Nesika Introduces Three New ‘Custom Shop’ Rifles
Nesika is back. Now part of the Freedom Group, Nesika has introduced new ‘custom shop’ Sporter, Long Range, and Tactical rifles. All three rifles feature composite stocks (with aluminum bedding blocks), Douglas barrels, and Timney triggers. Nesika provides a 5-shot, One MOA accuracy guarantee for all three rifles. These are all fairly expensive for factory rifles but Nesika claims they are built “one at a time, by hand” in the Nesika Custom Shop. The Sporter runs $3499.00, the Long Range is $3999.00, and the Tactical is a daunting $4499.00. You can buy a very nice true custom for that money.
The green Tactical model has an adjustable cheekpiece and spacer-adjustable buttplate. The Tactical comes with a matte black CeraKote finish, a built-in +15 MOA scope rail, and an AAC Blackout muzzle brake/suppressor adapter on the barrel. The Nesika Tactical is offered in .300 Win Mag (26″ barrel) and .338 Lapua Magnum (28″ barrel), with a 5-round DBM provided.
The Long Range Rifle has Nesika’s stainless, open-top Hunter action, with a CeraKote-finished chrome-moly bolt. The Timney trigger breaks at three pounds. Leupold QRW bases come standard, as does a SS
Oberndorf-style hinged floor plate.
The Sporter features a Nesika stainless tactical action. A wide variety of regular and magnum chamberings are offered, and barrels are 24″ or 26″ depending on chambering. Like the Long Range Rifle, the Sporter offers Leupold QRW bases. The rifle weighs eight pounds without optics — a reasonable weight for a hunting rifle. It looks nicely built, but will it harvest white-tails any better than a $450.00 Savage? Maybe not.
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Yeah, they need to work on the accuracy guarantee for that kind of coin. A $1,000 savage is better than 1 minute.
I think 3/8″ is a little bold but I’d expect 1/2 minute for that number.
http://www.gaprecision.net/ga-precision-rifle-ready-to-ship/rifle-ready-to-ship-crusader-65-creedmoor.html
Also, for that kind of money you would hope they’d use a nicer stock than a $300-500 Bell & Carlson. Looks like they use their bottom metal too.
Not that there’s anything wrong with B&C per se, just for the cost they could at least give you an AICS for the tactical model, for example.
The Tactical model appears to be the formal replacement for the Dakota Arms (parent company) Model 76 “Longbow” Tactical Engagement Rifle (which has not been in their catalog, but has supposedly been still available, for the past few years).
Pricing, as noted in the article, is on the high side when compared to other high end “factory” alternatives such as the Sako TRG-42 (see the multiple offerings at EuroOptic.com) and the Weatherby “Mark V® TRR Custom Magnum” (http://www.weatherby.com/product/rifles/markv_tr/trrcustom_magnum).
BTW, in the past, the Nesika link on the Dakota Arms site, only yielded Nesika actions. Interesting that they see opportunity for a Nesika “firearms” brand. Positioning for a spin off to the likes of Strategic Armory Corps (the parent of ArmaLite, recently-added McMillan Firearms, and Surgeon)?
Trying to do the math:
Nesika Action 1200
trigger 250
Bottom metal 600
Barrel 300
B&C Stock 400
…does it come with a free gunsmithing lathe?
ian:
Nesika action MSRP (min) is $1275
You are also missing the brake, Pic rail, all the labor (min $500 for a complete rifle with brake), and at least another $200 if test fired.
Dakoda Arms (the parent company and the one that the main Nesika link is on) has a reputation for excellent products. See the review on Dakota Arms rifle here (American Rifleman site) – http://www.americanrifleman.org/articles/dakota-rifles-american-best/
Man these guys must be smoking something with these prices. Of all things a Douglas barrel at this price point. To funny. Good luck selling any of these.
Paul
I’m with Paul on this. The Douglas barrel jumped out at me as well.
s.
Douglas barrels shoot very well, although they tend to wear quickly. The prices mentioned in the post above are definitely low ball. Anyone that has bought anything this year will attest to that.
salut malheureusement pas en france