Montana Rifle Company Junction 308Win Field Evaluation

[Formidilosus]

Some more shooting, and then zero check again-

 

[Dobermann]

Certified organic, non GNO, non toxic, and seed oil free.


It does work well.

Yeah yeah, but ... extra virgin?

 

[Gstew1930]

Certified organic, non GNO, non toxic, and seed oil free.


It does work well.

Can you show how and where you lube the bolt? Is it just behind the lugs?

 

[Formidilosus]

Can you show how and where you lube the bolt? Is it just behind the lugs?

A drop on the back of the lugs, a little on the lugs themselves, a light coat on the bolt body.

 

[Gstew1930]

A drop on the back of the lugs, a little on the lugs themselves, a light coat on the bolt body.

Thank you

 

[Snowwolfe]

Is MRC any closer to offering a left hand rifle?

 

[Imac45acp]

A couple of niggles, though. They are straight out of the mill and then "finished". Meaning the ring and bridge show machine striations through the bead blast finish. Less obvious on the cerakote or blued actions, but the stainless ones it was noticeable to my eye.

The machine lines on the ring and bridge are actually intentional. Early on, marketing wanted to make it look machined. We could cut the step-over in half and the lines would blend right in after the tumble operation. The stainless rifle I had there was my shit kicker development gun and very rough. That receiver is from my original long action prototype run a few years ago.

The bolt knob choices aren't my cup of tea. That one is purely me. I'd like a simple tear drop handle knob. Same with the Monte Carlo stock. I'd prefer straight comb classic.

The safety was fit properly on each rifle as well, and functioned smoothly.

Stocks and bolt knobs are a very personal preference. We opted (and were requested) to do a raised comb on the .375. The .458 Lott, 416 RM, and 404J will almost certainly have a straight comb stock similar to the carbon unit on the stainless gun. All three .375 I had there had a different bolt handle, as we hadn't decided which one we're going with.

A note on the safeties- we don't do any fitting on them. We're holding the tolerances tight enough that we don't need to. For anyone curious, there's about a .010" window of location between where the cocking piece lands on the sear and the location of the safety's barrel in the shroud for it to work properly. Seven parts contribute to the tolerance stack up if that shows how tight everything needs to be. Sorry to nerd out on, but I'm pretty proud of it working consistently.

Is MRC any closer to offering a left hand rifle?

Unfortunately no. I'm hoping to start getting them out by the end of the year, but can't/won't promise anything.

 

[Wapiti1]

The machine lines on the ring and bridge are actually intentional. Early on, marketing wanted to make it look machined. We could cut the step-over in half and the lines would blend right in after the tumble operation. The stainless rifle I had there was my shit kicker development gun and very rough. That receiver is from my original long action prototype run a few years ago.

Stocks and bolt knobs are a very personal preference. We opted (and were requested) to do a raised comb on the .375. The .458 Lott, 416 RM, and 404J will almost certainly have a straight comb stock similar to the carbon unit on the stainless gun. All three .375 I had there had a different bolt handle, as we hadn't decided which one we're going with.

A note on the safeties- we don't do any fitting on them. We're holding the tolerances tight enough that we don't need to. For anyone curious, there's about a .010" window of location between where the cocking piece lands on the sear and the location of the safety's barrel in the shroud for it to work properly. Seven parts contribute to the tolerance stack up if that shows how tight everything needs to be. Sorry to nerd out on, but I'm pretty proud of it working consistently.

Unfortunately no. I'm hoping to start getting them out by the end of the year, but can't/won't promise anything.

That's an interesting direction to take. I can see where marketing is taking the machine marks.

Good on the straight comb classic stocks for the big bore rifles. Monte Carlo stocks on big bores can work, but need some thought to make them shootable.

The safety is one thing that I noted on how smooth they all worked and they all cammed the cocking piece back the same amount. The attention to detail really shows there in my opinion. Nicely done.

Thanks for the reply.

Jeremy