Forbes rifle, my review

[tomL]

I now have owned and played with this rifle for about three months and I would like to present my review.

Weight:- Bare rifle is slightly heavier than advertised. However total weight is still within the realm of a light weight mountain rifle



Fit:- is VG to excellent with some kevler fibres remnants on some edges

Finish:- VG. The Kryptek camo. finish is subjective. Surface does have the odd very small pin sized bumps

Trigger:- Excellent. I turned mine to 3 1/2 lb. No creep nor after-travel

Bolt:- Very smooth, especially if oiled

Extraction:- no problem. Does it every time

Accuracy:- With my hand-loads I can get 1 MOA without a lot of tweaking



There are a couple of minor annoyance.

1. The pistol grip is closer to the rear of the trigger guard than others. You can have your knuckles hit by the trigger guard during firing

2. If you fire factory ammo. you have no problem. With reloads you have to use virgin brass (preferably resized Lapua which are harder). If you use fired brass from other rifles they have a tendency to get sticky and could be hard to extract. That is due to the bench-rest size chamber this rifle has

I would buy another one of these rifles if the need arises in the future.

Tom

 

[medvedqc]

thanks a lot Tom.

 

[Dogleg]

If you use fired brass from other rifles they have a tendency to get sticky and could be hard to extract. That is due to the bench-rest size chamber this rifle has

That's what small base dies are for.

 

[Kevan]

Good review and pics Tom, thanks for sharing with us.
I would certainly buy my '06 again..

 

[chuck nelson]

That's what small base dies are for.

With fired brass from other rifles, all bets are off.