Allen,

I’d like to know what sort of problems you had with your Dakota’s, please elaborate. Insofar as not being in the same league as a true custom bolt rifle, how do you qualify that; function, mechanical, longevity or presentation? Are you making the kind of comparison one would make when comparing a Merkel to a Purdy double? Certainly the Dakota is plain in finish (I call the look ‘no frills’), but mechanically it feeds and extracts flawlessly, and ultimately, if it works every time I don’t see the point in a so-called custom bolt rifle.

Blair