LAW or Cooper Excalibur???

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Looking at getting a 280rem and have it narrowed down to a LAW Close or a Cooper Excalibur. The LAW Professional is an option too but not a big fan of muzzle brakes, removable or not.
Anyone have any real hands on opinions of these rifles? Not concerned about any price difference between the two, or three rifles I listed.
Opinions on fit, finish accuracy, weight etc would be great (cant find weight of the Cooper)... I do realize that handling the rifles to see what fit me better is ideal, but dont know of too many LAW's around yet...
Thanks :)
 
I handled a LAW Professional rifle not long ago, and was quite impressed. The fit and finish looked good, and other than the muzzle brake which I detest on any rifle, the only things that I wasn't fond of was that the fore end was a little narrow for my tastes, and the balance point was a little farther back than I prefer. The LAW was definitely lighter than the Excalibur. The Jackson Hunter actually fits me better than either of these two rifles.
 
7mag said:
Looking at getting a 280rem and have it narrowed down to a LAW Close or a Cooper Excalibur. The LAW Professional is an option too but not a big fan of muzzle brakes, removable or not.
Anyone have any real hands on opinions of these rifles? Not concerned about any price difference between the two, or three rifles I listed.
Opinions on fit, finish accuracy, weight etc would be great (cant find weight of the Cooper)... I do realize that handling the rifles to see what fit me better is ideal, but dont know of too many LAW's around yet...
Thanks :)
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I think you have the info and comments I sent you through the HBC Forum regarding my LAW.....
 
Kevan said:
I think you have the info and comments I sent you through the HBC Forum regarding my LAW.....
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I did Kevan! Thank you! Just kinda torn between the two and wanted to see what the majority vote I guess you could say is!!! Do you know if you can get Talley light weights for the LAW? What is the 704 action based on or is it its own??
 
7mag said:
I did Kevan! Thank you! Just kinda torn between the two and wanted to see what the majority vote I guess you could say is!!! Do you know if you can get Talley light weights for the LAW? What is the 704 action based on or is it its own??
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I have yet to try for Talley mounts, the bases are Warne with larger screws... 8-40 I think so if Talley make a ring to fit Warne or Weaver then we'd be good to go that way.
The action was originally designed by Ed Brown a few years ago and he currently collaborates in the LAW rifle.
One interesting thing I have to mention is that I had a technical question regarding my rifle so I sent off an e-mail to LAW... and got a reply within the hour, I like that kind of service.
Now, I sent a question to Nosler twice over three days before getting a response.
I know that Nosler is a very busy company.... but still ?
 
I have no experience with the LAW, but I do have a Cooper Excalibur in 280 rem and absolutely love that gun. 140 gr tsx at 2975 fps into 3/4 Moa consistently. A heavier gun but handles beautifully and have no issues carrying it all day. Can't wait to take it to South Africa in the spring for plains game.
 
double gun said:
Any chance of a close up pic or two of the extractor/bolt lug relationship?
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7mag said:
Cant find a listing for the LAW and talley light weight ring mounts.... Is that action based on another action?
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The LAW action comes with Warne bases attached so to use a Talley ring you would require one which will mount on a Picatinny rail... if Talley makes such..
 
300 WM, Prophet River, 6 months they told me....we will see? These things usually take a little longer from my experience. I ordered in October, with any luck I'll have it in time to get a good load worked up over the summer and be good to go for moose in the fall.
 
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