The Kraken

I was at Cadex last week photographing their new advertising campaign, and got the run down from Patrice. It is an amazing bit of kit.

He took me step by step through the manufacturing process, fitment, finishing and testing. The level of quality control is insane, and their HAAS cnc floor was running 24/7 to keep up with production demands. The barrel changes in literally seconds with a few practice runs, and the alignment and head spacing mechanism is genius.

I'll be looking for one after Shot Show, once final pricing is released. But the thought of having a .338, .308, 260 and 300 norma, in one case, is insane. I'd happily throw a gorgeous piece of glass on one chassis and call it a day.

If Patrice permits, I'll see if I can post some photos up.
 
considering the 338 loaded properly does all the rest do and more, why do you need more than 1 gun?- unless it's a loaded down version like the fed or 08 or something- i'm speaking of the winmag of course
 
Some ranges don't permit 338, 300wsm, 6.5, etc, but will permit 308. Others require a longer reach, or the high velocity of the 260, and some hunting surely benefits from the Norma or 338. It's not THE solution for everyone, but it does offer an incredible package that would be impractical and unaffordable to have in every caliber desired.
 
It's an exciting gun for sure! I'm very interested in how they solved the bolt face and head-space obstacles.

The only thing I'd love to see added is a 223rem option thrown in the mix for cheaper practice. Practice with a 223, compete with a 6.5 of your choice, and hunt with 300wsm. Otherwise, this system looks to have it all.
 
Kane519 said:
It's an exciting gun for sure! I'm very interested in how they solved the bolt face and head-space obstacles.

The only thing I'd love to see added is a 223rem option thrown in the mix for cheaper practice. Practice with a 223, compete with a 6.5 of your choice, and hunt with 300wsm. Otherwise, this system looks to have it all.
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Like your line of thinking here.
 
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This was posted in another Cadex thread, so I thought I would add it here. Based on the larger diameter bolt body and longer forend, this is likely a Kraken. Like everything else from Cadex, it looks brilliant! Can't wait for more info from ShotShow.
 
I know you're getting tons of requests for different calibers and I'm sorry to add to it, but any chance you're thinking of a 30-06 option? I inherited hunting rifles in that caliber and now reload for it.
Thanks
Mag
 
magpul79 said:
I know you're getting tons of requests for different calibers and I'm sorry to add to it, but any chance you're thinking of a 30-06 option? I inherited hunting rifles in that caliber and now reload for it.
Thanks
Mag
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Thanks for your interest towards the CDX-MC Kraken rifle.

The 30-06 Sprg is not much of a long range caliber so chambering this rifle in this caliber would be like outfitting a Ferrari with re-grooved tires. This is just not the right caliber for long distance shooting and I don't think that we'd be making you a favor by offering you this caliber as you'd be maxed out by the caliber very shortly while the rifle system could provide so much more.

A quality die set and accessories in a performance caliber should cost you under 250 $ so I strongly suggest that you simply buy new dies and a couple boxes of factory rounds to fire form them if you plan to spend that kind of money on a multi-caliber system.

Thanks again for your question and let me know if I could be of more help.

Best regards
 
Mister Donut said:
.303, 30-30, 30-06, 45-75 are all great rounds, but they probably wouldn't be my first choice for long range precision work.
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Yes but what I am getting at is a 308 pushing a 208gr amax at 2400 is a good long range round but a 30-06 pushing that same bullet 100-150fps faster is not a good long range round. I will say that the 6.5's and the 7mm are better then both of those for lr applications.
 
hometownhero said:
Actually it is a good round. If a 308 can do it a 30-06 can do it with a little more power behind it.
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You are right.

I think the concept of long range just continues to grow more and more to the point that dealing long range rifles 50 hours a week makes me forget that 1000m is a hell of a shot for lots of people. You are right 30-06 would do just any good as a 308. We are just so used to talk 1500m, 2000m and now even 2 mile!!!

Best regards
 
Cadex Defence said:
You are right.

I think the concept of long range just continues to grow more and more to the point that dealing long range rifles 50 hours a week makes me forget that 1000m is a hell of a shot for lots of people. You are right 30-06 would do just any good as a 308. We are just so used to talk 1500m, 2000m and now even 2 mile!!!

Best regards
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I'll agree with that. the magic number people strive for seems to be 1000 to start with.
 
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