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I have a Vudoo. Simply ordered a barrelled action (20" Bartlein MTU) and built it from there.
I looked at the RIMX at SHOT. It has a lot of interesting features. People are attracted to the interchangeable bolt heads and non-protruding fixed extractor to allow for untimed barrel swaps.
When it comes down to it, I don't see benefits of the RIMX for me. I don't plan on ever changing to different cartridges in the same gun, and if I did want to shoot 17HMR, I would just build another rifle.
Quick barrel changes are nice, but only from a turnaround standpoint and not from a cost savings. A high end prefit will be equivalent to the cost of a shouldered barrel.
Anyway, I don't think you can go wrong either way in terms of getting a rifle that will shoot.
Note: The RIMX is already out. You just can't order direct from RIMX. You have to go through a dealer.
I looked at the RIMX at SHOT. It has a lot of interesting features. People are attracted to the interchangeable bolt heads and non-protruding fixed extractor to allow for untimed barrel swaps.
When it comes down to it, I don't see benefits of the RIMX for me. I don't plan on ever changing to different cartridges in the same gun, and if I did want to shoot 17HMR, I would just build another rifle.
Quick barrel changes are nice, but only from a turnaround standpoint and not from a cost savings. A high end prefit will be equivalent to the cost of a shouldered barrel.
Anyway, I don't think you can go wrong either way in terms of getting a rifle that will shoot.
Note: The RIMX is already out. You just can't order direct from RIMX. You have to go through a dealer.
Yes, I've been watching the threads on SH regarding their vendors and the reviews of the RimX. While I am totally digging their performance, I'm a bit reluctant to pull the trigger. I have also not been seeing the flood of Vudoo barreled actions flooding the used market...
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TS Customs buys the actions and then sets up the barrel, with their own chamber.
TS Customs worked with Primal Rights (Orkan) to make a turnkey product.
This solution shoots lights out with RWS R50 ammo.
Keystone Accuracy is using a chamber by Padom for pre-fits and barreled actions.
Vudoo has turnkey barreled actions direct or from dealers, their chamber likes Lapua X ammo.
RimX has a floating head so you can use .17HR or .22WSM in the same action,
which I like, but it is vaporware at this point.
Its all Dynamic, if RimX creates competition we may see great things from both.
Right now Big Horn makes actions, centerfire and rimfire, you need a VAR, Vudoo makes rimfire only solutions but you are constrained by their solution and what they see as the market.
TS Customs buys the actions and then sets up the barrel, with their own chamber.
TS Customs worked with Primal Rights (Orkan) to make a turnkey product.
This solution shoots lights out with RWS R50 ammo.
Keystone Accuracy is using a chamber by Padom for pre-fits and barreled actions.
Vudoo has turnkey barreled actions direct or from dealers, their chamber likes Lapua X ammo.
RimX has a floating head so you can use .17HR or .22WSM in the same action,
which I like, but it is vaporware at this point.
Its all Dynamic, if RimX creates competition we may see great things from both.
Right now Big Horn makes actions, centerfire and rimfire, you need a VAR, Vudoo makes rimfire only solutions but you are constrained by their solution and what they see as the market.
Thank you all for your input. I'm not sure if it's the excitement of a shiny new toy that's getting shooters to say their Vudoos are collecting dust, but it seems to be a common statement coming from those reviewing. Maybe that's just the nature of those that got the pre-release actions, I dunno.
I am watching and drooling like a kid in a candy store.
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