Cadex rifles

If you do buy one please do a full on review. I have seen some "reviews" but unfortunately they seemed a little to close to promotional for my liking. Everyone seems to like their chassis so that is a good sign.

They have all the features of a top tier rifle and a price to match. It would be good to see if they can compete with AI's, TRG's, DTA's and the like.

If someone has one in the Calgary area I would gladly arrange a range day with my TRG and see if someone with an AI can come down as well.
 
I have shot the cdx-30 and it's pretty awesome. The package is awesome, very accurate and light shooting. It ws like a 223. The trigger is awesome too.
 
I have the Guardian 30, .308, it is a pleasure to shoot, just learning on it and finding what loads it likes. I had it out today shooting 175gr Sierras and it seemed to really like those. I thought I wouldn't like the muzzle break, but it is very quiet compared to some, and recoil is basically non existent. The weight helps with the recoil as well, as it is not a lightweight rifle by any means. Overall, very happy with my new toy.
 
I also have a guardian 30 in 308. It shoots very well, the muzzle break makes you feel like shooting a 223. The 2 stage trigger is nice as well, took me a while to get used to since I never had a 2 stage before.

I'd recommend it to anyone looking into one.
 
I have a CDX-30 Guardian 308 20". Just got it, so can't comment on how it shoots yet. I will be doing a full review later on. I did write up a quick initial look. If you do a Google search for "Cades CDX-30" you might find it. The full review will be this summer.
 
I have a few of their chassis, nothing but good things to say about them. The ingredients for their complete rifles lead me to believe it must be half decent. Does Cadex guarantee sub MOA? I forget, but I thought I may have read that somewhere.

I have one of their larger rifles on the way, I expect it will perform well.
 
griffin86 said:
Does anyone have one? All I have seen is their chassis but no rifle reviews anywhere. I'm thinking about buying one tomorrow.
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I had one, 300 WM, two stage trigger. It is a fantastic firearm. With factory ammo i would have less than a 1 inch grouping at 300 meters. The fit and finish was fantastic, as was the reliability. Really can't complain about the rifle it was amazing.

I do have some grievances with it though:

1) HEAVY, loaded with a decent scope its almost 20lbs. Not a carry gun, but if all you're doing is shooting at the range then by all means.

2) accuracy int mags. I dont like them thats my preference though

3) expensive! While the fit and finish is fantastic on these rifles (as is the accuracy out of them) The cost IMO is simply too high. You could build a custom rig for half the price that weigts significantly less, that shoots equally as good.

If you love the chassis, and the look of the gun, you could build your own for half the cost and still have an amazing rifle. If you REALLY want one though, then by all means but if I were you I'd get something else. You could have two really nice firearms for the price of this one.

What convinced me I made the right choice is I went shooting with my buddy the other day and he has a custom Remington 700 base gun (the action being the only thing really remington about the gun anymore) And it was half the weight, shot just as good and has about the same amount of kick as my Cadex did. I'm going to build another 300 and Then I can build what I want for half the money still :)
 
mareshow said:
I had one, 300 WM, two stage trigger. It is a fantastic firearm. With factory ammo i would have less than a 1 inch grouping at 300 meters. The fit and finish was fantastic, as was the reliability. Really can't complain about the rifle it was amazing.

I do have some grievances with it though:

1) HEAVY, loaded with a decent scope its almost 20lbs. Not a carry gun, but if all you're doing is shooting at the range then by all means.

2) accuracy int mags. I dont like them thats my preference though

3) expensive! While the fit and finish is fantastic on these rifles (as is the accuracy out of them) The cost IMO is simply too high. You could build a custom rig for half the price that weigts significantly less, that shoots equally as good.

If you love the chassis, and the look of the gun, you could build your own for half the cost and still have an amazing rifle. If you REALLY want one though, then by all means but if I were you I'd get something else. You could have two really nice firearms for the price of this one.

What convinced me I made the right choice is I went shooting with my buddy the other day and he has a custom Remington 700 base gun (the action being the only thing really remington about the gun anymore) And it was half the weight, shot just as good and has about the same amount of kick as my Cadex did. I'm going to build another 300 and Then I can build what I want for half the money still :)
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Where are you getting custom rifles built for half the cost of the Cadex rifles? I have an ATRS custom rifle (about $6k) and it cost about the same as the Cadex rifle.

I've also built up a rifle using the Cadex chassis and yes, it was less than their complete rifle, but if I were to add a custom action, Bartlein barrel and trigger, plus the labour, it would end up costing more.

My buddy recently picked up his Insite Arms custom rifle (about $6.5k) with a McMillan stock (so not even using the Cadex chassis) and it cost him more than the Cadex rifle.

That's only two examples, but both are floating around the $6k mark, who's making custom rifles for $3K?
 
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Mister Donut said:
Where are you getting custom rifles built for half the cost of the Cadex rifles? I have an ATRS custom rifle (about $6k) and it cost about the same as the Cadex rifle.

I've also built up a rifle using the Cadex chassis and yes, it was less than their complete rifle, but if I were to add a custom action, Bartlein barrel and trigger, plus the labour, it would end up costing more.

