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I could not agree more! One difference between a child and an adult is learning to be able to defer gratification without having a tantrum. I bought two of the charter MRC actions. Both were in fine shape on delivery. For the price, they actually exceeded expectations by a fair margin. Of course, they aren't a D'Arcy Echols, Dale Goens, or David Miller completed rifle. They were a little late too, a few months but so what? When I got the first .404 rifle that Musgave of South Africa built, I had to wait 6 YEARS for it, and had paid a $1000 down up front, too! It was worth the wait. So were (and are) the MRC products. I suppose the next "bitch" will be that they don't come with a man to seed, mow, and bale the hay while the shooter is off chasing elk...... My country gal's just a moonshiner's daughter, but I love her still. | |||
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I dealt with Jon who informed me to send the rifle back to MRC. After it was received he contacted me again and asked me to ship dummy rounds to him also which cost me another $6. Here is the original thread for my postings here: https://forums.accuratereloading.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/4711043/m/705105825 Make a quality product with a good warranty and I'll buy more. My biggest fear is when I die my wife will sell my guns for what I told her they cost. | |||
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Longshot, I'm glad that your rifle is doing so well for you, that's exactly what we (and by we I mean myself and Jon) like to hear. Dave Kiff is a great guy. I've sat on the phone with him for 20 minutes or more on a lot of occasions just tapping his knowledge. He is one of the most knowledgeable guys in the industry. But our company just purchased a HAAS VF-1 machining center and they are slowly working up the proper programming and fixtures to do all the machined parts on our action in house. We've already begun manufacturing our own shrouds, they just finished doing a batch of shroud locks and next will be the trigger bows. Thanks for your support Longshot. Dan | |||
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I love my left handed short action.  Frank "I don't know what there is about buffalo that frightens me so.....He looks like he hates you personally. He looks like you owe him money." - Robert Ruark, Horn of the Hunter, 1953 NRA Life, SAF Life, CRPA Life, DRSS lite | |||
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For what its worth and if some one is counting I just E mailed Jon to add my name ofr 1 PH and ! mini sounds like a good deal to me And Thanks Vapodog the action you sold me is great. NRA BENEFACTOR MEMBER: USNR (ADCS/AW/SW) I have wonderer at times what the TEN COMMAMDMENT'S would look like if Moses had run them through the US congress | |||
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thanks obwhan... dan, what is the official right hand count at??? 577 BME 3"500 KILL ALL 358 GREMLIN 404-375 *we band of 45-70ers* (Founder) Single Shot Shooters Society S.S.S.S. (Founder) | |||
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Thanks an awful lot to Dan for filling us in on progress at MRC. These days with M70s no longer made, Charles Daly Mausers no longer sold, Dakota under Chapter 11, we need an action manufacturer more than ever. MRC has always delivered good quality for a very reasonable price. No, not "perfect" quality, but what can you expect at 4-500$?? With a bit of work, an M1999 can be made into a fine rifle. To the person who had the wrong ejector installed in his action. This is obviously unfortunate, but in defense of MRC, all action makers will ship a dud from time to time, it even happens for actions sold at a totally different price level than the M1999 - the Dakota is one example. Most of us will not get to experience this, but speak to gun builders who go through enough actions, and they'll confirm that all action manufacturers manage to produce a problem from time to time. At least MRC stood by their product, and got the problem sorted out. - mike ********************* The rifle is a noble weapon... It entices its bearer into primeval forests, into mountains and deserts untenanted by man. - Horace Kephart | |||
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Dan: A Hass VF-1 is a great little machine. I use a Hass VF-2 with Gibbs Cam in my shop. I am not interested in doing your work. But with a good programmer/machinest, you should be able to have programs in place and spitting actions out of the mill, lathe, surface grinder and cylindrical grinder in a week or less. I made a clone of a Remington 700 in machining class, It took about 6 hours to draw up the product, tool it out and I was cutting in solid works in a matter of hours. After writing the code and tooling it out it actually took longer to set up than do the machining. CNC is a great thing. I plan to retire from my real job in a couple of years. It is my intent to begin manufacturing my own actions in my shop. They will not be investment cast they will be CNC machined from single billets of stainless. I have some ideas in mind. I have learned a great deal having trued and timed almost every comerecial action made. I know the pains you have gone through. It is hard to get contractors to see and make things to your specs. It cost tons of money to tool up and do the work yourself. May god speed be with you.. Longshot | |||
