KRG Echo - Sporterish version of bravo for tikkas

[JDMBEND]

I really wanted to like the Echo. Lightweight, very adjustable, and actually shot very well, but the “what if’s” got me.

 

[gman82001]

I really wanted to like the Echo. Lightweight, very adjustable, and actually shot very well, but the “what if’s” got me.

Could you expand on the what ifs?

 

[Packmansion]

Night and day. The bravo is perfectly stiff and far more damp to shoot.

-J

I am curious why this is? It looks like the echo is just a bravo with different bottom metal...

 

[JDMBEND]

Could you expand on the what ifs?

I had a sendero profile barrel which had very little clearance to the forend of the stock. Loading the bipod hard, the stock would touch the barrel, which may or may not affect accuracy. It bothered me enough to sell it and use a different stock.

 

[NSI]

I am curious why this is? It looks like the echo is just a bravo with different bottom metal...

I believe that resemblance is skin-deep.

-J

 

[Formidilosus]

I am curious why this is? It looks like the echo is just a bravo with different bottom metal...

It is not. The Bravo has an aluminum backbone/chassis that runs the entire length of the stock from back of action to the forend. The Echo has a chassis that is just the length of the action- the forend is plastic. In a normal weight barrel- the concern of the friend flexing is overblown I believe. In a thick barrel it is potentially an issue.

But overall the Echo is just “meh” to me and most that have shot it that I’m around. They didn’t take a Bravo and lighten it, they made a new stock with a quasi Bravo look to it. The grip and the backend is fine, but the forend is “meh”. They made the forend thinner and more flexible, and it does not sit nearly as well on any kind of rests. It also recoils (reticle movement) noticeably out of proportion to its weight.

It’s not a 30oz stock, it’s 2.7lbs- only a bit more than .25 lbs less than a Bravo. For the weight it is just not a great trade off. The Bravo is the best field chassis made in my view, the Echo doesn’t really fit in anywhere to me.

 

[Packmansion]

It is not. The Bravo has an aluminum backbone/chassis that runs the entire length of the stock from back of action to the forend. The Echo has a chassis that is just the length of the action- the forend is plastic. In a normal weight barrel- the concern of the friend flexing is overblown I believe. In a thick barrel it is potentially an issue.

But overall the Echo is just “meh” to me and most that have shot it that I’m around. They didn’t take a Bravo and lighten it, they made a new stock with a quasi Bravo look to it. The grip and the backend is fine, but the forend is “meh”. They made the forend thinner and more flexible, and it does not sit nearly as well on any kind of rests. It also recoils (reticle movement) noticeably out of proportion to its weight.

It’s not a 30oz stock, it’s 2.7lbs- only a bit more than .25 lbs less than a Bravo. For the weight it is just not a great trade off. The Bravo is the best field chassis made in my view, the Echo doesn’t really fit in anywhere to me.

That is a bummer.

 

[Tex223]

It is not. The Bravo has an aluminum backbone/chassis that runs the entire length of the stock from back of action to the forend. The Echo has a chassis that is just the length of the action- the forend is plastic. In a normal weight barrel- the concern of the friend flexing is overblown I believe. In a thick barrel it is potentially an issue.

But overall the Echo is just “meh” to me and most that have shot it that I’m around. They didn’t take a Bravo and lighten it, they made a new stock with a quasi Bravo look to it. The grip and the backend is fine, but the forend is “meh”. They made the forend thinner and more flexible, and it does not sit nearly as well on any kind of rests. It also recoils (reticle movement) noticeably out of proportion to its weight.

It’s not a 30oz stock, it’s 2.7lbs- only a bit more than .25 lbs less than a Bravo. For the weight it is just not a great trade off. The Bravo is the best field chassis made in my view, the Echo doesn’t really fit in anywhere to me.

Hey form do you know if the r700 bravo would work for a Barrett Fieldcraft action?