Montana Rifle Company

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Montana Rifle Company is the premium manufacturer of American-made hunting rifles built from the action out in Memphis, MI.

montanarifleco.com

Montana Rifle Company is back after being purchased by Grace Engineering Crop in Michigan. It looks like the rifles are outstanding with a few improvements over the previous Model 70 / Mauser 98 action. The rifles also come with a 1/2" accuracy guarantee which says a lot about the quaility of the construction on a rifle made here in the USA by talented local workers.

I was going to purchase a rifle from the old MRC before they went under. The product they are turning out now looks to be so much better. I don't need another rifle but I am drooling with the prospect of owning one of their rifles.

Highline

Junction


Looks like they are chambering the 280AI which is just the cats meow. Now if we can get them to chamber a 6mm Remington with a 1-8 twist and you'd have something as good or better ballistically than the 6mm Creedmoor.

 

[Forkyfinder]

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Montana Rifle Company is the premium manufacturer of American-made hunting rifles built from the action out in Memphis, MI.

montanarifleco.com

Montana Rifle Company is back after being purchased by Grace Engineering Crop in Michigan. It looks like the rifles are outstanding with a few improvements over the previous Model 70 / Mauser 98 action. The rifles also come with a 1/2" accuracy guarantee which says a lot about the quaility of the construction on a rifle made here in the USA by talented local workers.

I was going to purchase a rifle from the old MRC before they went under. The product they are turning out now looks to be so much better. I don't need another rifle but I am drooling with the prospect of owning one of their rifles.

Highline
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Junction
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Looks like they are chambering the 280AI which is just the cats meow. Now if we can get them to chamber a 6mm Remington with a 1-8 twist and you'd have something as good or better ballistically than the 6mm Creedmoor.

Do you know what caused their original demise? Thought they were interesting - and then closed shop before i saw much more.

 

[noharleyyet]

The Highline is a very good looking well thought out rifle...

 

[Doublecluck]

As someone with a safe full of light/heavy/carbon/synthetic/aluminum black wiz bangs, that bottom rifle is pretty. I was gonna buy a MRC rifle right about the time they became wishy washy and hesitated. 7-08 or 30-06 is what I’d be looking for. No brake. Gentleman’s gun.

 

[Doublecluck]

Do you know what caused their original demise? Thought they were interesting - and then closed shop before i saw much more.

QC was an issue for sure. Like any other business. You build a great product, people buy it, you grow and quality slips if you don’t have the people and systems in place to keep what you started going.

 

[6mm Remington]

QC was an issue for sure. Like any other business. You build a great product, people buy it, you grow and quality slips if you don’t have the people and systems in place to keep what you started going.

I think and don't know for certain but I believe you are correct. Quality started slipping on some of the rifles. Sure looks like this new corporation has it figured out.

 

[MThuntr]

There's an initial review of one produced a few months ago. It shot like garbage before the guys took it apart and fiddled with it. I was surprised that MRC would send it out knowing they'd be publicly reviewed on the pure chaos of Rokslide but I think they wanted to be transparent that they want to make it right.

Montana Rifle Co. Junction 308Win Field Evaluation

This will be a long term, heavy use evaluation of the new MRC Junction rifle. It was sent to Ryan by MRC to be evaled by me/us for long term, heavy use. They want to know where and how it fails, if it fails. Due to barrel life, 308 win was chosen. Company website and description-...

rokslide.com

 

[6mm Remington]

As someone with a safe full of light/heavy/carbon/synthetic/aluminum black wiz bangs, that bottom rifle is pretty. I was gonna buy a MRC rifle right about the time they became wishy washy and hesitated. 7-08 or 30-06 is what I’d be looking for. No brake. Gentleman’s gun.

I believe the 30-06 will be added to growing list of chamberings. I'm with you. No brake for me. I'm sure you can get one of those threaded covers and pull the brake off and replace it with that.

 

[noharleyyet]

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[Moserkr]

I met with the original owner once to do some insurance work. Wish I had met him with the knowledge I have now instead of back then. Nice guy, lots of kids, lots of big elk on the wall.

 

[Gr8bawana]

The Highline is a very good looking well thought out rifle...

Those are good looking rifles and me being old school I much prefer the wood stocked rifle.

 

[Nick87]

The Highline is a very good looking well thought out rifle...

Not big on the color, but otherwise I dig it.

 

[elkhuntinfool78]

I know someone on rokslide was testing one of these out and didn't seem like it was shooting worth a darn. Like 4" groups at 100 yards. Far from the .5" group they guarantee.

That said I take what I read on rokslide with a large grain of salt.

I love the looks of the wood stocked one. If anyone here has shot one I'd love to hear your feedback

 

[mtmuley]

That said I take what I read on rokslide with a large grain of salt.

Me too. mtmuley

 

[Robert N]

As someone who owns a Montana 1999 in .375 H&H that groups .5 MOA…

I am very happy to see Montana back.

 

[BAKPAKR]

I would like to see a photo of the integrated M-Lok rail. That is something I think I would like on a stock, just ahead of the front action bolt, so I could easily add or remove an Arca rail.

 

[mtmuley]

I would like to see a photo of the integrated M-Lok rail. That is something I think I would like on a stock, just ahead of the front action bolt, so I could easily add or remove an Arca rail.

Huh? mtmuley

 

[BAKPAKR]

Huh? mtmuley

The specs for the Highline say there is a M-Lok section. There are times when having an Arca rail for a tripod would be nice but most of the time, I am just walking around with my rifle in my hand and I don’t want an Arca rail where I am carrying it.

A tripod came in handy for my daughter in sagebrush in Wyoming. Last fall, a tripod was advantageous as we were on a steep hillside, watching across the draw and a prone shot would have been difficult.

 

[mtmuley]

The specs for the Highline say there is a M-Lok section. There are times when having an Arca rail for a tripod would be nice but most of the time, I am just walking around with my rifle in my hand and I don’t want an Arca rail where I am carrying it.

Guess I ain't up to speed on the cool stuff. mtmuley

 

[INMT]

The specs for the Highline say there is a M-Lok section. There are times when having an Arca rail for a tripod would be nice but most of the time, I am just walking around with my rifle in my hand and I don’t want an Arca rail where I am carrying it.

A tripod came in handy for my daughter in sagebrush in Wyoming. Last fall, a tripod was advantageous as we were on a steep hillside, watching across the draw and a prone shot would have been difficult.