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<blockquote data-quote="Litehiker" data-source="post: 1612469" data-attributes="member: 54178"><p>[ATTACH=full]129712[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]129707[/ATTACH] WELLLL... since I own a 6.5 CM <strong>Browning X-Bolt Pro </strong>I cast a vote for it.</p><p>6 lbs. 1 oz. "naked".</p><p></p><p>Yes, other mountain rifles are lighter but the X-Bolt Pro has a lot of goodies that I wanted and the price for them was quite reasonable. And it has a 22" barrel, not a truncated 20" barrel like the SAKO 85 Carbonlite, so you don't lose much velocity from the "standard" 24" 6.5 CM barrel. (And, if you want a longer barrel you can get the X-bolt Pro Long Range with a 26" barrel in any offered caliber <em>and</em> a 1:7 twist in 6.5 CM.)</p><p></p><p>PLUS it is about $900. or so less money than the very similar SAKO 85 Carbonlite. The ONLY thing the Carbonlite has over the X-Bolt Pro is a controlled feed bolt. Deer and elk won't notice the difference nor will you.</p><p></p><p>Yeah, some will say, "Oh, but the SAKO <u>quality</u> etc. etc."</p><p>Uh huh...</p><p>I do not think for one second that SAKO's Finnish workers make a better rifle than Miroku's Japanese workers.</p><p>Both have excellent materials and quality. Both have very good triggers, out-of-the-box accuracy, great carbon fiber stocks and clever design features like bolt unlock buttons while keeping the rifle on SAFE.</p><p></p><p>Eric B.</p><p>BTW, Browning now offers many X-Bolt models in the 6.5 PRC. Had it been offered when I got my 6.5 CM I would have got that cartridge.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Litehiker, post: 1612469, member: 54178"] [ATTACH=full]129712[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]129707[/ATTACH] WELLLL... since I own a 6.5 CM [B]Browning X-Bolt Pro [/B]I cast a vote for it. 6 lbs. 1 oz. "naked". Yes, other mountain rifles are lighter but the X-Bolt Pro has a lot of goodies that I wanted and the price for them was quite reasonable. And it has a 22" barrel, not a truncated 20" barrel like the SAKO 85 Carbonlite, so you don't lose much velocity from the "standard" 24" 6.5 CM barrel. (And, if you want a longer barrel you can get the X-bolt Pro Long Range with a 26" barrel in any offered caliber [I]and[/I] a 1:7 twist in 6.5 CM.) PLUS it is about $900. or so less money than the very similar SAKO 85 Carbonlite. The ONLY thing the Carbonlite has over the X-Bolt Pro is a controlled feed bolt. Deer and elk won't notice the difference nor will you. Yeah, some will say, "Oh, but the SAKO [U]quality[/U] etc. etc." Uh huh... I do not think for one second that SAKO's Finnish workers make a better rifle than Miroku's Japanese workers. Both have excellent materials and quality. Both have very good triggers, out-of-the-box accuracy, great carbon fiber stocks and clever design features like bolt unlock buttons while keeping the rifle on SAFE. Eric B. BTW, Browning now offers many X-Bolt models in the 6.5 PRC. Had it been offered when I got my 6.5 CM I would have got that cartridge. [/QUOTE]
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