Who sells actions in canada
- Thread starter backdoorsally
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Yep for sure.
Just had Gary import a Defiance GA Hunter with black nitride finish and a Defiance Rigby BDL bottom metal.
Sending that with a Manners EH1A to Harley at Insite Arms.
Action companys can only supply a certain amount so you can say you take as many as you want but its not gonna happen. We didnt start just to make money
We started so we could offer a quality rifle to people who know the difference of a good one vs other just ok stuff. We sell some actions retail for sure as we carry some we can supply on a regular and steady basis. Others we just carry to have a few so we can offer diversity to the selection. Feel free to call and see if we have what ya need. thanks
Chargerguy
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Go Big Tactical is great to deal with.
They are in the business of building rifles, not so much being a retail outlet for actions.
House building companies have a lot of wood in their yards, but they are generally not the type of company you go to if you want to buy some wood.
Rather then give them attitude online and question their business model, why not just call them and ask if they are willing to sell you an action?
backdoorsally
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Seems like if you could sell more of something and in turn make more money most people probably would. Unless there is some other reason not to.
So I asked out of curiosity what that reason could be. Souns like a limited supply is the answer.
How is the giving attitude? You just talking to hear your selfe speak? Maybe just dont post
My point is that you would be a lot more effective in your quest if you would just pick up the phone and start calling vendors.
Hope you find what you are looking for. Let us know what you end up.
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We have a few barreled actions in stock, several actions, and quite a few prefit barrels depending on what you're looking for. We do several build to order requests per month, and a lot of the barreled actions are sold prior to arrival in the shop (such as the Vudoo's)
We do outsource our builds as unlike Insite Arms we are not a gunsmith, however we can typically secure customer orders quickly depending on their needs.
We too look after people, and can get some things much faster than some of our competitors.
There's more then a few nightmare stories about them.
A shooting buddy of mine had a Curtis Axiom and a Vector. Both came essentially unshootable from the factory. The bolt face of the Vector looked like a radar dish.
Besides the typical issues of people having a hard time getting them setup to feed from magazines reliably, there's definitely quality issues with the manufacturing. Stories like my friends above, or issues with parts of the actions peening.
Back when Curtis was located in Utah, my friends in the area heard some very ugly things about their manufacturing processes and quality. Seems a lot of the warnings they heeded came true.
Frank Galli has a few come through his classes, and the quality was so bad on every single one he saw that he has felt the need to make comments on several of his podcasts. He never goes out of his way to sh!t talk actions publicly like that, it's pretty bad.
Joel Russo split off from Curtis Customs to create a better product. He recognized the issues with the product line and wanted to address them. The other owner, Chase Curtis, didn't want to address the issues or change anything. So he split off to create Terminus. Apparently customer service has gone to complete sh!t at Curtis since Joel Russo left.
If you want to get a 60° bolt throw 3 lug custom action, I would look towards a Terminus rather then a Curtis. Or just get an AI. Too many red flags and nightmare stories to ever recommend a Curtis. Buyer beware.
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So, a lot of hearsay then. I have one and it's superb, extremely happy with it.
I've asked Frank to his face why he's so critical of the action, and he just Franked it away, with no real reason.
I'd also say this, if there's one person in the field of precision rifles that almost everyone respects, it's George of GA Precision.... He has no problem using the action... lots of them.
Cool.
I'll tell my friend that has two paperweights that say 'Curtis Custom' on the side that it's just hearsay.
There's lots of red flags out there about those actions. If you like yours then that's all that counts at the end of the day. I personally wouldn't touch them with what I know - not with all the other great actions out there.
Enjoy your action.
There's a lot more stories then just my one friend's. Quality issues. Customer services issues. One of the owners leaving to start a new company because of all of the issues that the other owner didn't care to address. Lots of signs that should make anyone paying attention cautious.
I'm obviously not going to change your mind, nor do I care to. It's completely inconsequential to me what action people buy and where they buy it from. It doesn't effect me one bit. But knowing what I know about them, it wouldn't be fair to me to recommend them to other shooters in good conscience.
If you are happy with your action, then it shouldn't matter what I have to say about it.
I'm obviously not going to change your mind, nor do I care to. It's completely inconsequential to me what action people buy and where they buy it from. It doesn't effect me one bit. But knowing what I know about them, it wouldn't be fair to me to recommend them to other shooters in good conscience.
If you are happy with your action, then it shouldn't matter what I have to say about it.
The original OP asked about good actions. When I look at your posts, you obviously have a lot of experience in precision shooting, rifles and components.
I just think for someone like yourself to disparage a product purely on a bunch of stories is disingenuous. I think for someone like George Gardner to endorse the Curtis action as one of the best on the market holds a tremendous amount of more water than a bunch of stories on the internet...
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