Okay... maybe I've gotten too used to running Savage Target Actions... I swung by a small gun store this past weekend as I was in the area for an event. Gotta love these small town stores - combination Stihl chainsaw dealer, auto-parts store, and gun store They happened to have three Lightweight Hunters on the shelf - two in 6.5 Creedmoor and one in .270 Win. I snagged one of the 6.5CM models and headed home.

On further inspection, I still like the rifle overall but man that spiral fluted bolt feels rough! I mean... it feels like a cheese-grater with that fluting rubbing as I open and close the bolt, definitely noisy.

Is that normal for this model with those big spiral flutes? I was debating about replacing it with a regular un-fluted bolt body, or perhaps a PT&G body with straight flutes?