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Old 05-12-2008 | 01:17 PM
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HEAD0001
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From: Rivesville, WV
Default RE: Lightweight Rifle

Are you guy's talking about the Ultra-Lite arms company here in WV. Owned by Melvin Forbes.

If so I can give you my feed back on him and the company. The man is a genius when it comes to building rifles--if he wants to be. Or he can turn out fast work just to make a buck. I have seen both sides.

I owned one of the first ULA's. I did not take long to get rid of it. This was before his pairing with Colt firearms.

Prices started out at $700 for this rifle. They went up to $1500. Then a merger with Colt brought the price back down to $800. Now he wants $3,000?? What a joke.

The first one I had when I opened the floor plate, it fell on the floor(now I know why they call it a floor plate). I showed the rifle to several people. They all laughed at it. They thought a two year old child had painted it. Does his new rifle have a floor plate, or is it a blind magazine?? There have been so many.

My friend has a 300 Winchester Magnum that Melvin rebarreled. He actually left two inches of tooling marks in the middle of the barrel when he polished the barrel(before bluing), but the rifle does shoot well.

My advice is stay away, go with a good brand name UL. That Weatherby is a dandy. But then I have only known Melvin for over 30 years. Tom.
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