Cass, the rifle is about right in weight. Actually have never had a fluted barrel and did not think about it, also I wanted to see how the Canadian IBI barrels shoot and did not want to risk a fluted barrel changing results. With all on she is a heavy lump for hunting but I will used it to pic out deer in plantations. Won't be my main hunting rifle. If I kame it up to the range I'll bring her along for the fun of it.
Last year I met the Canadian Ultimatum guys at the IWA show (good old days) and liked the actions so much I struck a deal. I have never been a great fan of 3 lug actions because all my two lug actions shoot so well. There were reports on the net that the three lug actions don't feed well or are difficult to adjust with AICS/AI type mags however in my case it was just a matter of putting together and height adjustment of mag release lever. Feeds fantastic, just like my old 2 lug DCR rem clone action. Another point is that the Deadline actions can change the bolthead, meaning one could change it to 308/30-06 head size.
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