455 Precision Trainer vs. Varmint

[Zeebz]

Besides the Manners stock, is there any benefit to purchasing the 455 Precision Trainer over the 455 Varmint?  Are there any differences in the action or barrel on the Precision Trainer vs. the Varmint?  I figured functionally they're pretty much the same aside from the stocks, but I want to make sure.

[painter]

Other than the stock, there is no difference.

One guy I know that had the PT said it was a waste as the stock was poorly inletted.

[cwmoss]

I have had a 455 Tacticool for over a year and am very happy with it.

[TexasRaider113]

I've got the Precision Trainer with the 24" barrel in the Manners stock and love it. Is it worth roughly $400 more than the varmint?  I don't have the answer to that, but there is not really any difference in the internals between the two. 

[Peashooter67]

I wanted the manors stock so for me it was worth it but I already have two varmint 455?s.

I couldn?t get one with the 24? barrel as no one had one.

After I mount my glass and shoot my 16? barrel with a can I may spring for the 24? or see if I can get one 26-27?. 


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[M1A4ME]

I wonder how well a model with "quick change" barrels would sell?  Buy one rifle, get two barrels with tools/instructions for changing out the barrels.

My SIG 522 was made/sold that way (maybe not all the SIG 522's, but mine had the short barrel installed and the long barrel in a plastic (like an onion sack net) protective bag in the case.

Ruger 10/22's would be fairly easy to change barrels on based on the two screws used to hold the barrel/clamp to the front of the receiver.

CZ might sell some rifles like that if they gave people the option.

[chaps]

I wonder how well a model with "quick change" barrels would sell?  Buy one rifle, get two barrels with tools/instructions for changing out the barrels.

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CZ might sell some rifles like that if they gave people the option.

They've packaged the 455 as a 2 barrel combo (22lr and 17hmr) and 3 barrel (22lr, 22wmr, 17hmr), and you can buy pretty much any RF barrel made for the 455 as a kit with magazine and tools. Not sure how "quick" it is; probably not like a Ruger TD or TC Contender.

[Trblshtr]

Pretty quick is how it goes.  Remove action/barrel from the stock, loosen the two grub screws securing the barrel to the action, slip the barrel out, slip the new barrel in, tighten the two grub screws to 35 in. lbs., mount the action/barrel back into the stock.  Could be done in 5 minutes if you took time to have a drink or two of coffee during the process.

Proper inletting is one of the keys to accuracy with the 455 platform.  My Varmint would shoot two bug holes, one at point of aim and the other 1/2" away at about 10:30 (315 degrees), with shots alternating between these two "nodes".  Proper installation of pillars and glass bedding the action should solve an issue like this but for a variety of reasons I never got around to doing so.  Ended up buying a McRee Precision G10 chassis and the results have been VERY encouraging.  One still has to decide whether adding a $400+ stock/chassis to a $400 gun is "worth it" and the right answer for me might not be the right answer for you.