I'm not a big Mossburg fan but I kind of like those stocks on the 4x4s.

All:

I've got an E.R. Shaw Mark VII bolt-action rifle on order in .257 Ackley Improved. It will be my first left-hand bolt action rifle. The rifle will come with a laminated stock and a 24" fluted barrel and will look almost exactly like the rifle in the SHOT picture. It cost me around $850 (I paid for it about 5 or 6 months ago and am waiting for it to be built and shipped to my local gunshop).

I sure hope the E.R. Shaw rifle will shoot well--I'm aiming (pun intended) for MOA or sub-MOA performance with the right handloads. The rifle will weigh around 8lbs. without a scope and will probably be a little heavy for everyday field use, but I knew that when I ordered it, so I have no right to complain. I didn't order the significantly lighter synthetic stock E.R. Shaw had available because I have one just like it on my Savage bolt-action rifle in .270 Winchester, and that particular rifle, although light in weight, easy to carry, and always very accurate, is just so damn ugly that I wince when I see it and can only somehow stomach my revulsion and bare to take it into the field these days when the weather is raining, sleeting, snowing, with zero-visibility fog, or is otherwise completely awful. My Savage is a perfectly hideous rifle perfectly appropriate for perfectly hideous weather.

I ordered the laminated stock for the E.R. Shaw rifle because I'm just not strong enough these days to have two worse-than-outhouse-ugly rifles in my possession at any one time. I just know I'd end up putting the Savage out on the country road where I live with a sign on it saying,
"Orphaned. Please Rescue Me."

T.W. Davidson

i love the AR-15 22lr, ive been wanting one of these for years. and now colt makes them, so ill know they will be high quality.

An expensive .22 rimfire AR always seemed to me to be something like buying a Corvette with a 5-horse Tecumseh lawnmower engine under the hood, but I suppose it will be valuable as a trainer if used with small targets. My $650 will go for one of those Shaw rifles. Wow.

I like rifles that r acurate right out of the box becals i dont haft to use that much ammo to make shure ther on target

I just bought the new .250-06 Savage 111FNS with AccuStock and AccuTrigger. Yeah, it's an ugly gun, but what elk, deer, pronghorn or coyote cared HOW the gun looked that killed 'em?!

some nice new guns

The new version of the T/C is probably a really good move from the selling standpoint as it provides a quality piece at an affordable price. I remember when I could say that about Remington. Savage is definately on the ball and looks like they intend to keep it rolling. Over the years I have never owned a Savage but have seen a few I wanted but the owners would not let go of them and those particular models were no longer available. I better look these new Savages over as well as the E R Shaw which really draws my attention filling my head with all sorts of ideas. I personally don't like the stocks on the Mossbergs but feel Colt will sell some of their AR's in .22 since the base price is not a lot more than many .22 LR rifles already on the market.

What is up with all this tactical hunting guns us hunters are not in the army!!!!

Cool.

What's the point of an ar-15 that shoots such a weak bullet.

Im very interested in this new T/C rifle...if it shoots as good as my Icon, this rifle for its price is a steal!

I'd like to get my hands on that new AR-15.

i like guns speacily the shiny ones they make me happy

Ah... Dave...Picture 4 is a Merkel KR1, not an Anschutz Model 1770 .223. But then, you kept calling the Merkel an Anschutz in your blog. Time to have the staff proof-read your work a little closer. I have the KR1 left hand .270 that you reviewed back in the summer and it is a superb sporting firearm. In case you have forgotten, the KR1 is a switch-barrel, switch-bolt rifle. You can switch calibers from .223 through .338 magnum and the bolts can be switched from a right hand bolt to a left hand bolt. Right now, the Germans that make this gun think that stocks should have either a left hand or right hand cheekpiece stock. I disagree. The stock should be neutral so that the rifle may be switched from right hand to left hand simply by replacing the bolt assembly. The rifle has a light trigger pull of two pounds or less..it's so light I haven't bothered to measure it. The trigger can also be used in the set mode for release with just a thought. I also bought a spare 9.3X62 barrel for the rifle. It has already taken a couple or feral porkers here in Tennessee.