bobped wrote:Best Price I can find for a Barnard Action in Australia is $1700 AU. Not sure if this includes trigger. I can't find a price for a new RPA Quadlock or Quadlite, but the last time I saw a price I remember the Quadlock was well over $2000 AU without trigger. (Jim, remember I'm an old man, so the memory may be going)
I think we ought to get real. I have a friend down here in Tassie who imports all sorts of shooting related gear to sell. Gloves, slings, brass, powder etc. etc. He gets very downhearted when someone asks for a price and then berates him, saying they can get it cheaper somewhere else on the mainland or overseas, (not without a good deal more trouble I might add).
His comment to me is that they ignore the fact that he's trying to make a living and he can't do that if he sells stuff at cost or below, just because the potential buyer is a friend.
Robert C. if you are listening, looking, etc., I have a Millennium Action I shoot in .308. Best thing I ever bought. In Target Rifle Competition, it has won a number of Queens, Lead-up competitions and Grand Championships. In F Class it has done the same. Maybe I've been lucky, but the absolute reliabilty of the Millennium Action has played a big part, so thank you.
I've had a good look at the INCH action. I think Woody had a couple of small problems with quality control at the start, but others assure me this has all been ironed out. The action incorporates all the good design features the Millennium has.
I'm looking forward to seeing them in action on our ranges over the next couple of years. If I was looking at buying another Rifle Action, it would be one of the "major actions" mentioned above, and the INCH, at this price, would be one of the ones I'd consider.
(Bruce, if you offered a Stolle at $500 I would consider it)
Good luck with it.
Bob Pedersen
Bob,
A BIG rhank you. Your message had made my day, and I believe it will make quite a few more to follow.....
Very happy to hear your equipment has so much ontributed to your successes..This is my real reward all the times I am announced a succes with one of my designs...
I am not led by profit, but by paassion, and I try to put n a dessign what is best, based on my lifelong shooting experience and technical education, daily updatted...
I can tell you the Inch is my pride, as it incorporates all of the previous generations plusses, under a new concept, and increased potential.
As for cars, you can have an automatic and air conditionning, but if you don"t pay the extra, you will have to change gears and drive with the wndiws ooen!!!.. Quality and comfort has a cost...and this ine is reasonnable.... I have done my best to allow the manufacturer not to have to charge too much for those necessary extras...
I am always ready to comment or help the best way I can but, aas a practical man, I hate pre-conceived ideas and hearsays
Very sincerely yours and Thanks again for your appreciation.
Robert Chombart
Ingenieur (metallurgy)