The All New MRC/S2H Marshall Rifle Now Available

[atmat]

@Imac45acp — any chance we’ll ever get 223 or 6arc? I’m really liking this thing.

 

[RancherJohn]

I spent last week at the winter S2H class and took my Marshall as my hunting rifle. The first night I asked a few questions about the rifle and especially trigger to @Formidilosus, @Tommyhaak, and @longrangelead. They were able to give me answers to various questions and explain that things I thought I was seeing or feeling were normal and would improve with more use.

What I was interpreting as random trigger creep stems directly from the trigger design and it's differences relative to many other triggers. The Marshall trigger has a rolling break, rather than the more crisp 'snap' of a Tikka or 700 based trigger. It is more analogous to a well-tuned 1911 trigger. This is a function of the very large sear engagement surfaces, which contribute to the Marshall's durability, reliability, and safety. A few drops of oil on those surfaces and some dry fire (especially with thumb pressure on the back of the bolt) made improvements to the trigger feel and removed the seemingly random 'creep' feeling I thought I was having. Dry fire especially will be something I focus on to continue that break-in process.

As for rifle performance in the course, there were zero issues that did not stem directly from user error. I short-stroked the bolt once on the last day of the course, otherwise it fed, fired, and extracted regardless of the circumstances. Form used it as an example after a 700-based action failed with a light coating of snow, and a Tikka failed to extract a round (snow compressed to ice in the bolt face); the Marshall had no issues even with multiple times that amount of snow in the action.

The 5 round MDT AICS mag did not have any issues, I did not use the flush-fit 3 round mag in the class but I have had no issues with it in other shooting sessions. The downside to the 3 rd mag is having to push it out from the top, slowing reload time.

I have ~350 rounds through the rifle now plus cycling and dry firing. I do not expect to have anything but continued improvements from here on out.

 

[Castle Rock]

I spent last week at the winter S2H class and took my Marshall as my hunting rifle. The first night I asked a few questions about the rifle and especially trigger to @Formidilosus, @Tommyhaak, and @longrangelead. They were able to give me answers to various questions and explain that things I thought I was seeing or feeling were normal and would improve with more use.

What I was interpreting as random trigger creep stems directly from the trigger design and it's differences relative to many other triggers. The Marshall trigger has a rolling break, rather than the more crisp 'snap' of a Tikka or 700 based trigger. It is more analogous to a well-tuned 1911 trigger. This is a function of the very large sear engagement surfaces, which contribute to the Marshall's durability, reliability, and safety. A few drops of oil on those surfaces and some dry fire (especially with thumb pressure on the back of the bolt) made improvements to the trigger feel and removed the seemingly random 'creep' feeling I thought I was having. Dry fire especially will be something I focus on to continue that break-in process.

As for rifle performance in the course, there were zero issues that did not stem directly from user error. I short-stroked the bolt once on the last day of the course, otherwise it fed, fired, and extracted regardless of the circumstances. Form used it as an example after a 700-based action failed with a light coating of snow, and a Tikka failed to extract a round (snow compressed to ice in the bolt face); the Marshall had no issues even with multiple times that amount of snow in the action.

The 5 round MDT AICS mag did not have any issues, I did not use the flush-fit 3 round mag in the class but I have had no issues with it in other shooting sessions. The downside to the 3 rd mag is having to push it out from the top, slowing reload time.

I have ~350 rounds through the rifle now plus cycling and dry firing. I do not expect to have anything but continued improvements from here on out.

Great, what caliber do you have

 

[RancherJohn]

Great, what caliber do you have

6cm

 

[Bluumoon]

I spent last week at the winter S2H class and took my Marshall as my hunting rifle. The first night I asked a few questions about the rifle and especially trigger to @Formidilosus, @Tommyhaak, and @longrangelead. They were able to give me answers to various questions and explain that things I thought I was seeing or feeling were normal and would improve with more use.

What I was interpreting as random trigger creep stems directly from the trigger design and it's differences relative to many other triggers. The Marshall trigger has a rolling break, rather than the more crisp 'snap' of a Tikka or 700 based trigger. It is more analogous to a well-tuned 1911 trigger. This is a function of the very large sear engagement surfaces, which contribute to the Marshall's durability, reliability, and safety. A few drops of oil on those surfaces and some dry fire (especially with thumb pressure on the back of the bolt) made improvements to the trigger feel and removed the seemingly random 'creep' feeling I thought I was having. Dry fire especially will be something I focus on to continue that break-in process.

As for rifle performance in the course, there were zero issues that did not stem directly from user error. I short-stroked the bolt once on the last day of the course, otherwise it fed, fired, and extracted regardless of the circumstances. Form used it as an example after a 700-based action failed with a light coating of snow, and a Tikka failed to extract a round (snow compressed to ice in the bolt face); the Marshall had no issues even with multiple times that amount of snow in the action.

The 5 round MDT AICS mag did not have any issues, I did not use the flush-fit 3 round mag in the class but I have had no issues with it in other shooting sessions. The downside to the 3 rd mag is having to push it out from the top, slowing reload time.

I have ~350 rounds through the rifle now plus cycling and dry firing. I do not expect to have anything but continued improvements from here on out.

Some good pointers in here, thanks. Where exactly are you putting oil on the trigger much, and can you do it w out disassembling the rifle?

 

[RancherJohn]

Some good pointers in here, thanks. Where exactly are you putting oil on the trigger much, and can you do it w out disassembling the rifle?

Remove the bolt and apply it through the sear hole, then reinsert the bolt and cycle/dry fire 10-20x. The oil should find it's way down to the sear surfaces easily, the trigger mechanism is very, very simple on these rifles. I removed the barreled action on mine prior to the class to fill the gap between stock and action under the bolt handle, but left things dry then. The stocks are spot bedded and pillared, and the action to stock fit is very tight. I used Slip2000 EWL on this go, but have TW25 lube on order after talking gun lube at the course.

 

[Bluumoon]

Remove the bolt and apply it through the sear hole, then reinsert the bolt and cycle/dry fire 10-20x. The oil should find it's way down to the sear surfaces easily, the trigger mechanism is very, very simple on these rifles. I removed the barreled action on mine prior to the class to fill the gap between stock and action under the bolt handle, but left things dry then. The stocks are spot bedded and pillared, and the action to stock fit is very tight. I used Slip2000 EWL on this go, but have TW25 lube on order after talking gun lube at the course.

I’ll give it a go thanks. Come to find out the bolt is incredibly easy to take apart as well.

 

[1000yards]

6cm

Great report, thank you. If I haven't made the choice between 22 or 6cm by the time these are available again then I'm just gonna flip a coin.