Montana action?

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Anyone here have a custom built on a Montana action?

How are they for fit and finish as shipped?..lots of polishing required?..I'm thinking of a chrome-moly one for the PacNor barrel I have ordered...it'll be a 280..
 
i don't have mine yet but it's on order. cr-moly montana barrelled action in 6.5-284 with accurate inovations wood stock. my neighbor just got a montana in 300wsm, I like it but he hasn't shot it yet.
 
I have 3, 2 completed rifles (.375 H+H & .358 Norma Mag.), the 3rd will be at the 'smiths shortly and will be a .404 Jeffery.

The biggest thing to keep in mind with MRC is that you are NOT buying a high priced custom action like a WFF Hein, or Stuart Satterlee etc. People get gonch all bunched up, when they buy one & realize that they are a little "rough around the edges". Some need a little work to get to feed what ever it is your feeding it, some are a little rough on cycling. Mine all were, but I knew this before hand, and was/am satisfied now, and really it was minimal work involved to get it so I likey.

Some have weak firing pin assemblies, some have/had faulty safeties, and all of mine have triggers which I am not overly impressed with. The good news is, is they will replace any faulty parts for free (or have for me anyways) and the trigger can be replaced with a quality aftermarket job.

Also remember that they are virtually the exact footprint as a Mod 70 Winny. I replaced my extractors with machined good quality ones from Williams, I also got a couple different magazine followers from Midway to ensure proper feeding & ejection, I replaced one weak firing pin with a Winchester factory one. Soon they will all have aftermarket triggers, as 2 different 'smiths have reworked to their limit, the 2 I have, and I still dont like them. Not much too make them run real good, at a fraction of the cost of one of the ones I listed earlier.

I also emery clothed the feed rails to smoothen things up, and sat on the couch for a couple hrs with each cycling the bolt while watching a Hockey game........I really like them now!

Also, word of caution here, I had a extremely horrible experience with one of Montana Riflemans barrels, & would never ever get another, nor recommend them.
 
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