The rifle known as Frankenstein.

Just a brief summary of a rifle that took three years to get to shoot accurately and was almost nothing more than a rifle to loan friends...

Frankenstein started life as a custom rifle utilizing a Dakota Arms action. The idea that spawned this rifle was a light weight mountain rifle that wore a stick of nice wood. And yes, it has been used in the mountains. It has the dings and the scars to prove it and it wears them proudly...nothing but character. Rocks, rain, snow, hail, sleet and boiling tropic heat, this rifle has seen it.

Back to the story of Frankie; He started life as a 280 Rem. and refused to shoot consistently. He showed moments of remarkable accuracy but would then throw a flier opening a 1/2" group to nearly 2 inches. Back and forth to different gunsmiths yielded no improvements. Changes to everything that could have been the problem resulted in no improvements. The barrel was finally sent back to the maker. It came back with a passing grade after close inspection with a bore scope and also airgaugeed within accepted tolerances. That was the last straw. So, pull the barrel and try a new one anyway. A match grade 1 in 8 twist 30 caliber barrel was picked and chambered for 30/06. Happy to say, it now shoots, and shoot just about everything well. The most remarkable thing is this rifle will shoot three bullet designs and four different weights into a 1 1/8" group with no change in point of impact! Remarkable. It averages 5/8" groups with 165g. Fail Safes and will throw as many 200g. Partitions as you want into an inch and less at 100 yards...and holds those 200 grainers to 5 inches at 450 yards.

Weighs a hair over seven pounds glassed and loaded for work and feels, points and swings like a little English side by side shotgun.

No, its NFS.