greyling22
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I went to the nra show this weekend, and I got to handle the beretta brx1 straight pull rifle. the straight pull mechanism was effortless and fast. lightyears ahead of savages efforts. but there is 1 glaring flaw: the bolt travel length is long. super long. dangerously long. If you don't take your head off the stock, you will run that bolt right into your eveball. the salesman had to warn me about it, or I would have hurt myself.
palmetto had pulled their bolt gun off the list of things they are showing because they are apparently making some mods to the design. Palmetto also has dpms, and when I asked them about left hand options, they said they don't want stag to be the only player, and maybe look for something around xmas.
And anderson, makers of the poverty pony, had a bunch of remington bolt guns at their booth. salesman said they bought all remington's 700 inventory out of bankruptcy auction, and are truing the actions and selling them as completed rifles out of their custom shop. I didn't even know anderson had a custom shop. but here it is, and it ain't cheap. https://andersonmanufacturing.com/all-products/ar15-ar10-rifles-556-308/custom-shop.html
I also stopped by shooters world powders, and pleaded with them not to sell to hogdon like everybody else is. they said they have received no offers and have no intention of doing so. they also said alliant appears to be out of the civilian powder market for the foreseeable future.
now, all that info is only as good as the salesman telling me, so if you've been told something else, you could be just as right or wrong as I am.
palmetto had pulled their bolt gun off the list of things they are showing because they are apparently making some mods to the design. Palmetto also has dpms, and when I asked them about left hand options, they said they don't want stag to be the only player, and maybe look for something around xmas.
And anderson, makers of the poverty pony, had a bunch of remington bolt guns at their booth. salesman said they bought all remington's 700 inventory out of bankruptcy auction, and are truing the actions and selling them as completed rifles out of their custom shop. I didn't even know anderson had a custom shop. but here it is, and it ain't cheap. https://andersonmanufacturing.com/all-products/ar15-ar10-rifles-556-308/custom-shop.html
I also stopped by shooters world powders, and pleaded with them not to sell to hogdon like everybody else is. they said they have received no offers and have no intention of doing so. they also said alliant appears to be out of the civilian powder market for the foreseeable future.
now, all that info is only as good as the salesman telling me, so if you've been told something else, you could be just as right or wrong as I am.
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