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A comparison of my Hambrusch to my Searcy.

The Hambrusch has a thin receiver and a thin barrel profile. The Searcy has a much thicker receiver and a correspondingly thicker barrel width. Consequently the Hambrusch is lighter by almost a pound and feels nicer to swing.

Both the Hambrusch and the Searcy close up tightly. The Hambrusch is harder to open, in part because it has ejectors and in part because it has been used less.

The craftsmanship on things like the rib, the safety, the sights and the receiver is very well done on the Hambrusch, but is much lower grade on the Searcy. But keep in mind that I paid $7250 for the Searcy while Hambrusch is charging $29,500 today for a rifle similar to the one I own.

The Hambrusch has a lot more engraving, and nicer engraving, but that would be expected with the price difference.

The cast off on the Hambrusch is not quite right for me and needs a bit of adjustment. The Searcy stock fits me better, because the cast is closer to being just right.

Both rifles have good looking wood, but I would give the edge to the Hambrusch. But again look at the price difference.

I have shot some excellent grouups with the Searcy, and the limited shooting I have done with the Hambrusch shows it to be very accurate also. However, I have not shot the Ham enough to say if one of the rifles is more accurate than the other.

The Hambrusch has a top strap and beavertail forearm which I really like. The Hambrusch also has a Greener cross bolt, but I will leave it to the experts to say whether that is better. But at least it looks cool when in operation.

This is really not a fair comparison because of the vast price difference between the rifles. Yet there it is.

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