FN Special Police Rifle?

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Zak Smith

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Fulton Armory is selling the FN Special Police Rifle.

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This looks like an interesting alternative, in .308, to the Rem700, Win70, etc. Has anyone tried one? Are they worth the money?

-z
 
Looks pretty interesting, but I see no feature that would prompt me to pay a roughly $125 premium for this rifle over the already pricy 700P.

Based on the advertising Fulton is just making factory guns available. If they did a tigger job or some such, It would close the price gap to make the FN rifle very attractive.

I found it interesting it has a chrome bore. Don't know too many high precision firearms with that feature. I think that shows this rifle was more intended for the military role where reliability and longevity are weighted as heavily (or more so) than absolute accuracy.
 
I think that if I wanted a "precision tactical rifle" then I'd get one of these. Some of the stories that I hear about Remington's quality control of late have not been exactly confidence-inspiring. Besides, I like controlled-feed actions.

The chrome-lined bore gave me pause, at first, but the rifle seems plenty accurate. Sub-1/2" groups at 100 yards with Black Hills 168grn is pretty darn good for an out-of-the-box rifle.

Later,
Chris
 
Saw one at the Trade Show, but they didn't bring it to the range. It's based on the Winchester M70 action, McMillan stock and Harris bipod. Barrel is made by FN. I asked why they didn't use the Mauser 98 action and was told that they stopped making those in Herstel years ago and didn't want to gear up when they could get actions from their subsidiary, Winchester.
 
The chrom barrel is odd but early reviews say it's very accurate. The reason chrome reduce accuracy is that they can't get it to plate perfectly even. That's a quality control problem not a design flaw. Maybe FN solved it?
 
Is the action identical to the Win70 action? I was looking at close-ups, and they appeared different. The Win70 is not "controlled feed", right? This one claims to be.
 
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Guy's,
this rifle was tested shooting 3 shot groups.....still for a chrome lined bore, this ain't bad.
The weak link to this dude is the detachable magazine........
You can't load it, from the top, and it's difficult to even load it OUT of the rifle.
The rounds have to be pushed down from the front part of the mag, and then pushed BACK into place.
On top of this, if it wasn't enough.....the feed lips are VERY flexible...........
The weakest link...........
IF FN, would offer this dude in a standard hinged style, I would definitely be a buyer.......
Until they do.......FORGET it.......
I have already heard of problems with the mags..I had a chance to but one for $600.00 .....I passed.....
The Rem DM's are still fresh in my memory..........
Also,I have seen stories of the Stealths coming out with bad barrels, and screwed up safeties,one rifle came marked .223, and had a 22-250 chamber.
SO........Seems like Big Green isn't the only one with problems on the assembly lines.............fwiw........
 
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