Re: 300 win mag pics
Hi Guys ,
I lkie the Badger M2008 actions , they are very nice , the fit of the bolt in the raceway is very close fit , as such , I would not get the bolt body painted ( blued yes ) , as its then too tight to operate , if that makes senes .
I live out side the US , in New Zealand , and most Americans will not know how the cost of exporting rifle/actions etc has soared to crazy heights ( read , insane ) .
Three components to that increased costs ,
1) Export fee has gone from $50-80 that it was in say 2003 , to $350-500 , so about a 300-400% increase , NICE
2 ) Also a value fee of around 5-10% of the cost of the item ( this was not the case in 2003 , no added value charge at all ) .
3 ) The shipping charge has doubled , from the old bulk airfreight charge to courier airfreight charge .
SO if you have not figured it out , its now quite simply NOT a very viable option to buy stuff from the USA any more .
Your GovT has imposed those extra costs on your exports .
Thats why you have German & Czech & Canadian made AR15 rifles , US make the best and cheapest ARs in the world period , ( its ONLY due to your added export costs that AR & Rem700 clones are now made outside the US ) , and IF the US did not charge these crazy export prices , they would sell lots of ARs .
The rest of the world wnat to buy US rifles etc , but as the price is too high , once you add the Export costs on to your purchase price , its just not that viable any more , it never use to be that way , but it is now .
SO I see the Badger as a cheaper alt to a real AI rifle , and thats just in the USA , once you get outside the US , the extra export costs actually put a Bagder actioned AW clone type rifle at close to the AI rifle price , and at that price point its never going to work out as a really viable option .
Later Chris