Montana Rifle Company factory visit

[Mark A Ouellette]

I better start squirreling away some money then. I'd really love if they offered a 9.3x62...

Bases on my understanding of the current MRC, I would not count on specialty chambering anytime soon.

MRC needs to produce and sell XXX rifles in each model and chambering to be profitable. I don't know their break even number, sorry.
Currently they are producing a .375 H&H with plans to gear up for their 458 Lott.

Remember that the previous MRC along with Dakota went out of business. Kimber moved from Oregon to New York City. What's up with that?

Memphis based MRC is owned by Grace Engineering that also has the Prime bows and G5 broadheads products. Slow but sure is their successful business methodology.

Perhaps they will adopt Remington's Classic business plan. That is one chambering (cartridge) Classic rifle per year. A different offering every year. I think Ruger also does this type of production.

Keep your fingers crossed...

 

[baxterb]

Bases on my understanding of the current MRC, I would not count on specialty chambering anytime soon.

MRC needs to produce and sell XXX rifles in each model and chambering to be profitable. I don't know their break even number, sorry.
Currently they are producing a .375 H&H with plans to gear up for their 458 Lott.

Remember that the previous MRC along with Dakota went out of business. Kimber moved from Oregon to New York City. What's up with that?

Memphis based MRC is owned by Grace Engineering that also has the Prime bows and G5 broadheads products. Slow but sure is their successful business methodology.

Perhaps they will adopt Remington's Classic business plan. That is one chambering (cartridge) Classic rifle per year. A different offering every year. I think Ruger also does this type of production.

Keep your fingers crossed...

I was wondering why the big PRIME sign was there...

 

[Altitude sickness]

I wasn’t going to bring up the Prime bows. But, while there


I handled the new Prime flagship bow the “Form”
It should be a very accurate and forgiving bow to
Shoot. Every design aspect is well thought out and executed.
If you are in the market make sure you check the Prime “Form” out.

 

[ldmay375]

Montana made MRC rifles used cast actions.
Memphis made MRC rifles use actions milled from steel billets.
As for the design, I've never seen a Montana made rifle. I believe the designs are very much if not all the same.

The MRC factory is in Memphis, Michigan located 35 miles north of Detroit. I live on a dirt road five miles from Memphis and have several engineers and machinests as neighbors. Because of the automotive industry, lower Michigan is full of these skills, as I presume as is MRC. FYI, Ian has a background as an aerospace engineer.

PS: I asked about a MRC 416 Remington and was informed the 458 Lott has to come first.

I view MRC for rifles as Wilson Combat, Nighthawk, and Les Baer are for handguns. Not bespoke but MRC rifles will be offered without the common problems that factory rifles SOMETIMES have, i.e. magazine springs that break, actions that to not feed very well and so on...

From past photos and company rep posts, the recoil lug system differs on the new company production from the prior production.

 

[Mark A Ouellette]

From past photos and company rep posts, the recoil lug system differs on the new company production from the prior production.

Thanks for the update!

Please post the before and present photos for a side by side comparison.

 

[Mekaniks]

Mark asked Ian and he eluded to possibly a .416 Rem after the .458 Lott

A 416 Taylor would awesome and an easy fit.

Really cool that you guys got some personal face time with these folks.
I think there are lots of us waiting to see how their “new” rifles work out. It’s exciting for sure