Cablelas is garbage since merger. Used to shop there regularly, now maybe once every 6 months if I'm looking for something I can't find anywhere else.Bass Pro/Cabelas
Christensen arms Ridgeline
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Danehunter
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I bought my 6.5 PRC Browning X-Bolt Pro (CF stock) for $300. more than your lucky find.
Still, I'm very happy with it so far. For my scope I mounted a Bushnell Elite LRTS 4.5 -18 x 44 with G3 illuminated reticle. It's mounted in Tally burnt bronze Cerakote matching rings.
Eric B.
Still, I'm very happy with it so far. For my scope I mounted a Bushnell Elite LRTS 4.5 -18 x 44 with G3 illuminated reticle. It's mounted in Tally burnt bronze Cerakote matching rings.
Eric B.
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Somehow my order ended up going through. I picked up my new rifle from the local Cabelas today. Brought it home, cleaned it up, adjusted a few things and set it in the safe until my scope, brass, and dies arrive. I've got plenty of RL26 and 156 Bergers to make it go.
Cabela's finally cancelled my order this AM. Oh well....
And, would you believe they are back on Cabela's web site again??
So, I placed another order....let's see how this one goes!
And, would you believe they are back on Cabela's web site again??
So, I placed another order....let's see how this one goes!
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Showed limited stock this morning but when you try to order it, it shows as out of stock.
Well, it was cancelled again, which is OK. I just bought a Gun Werks 6.5-284 from a guy locally...well, at least in TX, for a good price, new and un-fired. Of coarse it was way more than a CA....but you get what you pay for.
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Would you believe Cabela's has them on their web site as "Limited Stock"....what a joke!
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Yeah and it even allows me to checkout. Yesterday it wouldn't allow to me checkout. Joke
Huntswest1
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That is a great grab. I though about trying back when they were still available. It is a 2 hour drive to our nearest Cabelas though and I haven't made that trip since the merger.
Well I modified a fired case for checking lands and Holy crap does this thing have freebore for days. Makes sense as saami print has almost 0.300 FB plus another 0.160 of throat. 156 Eols touching are half way up the neck, why in God's name would they do this? I'm going to have to try to find a place where they shoot 150k off lands. I don't like having less than 250k of bearing in the neck on a 6.5 bullet.
My lapua brass was 295k loaded and the necks tapered from 298 to 297 @ end, so it was way tight. Turned cases to 2925 loaded and I still have to push a bullet into a fired case. Nice thing, the barrel quit fouling after 12 rounds. Which is all I shot this evening.
Christensen really needs to get their machining tolerances in order, I had two different rails and both don't sit flat when torqued down, I'll need to bed it. When I installed the scope on the rail ans torqued the cross bolts to 50in # as spec, my bolts bound up tightly in front the lugs. I tried multiple scope/ring combos and the other rail, was apparent in all situations. The only way I remedied it, was to hold the rail twisted left longitudinally along the action and trq down to get the bolt unbound, this is extremely frustrating. I'll zero at 100y and run it out to distance and see if my windage is affected, bout 90% chance it will. I cannot tell be the naked eye of the rail screw holes are aligned, they must not be. I'm upset because the chamber was cut very smooth, the lands looked very smooth and uniform from a sharp reamer and good button rifling. If I send it back, chances are I'll get a completely new action/barrel and I want to keep this barrel, as it's a good one, and was machined fairly well. Brass is growing on headspace by 5 thou upon forming which is a lot but maybe the lapua is just short. I have 50pcs of peterson 284 win that I'm going to neck down and turn as well. I love their brass. The jury is still out. Recoil lug and front pillar were bedded decent, but zero bedding at tang rear pillar area. Stock weighed 33oz so I got lucky, as some their stocks fluctuate very heavily. If the holes are out of alignment, I wonder if a good machinist could straighten them out by going to 8x40 vs 6x48 that's currently in place. Sad that a guy gets this on a 1900$ gun. We'll see what happens!
My lapua brass was 295k loaded and the necks tapered from 298 to 297 @ end, so it was way tight. Turned cases to 2925 loaded and I still have to push a bullet into a fired case. Nice thing, the barrel quit fouling after 12 rounds. Which is all I shot this evening.
Christensen really needs to get their machining tolerances in order, I had two different rails and both don't sit flat when torqued down, I'll need to bed it. When I installed the scope on the rail ans torqued the cross bolts to 50in # as spec, my bolts bound up tightly in front the lugs. I tried multiple scope/ring combos and the other rail, was apparent in all situations. The only way I remedied it, was to hold the rail twisted left longitudinally along the action and trq down to get the bolt unbound, this is extremely frustrating. I'll zero at 100y and run it out to distance and see if my windage is affected, bout 90% chance it will. I cannot tell be the naked eye of the rail screw holes are aligned, they must not be. I'm upset because the chamber was cut very smooth, the lands looked very smooth and uniform from a sharp reamer and good button rifling. If I send it back, chances are I'll get a completely new action/barrel and I want to keep this barrel, as it's a good one, and was machined fairly well. Brass is growing on headspace by 5 thou upon forming which is a lot but maybe the lapua is just short. I have 50pcs of peterson 284 win that I'm going to neck down and turn as well. I love their brass. The jury is still out. Recoil lug and front pillar were bedded decent, but zero bedding at tang rear pillar area. Stock weighed 33oz so I got lucky, as some their stocks fluctuate very heavily. If the holes are out of alignment, I wonder if a good machinist could straighten them out by going to 8x40 vs 6x48 that's currently in place. Sad that a guy gets this on a 1900$ gun. We'll see what happens!
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Sounds strange. Mine needed a touch of barrel channel inletting due to being a little tight, but that was actually a benefit because I was able to properly adjust the barrel clearance the way I want it. The scope rail torqued down flat without any problems. I noticed the freebore too, but it's SAAMI. I plan to run a seating test starting with a 156 Berger seated to align the top of the boattail with the neck shoulder junction.
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Shot rifle today @ 100y, after two flowers I had just over a half inch 3 shot group. Next ran some dope on 2720fps 140 Berger hunter vld(53.5gr H1000 seated bout 150k off lands, garbage nk tension due to just turning and seating bullets) 1st shot was 4" high 5" right(50fps faster than dope). Did have some wind. Next three shots had a 10es and went maybe 1.25" group 1.5" high of aim and dead center. Keep in mind I'm forming brass 5-6k forward at the shoulder, and zero load development what so ever. I need to stretch the legs to really see if the rail issue causes and problems. Didn't see anything from 100-400y today. So far so good, rifle has potential. With the sico omega 300 on the end and low power loads it's a joy to shoot.
When forming your brass, jam the bullet if possible. My chamber is 8 thou deeper than the shoulder on lapua brass. Half my cases aren't blowing forward, and come out of the chamber very smokey. The othe half has fired forward correctly. So I've got to form another 24 pieces, some actually shrunk a few thou fn weird, never had that happen before. My charge weight may be too low as well. I backed off Cuz the first 3 rounds had pressure signs ar 55gr and suspect it was the 2 thou neck clearance of unturned brass. What a pita. It's still shooting moa groups or less while forming which is bizarre, even with all this crap going on.