My buddy recently picked up his Insite Arms custom rifle (about $6.5k) with a McMillan stock (so not even using the Cadex chassis) and it cost him more than the Cadex rifle.

That's only two examples, but both are floating around the $6k mark, who's making custom rifles for $3K?
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If you build off of a R783 or a Savage action, a barrel, decent stock, nice trigger it wont come out to 6K. If you use a Cadex chassis or a similar expensive stock then yes the price jumps quickly. But if you budget it right and look for the deals I was speaking with Mystic precision, and I could build a really decent 300 WM for around $1800, now yes if you get all fancy or go to ATRS then yes its going to cost you. But a lot of it you can do yourself.

I paid 6K when I bought my cadex new. you can get them now for 5500, I can get a really nice bolt gun that will have pretty decent accuracy for a lot less.
 
You can get a fairly decent bolt gun for $1500 that will likely shoot exceptionally. But once you add the chassis, a custom non rem 700 action, match barrel and trigger you are fairly close. The immediate competition for these rifles are military sniper grade bolt actions. PGW comes to mind as the closest competitor. Or the newest Remington sniper rifles that replaced the M24. That's what these are designed for. Not F class etc.

There are lots of far less expensive options that will serve most of us very well at a fraction of the price. The 5R milspec comes to mind. Or semi custom rifles etc. But as a complete military grade tactical precision rifle it is one of the nicest.

A comparable action to the Cadex is a Stolle, surgeon etc at $1500 just for the action. Not a Savage or Rem 700 action. $1500 for the action, $2400 for the chassis, $1000 for the Bartlein barrel, $500 ish for trigger and muzzle brake. $200 for gunsmith to put it together. $100 for AI mag. Rough total: $5700. Or buy the complete rifle from Cadex. If it's what you're looking for with the same options you would pick then the Cadex still comes out cheaper than having a comparable rifle built.
 
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Epoxy7 said:
You can get a fairly decent bolt gun for $1500 that will likely shoot exceptionally. But once you add the chassis, a custom non rem 700 action, match barrel and trigger you are fairly close. The immediate competition for these rifles are military sniper grade bolt actions. PGW comes to mind as the closest competitor. Or the newest Remington sniper rifles that replaced the M24. That's what these are designed for. Not F class etc.

There are lots of far less expensive options that will serve most of us very well at a fraction of the price. The 5R milspec comes to mind. Or semi custom rifles etc. But as a complete military grade tactical precision rifle it is one of the nicest.
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Crap, how did I manage to not mention PGW, one of my favourites, lol! I have one of those and they run about $4.8k, $6.8k and $8.5k, all Mil type rifles.

Love the Remington MSR (replacement for the M24), chassis designed by Cadex.....asking price pretty hefty, lol! I think they want $3k USD just for their version of the chassis?

As far as getting a decent bolt gun is concerned, I totally agree, one does not need to spend $6k to have a rifle that shoots well, but sometimes it's nice to treat tourself :)

Those Remington 700 Police and 5R models are pretty awesome out of the box and I'd love to get into one again (700P), There's also the the Savage 10TRs which retail for around $700.
 
I think there is validity to all the points above. I do agree that you can get a gun to shoot tiny groups at around the $2,000 mark. A M700 action, a good barrel, decent trigger, etc. will do that. However, these guns (AI, PGW, TRG, and maybe Cadex) are system rifles that are shown to work reliably all the time - they have to as peoples lives depend on them. At a certain point you stop paying for accuracy and start paying for durability and reliability. I like my custom but if I had to use one in battle (I never will but that is fine by me) I am taking my TRG.

I mostly want to know if the Cadex rifles will hang with the big boys in the military sniper rifle market.
 
Ryan.M.Anderson said:
I think there is validity to all the points above. I do agree that you can get a gun to shoot tiny groups at around the $2,000 mark. A M700 action, a good barrel, decent trigger, etc. will do that. However, these guns (AI, PGW, TRG, and maybe Cadex) are system rifles that are shown to work reliably all the time - they have to as peoples lives depend on them. At a certain point you stop paying for accuracy and start paying for durability and reliability. I like my custom but if I had to use one in battle (I never will but that is fine by me) I am taking my TRG.

I mostly want to know if the Cadex rifles will hang with the big boys in the military sniper rifle market.
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I believe they will. While Rob Furlong's info commercial is interesting as he seems to have switched from PGW to Cadex it could just be comercial endorsement. The info comercial isn't bad. It's not sham wow or slapchop good, but it's not shake weight bad either. :p
 
I picked up my Guardian Lite in .308 with 60 rounds down the pipe for $4500 CAD. The rifle is in perfect condition and printed .3" 5-round groups with Fed GMM @ 100m it's first time out. My point being that ýou need not pay $6K for a genuine Cadex rifle if you watch the EE and exercise a bit of patience.

Cheers,
 
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Clearly the only answer to this is to have Cadex send me one of their CDX Lites in 6.5 CM (just to borrow of course). I will await for Patrice's PM so I can send him my address.

Frank Galil over at SH has a Cadex in 338 for review so I am looking forward to that.
 
Well now your not getting one. Cadex doesn't like comparison reviews, so Patrice I'll review one for you, without comparing it to my DT. ;)
 
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