both later ones had crooked barrel throats. The one with machining marks was replaced by the retailer. MRC quickly swapped out the crooked-throat barrel with a new one. Based on my experience with them, I would buy another only if I could personally inspect the rifle myself, including running a bore scope into the barrel to check for a crooked throat. Not that MRC ever had much for customer service, but since they have stopped production, you are definitely on your own to remedy any problems the gun may have. That being said, they are a very nice rifle if you get one that can pass a QAQC inspection. Montana X3 in 26 Nosler [URL='https://randallcherry.smugmug.com/2019/Guns/i-WJwNZfx/A'][IMG]https://photos.smugmug.com/2019/Guns/i-WJwNZfx/0/6abb871a/XL/Montana%20Rifle%20X3%20in%2026%20Nosler%20%283-17-2019%29%20%234-XL.jpg[/IMG][/URL] First load tried [URL='https://randallcherry.smugmug.com/2019/Guns/i-Vkk4bPm/A'][IMG]https://photos.smugmug.com/2019/Guns/i-Vkk4bPm/0/41184ea3/XL/MRC%20X3%20in%2026%20Nosler%20-%20Barnes%20120gr%20TSX%20~3650fps-XL.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [/QUOTE]
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