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Posted: 6/16/2013 7:31:09 AM EDT
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Besides the obvious detachable magazine, are there differences between the 2 rifles?
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| Lockup is different. The 99 bolt uses an interrupted thread lockup like a cannon and the 95 uses a traditional 3 lug pattern. The sears are much different. The 99 has a long connecting rod like a bullpup rifle would. But it has a nice trigger pull unlike most bullpup rifles. |
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Do yourself a favor buy the 99 and use the money you save to buy a quality optic.
Think about it. The 95 has to have a large rectangle of metal cut out of the receiver to allow the magazine to enter so they have to beef it up everywhere else. After a few rounds the mag is empty and it takes time to reload and replace it. With the 99 the floor of the receiver is solid, no cutout for magazine. You simply toss a round in with the pointy end facing the muzzle, close the bolt, and you are ready to shoot. If a guy with a 99 races a guy with a 95 to shoot 5 rounds the fastest 5 rounds downrange would come from the 95. What happens if you race to 20 rounds? The guy with the 99 would have an advantage. The difference between the two is not worth the $2,000 price difference. Get the 99 and don't worry about rate of fire, focus on accuracy. |
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Do yourself a favor buy the 99 and use the money you save to buy a quality optic. Think about it. The 95 has to have a large rectangle of metal cut out of the receiver to allow the magazine to enter so they have to beef it up everywhere else. After a few rounds the mag is empty and it takes time to reload and replace it. With the 99 the floor of the receiver is solid, no cutout for magazine. You simply toss a round in with the pointy end facing the muzzle, close the bolt, and you are ready to shoot. If a guy with a 99 races a guy with a 95 to shoot 5 rounds the fastest 5 rounds downrange would come from the 95. What happens if you race to 20 rounds? The guy with the 99 would have an advantage. The difference between the two is not worth the $2,000 price difference. Get the 99 and don't worry about rate of fire, focus on accuracy. This! I would never sell my 99. Even now that I have a 107 a1. |
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Do yourself a favor buy the 99 and use the money you save to buy a quality optic. Think about it. The 95 has to have a large rectangle of metal cut out of the receiver to allow the magazine to enter so they have to beef it up everywhere else. After a few rounds the mag is empty and it takes time to reload and replace it. With the 99 the floor of the receiver is solid, no cutout for magazine. You simply toss a round in with the pointy end facing the muzzle, close the bolt, and you are ready to shoot. If a guy with a 99 races a guy with a 95 to shoot 5 rounds the fastest 5 rounds downrange would come from the 95. What happens if you race to 20 rounds? The guy with the 99 would have an advantage. The difference between the two is not worth the $2,000 price difference. Get the 99 and don't worry about rate of fire, focus on accuracy. I have both 99 and 95 and did a time comparison getting off 10 rounds I can get 20 rnds off with the 95 before I can get to 12 in the 99 as I have more than one mag for my 95 and the mag goes in just as fast as loading one round 
Bolt guns are more for accuracy than speed so the the entire comparison is a waste of time but a second fast follow up shot is nice for hunting + the 95 fit on the front of my 4x4 quad without hanging off both sides to hit trees on tight trails. I like the 99 for hill top shooting long range and not far from the truck. I like the 95 for hill top shooting and hunting long range and far from the truck but packing it with my quad. I purchased the 99 first then later I had wished I would have bought the 95 as it fit my needs better and a couple grand more is just a piss in the bucket when you get into the fifty game. Both are great guns and the choice should be made by what it will be used for the most more than the price. |
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then later I had wished I would have bought the 95 as it fit my needs better and a couple grand more is just a piss in the bucket when you get into the fifty game. that is exactly what I was thinking but didn't say. Nothing worse than spending $4k wishing I'd spent $6.5k. And just because I buy a more expensive gun, don't think for a minute that I'll skimp on the scope. |
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Lockup is different. The 99 bolt uses an interrupted thread lockup like a cannon and the 95 uses a traditional 3 lug pattern. The sears are much different. The 99 has a long connecting rod like a bullpup rifle would. But it has a nice trigger pull unlike most bullpup rifles. the 99 has a nice trigger...is it the same as the 95? How are the sears different? |
| In considering the cost difference, toss another hundred or two onto the table for the M95, as it only comes with ONE magazine and extras are not cheap. Why Barret persists in this cheapskate penny-pinching I don't know--but it sure irritates the stuffing out of me. |
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