Forbes m24b

mine is a 30-06. Wonderfully bedded. Got the stainless bbl version.
I reset the trigger at around 2 lbs and crisp.
Worked up a load with 180 gr Ballistic tips. Shoots sub-moa for the first 2 or 3 shots then the bbl gets a mite warm.
At the range with my Leupold 6x, it shot saucer sized groups at 600m as long as I did my part.
Like it for what it is - a specialized light rifle.
Its a keeper for me.
 
I'm really happy with my '06, superbly accurate, very well put together and a dandy rifle to carry.
Mine took a wee bit longer to break-in than I anticipated but that's all good.
As Farshot said the bedding is excellent and that makes for a very accurate rifle.
 
Prophet River does have excellent customer service if you get a dud, but I fail to see why people would buy from a manufacturer that let the rifles in those threads go past QC. Especially when there are other options in that price range.
 
cam1936 said:
Prophet River does have excellent customer service if you get a dud, but I fail to see why people would buy from a manufacturer that let the rifles in those threads go past QC. Especially when there are other options in that price range.
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This. I've heard nothing but good things about Clay, and I was really waiting for the 20B...but to be frank, I saw the above posts when they were new and I became leery.
 
I saw one of these at Cabela's today in 280....looked ok, didn't take it apart obviously but will note that the barrel inlet was way off relative to the exterior of the stock...
 
The bedding and barrel fit was one of the first things I checked on mine and seriously I am very satisfied.
Mine is fully bedded to the end of the forearm and I'm thinking that contributes in a big way to the rifles accuracy.
It is far and away the most consistently accurate 30-06 I have ever owned.... and I have had a bunch since the '60s, some really good shooters and some not quite so but my Forbes beats all I have had.
Several weeks ago I was at the range when another shooter admired it so I suggested that he shoot a group and he shot a 3-shot 0.55" group with my handload.
About half an hour later he made another similar group with a different load, again with my Forbes.
Now anytime a complete stranger can pick up a rifle he has never shot before and do that he is a damn good shooter and so is the rifle as far as I'm concerned.

I'm going to part with a lot of rifles very soon, but my Forbes is a keeper...
 
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