Nothing wrong with Barnard.
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Nothing wrong with Barnard.
How’s the tolerances on Barnard for field use?
It may pay to be abit more forth coming on what you want to do, is it a light rifle, a target rifle or varmit or......
I guess unlike custom Rifles, Tikkas are generally worth twice as much second hand (based on looking at Tardeme) so that may be a positive
I had a Model 07 in 6.5x47L. Was seriously accurate, but heavy. The 10 shot mag fed well with 7-8 rounds in it, but not so good when fully loaded. Mine had a Jewel trigger which was fine. The Barnard triggers are very good as well, but a little more temperamental to dust/grit etc.
My Current Barnard PL short action weighs much the same as a Rem long action and has been faultless to date - as were the previous Barnard's I have owned. They have been dragged (literally) through shitty West Coast monkey scrub and still function fine, like any blued action, they require a little more TLC than a stainless though.
I'm tempted by a Sako 85 in 223, only downside is the short mag length...
If you do go down the custom build route again can you please document as you did with your 223AI. That was good...!
Yeah, maybe you are right... It was a while ago now and memories do fade
Could be wrong, who knows. I’m getting old and forgetful
Theres only 2 real issues with the Sako 85 .223 mag length if you want to use the longer pills and case ejection problems. The 2 .223's I've had both had the ejection issue. Either the case hit the scope casue I like them low as possible and dropped back into the open action or would just drop the case in the action.