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Boomstick, I wish I could but my hands are absolutely tied on this. It's taken about 2 years, maybe more to get to 365 sold so who knows how long it will take to get another 35. I would really be sticking my neck out there if I gave a concrete date of production. The final say as everyone knows is not mine or Jon's, it's the owners and when he gives the go ahead I'll announce it. Dan | |||
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Unofficially it is at 365. I haven't gotten any new orders in my basket to add to that total. I'm sure there are a few more but won't know until I get them in my hands Dan | |||
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Longshot we've got a great machinist but it's been a while since he has worked on a cnc machining center. He has been making shrouds and they've come out great, he has started work on the shroud locks and they are coming off the machine now. The trigger bows with all the material removal will take a little longer but his memory is already coming back and he'll figure a way to make them much quicker than our previous vendors. As to machining the actions, we have a company that is doing a great job for us and for at least the short term we'll keep them running them. Good luck with your action, I'm sure that with your experience/knowledge it will be a work of art. Dan | |||
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I, and I am sure others, would not mind seeing a photo or two of the action you made on your HAAS. | |||
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I've said this before on here, but I think these guys are making the best designed and most reasonably priced actions available today. After a little hand work, mine is the smoothest action I own. The triggers are fantastic, gas handling design features second to none, and the fact that they cross with many M70 accessories is a real boon to getting projects done. I wish I could afford more of them. As for customer service, I'd put MRC up there with Leopold and some of the good mail order houses. You call, you get a knowledgable guy on the other end who genuinely wants to make things right. Dan has spent a ton of time on here answering specific questions for guys. Top notch. Plug over. Jay Kolbe | |||
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22WRF actually we are making parts on our VF-1. The actions and bolts are machined in another shop. For the short time we will keep this as it is as the company that is doing our machining now is doing a fantastic job. Dan | |||
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The website says $553.70 for a CM short action. What does a guy have to do get one for $350? http://www.montanarifleman.com/shortaction.htm | |||
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The $350 price is for their mini action. The short action is for cartridges like the 308 Winchester whereas the mini is for cartridges like the 223 Remington. | |||
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Dan thanks for the posts. A little information can go a long way toward reassuring customers that their concerns are being heard. I appreciated the return call I received about the delivery date of the barreled action I have on order, even though I was not very happy to find out that the best guess was it was still a month out. I have been unable to e-mail your company for some time. They come back as undeliverable after about four days. Thanks again for the information. It makes owning an expensive stock for one of your actions a little easier. Harry "Some days the sun doesn't shine and the sky ain't blue" that is what the second barrel is for DRSS http://www.twinxblades.com/ | |||
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Harry, Not sure why your emails are bouncing back to you but we have had troubles on our server with some email services such as netscape. It may be in your email service. Our server tells us that it is because of a lot of spam coming from the service. Dan | |||
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Dan, Sending you a PM _____________________ Reducing the world's lead supply.....one cat at a time. | |||
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dan...if you have not been following the thread in the big bore board we have been doing a p.h. drive to gobble them up. can you give us the most up to date total to confirm as to amount left. i think by my count we are at 27 but you might have more. thanks! 577 BME 3"500 KILL ALL 358 GREMLIN 404-375 *we band of 45-70ers* (Founder) Single Shot Shooters Society S.S.S.S. (Founder) | |||
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I have been very happy with the quality of the left and right hand MRC Long Actions. they have made two beautiful 404 Jeffery rifles.   Rusty We Band of Brothers! DRSS, NRA & SCI Life Member "I am rejoiced at my fate. Do not be uneasy about me, for I am with my friends." ----- David Crockett in his last letter (to his children), January 9th, 1836 "I will never forsake Texas and her cause. I am her son." ----- Jose Antonio Navarro, from Mexican Prison in 1841 "for I have sworn upon the altar of god eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man." Thomas Jefferson Declaration of Arbroath April 6, 1320-“. . .It is not for glory, nor riches, nor honours that we are fighting, but for freedom - for that alone, which no honest man gives up but with life itself.” | |||
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I'm also happy with mine and it too is a 404 Jeffery. Sorry folks no pics just yet. | |||
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