Re: Ed Brown Rifles
I'd have to agree, I have no doubt they are a good rifle, but I'd put them in the same rifle arena as HS precision, Nosler, Wilson, Nighthawk, etc. They probably build a good, maybe even a great gun, but it's not their bread and butter and you are not going to get as many options to choose what you want than other custom shop options.
Their tactical rifle lists at $4500, you can have almost anyone hands down build you whatever you want with almost any components in a tactical rifle for that amount of $ and built exactly like you want, from someone who makes their living on the performance of the rifles they build. Not just as a sideline to expand their handgun business. All they are using is a Shilen barrel, A5 stock, and what appears to be badger BM and Jewel triger along with their own action. By my math they are about $1000 overpriced at least compared to some of the best tactical rifle builders out there.
I contacted them about a year ago with some questions on their hunting rifles specifically about their accuracy and was told they average .75-1.25" with tuned hand loads. Going on to say that even factory match ammo cannot hold such accuracy (funny because my LTR does it all the time with FGMM) Frankly that's pathetic for $4000. In their FAQ section they say their tactical rifles often shoot 1/2" but they have a whole paragraph going way out of their way to say while they will offer no accuracy guarantee their rifles are as accurate as anyone's in the world and then go on to talk about all the variables outside of their control that can reduce accuracy. When I talked to them I got the distinct feeling that if you got one that didn't shoot well, you were going to get a lot of resistance dealing with them on it.
