American Rifle Company has a deal going on their Gen 1.1 Nucleus actions right now for $795. On top of that, they're in stock and ship out right away! I ordered one on Sunday last week and I picked it up from my FFL on Thursday, and that included waiting a day for New Years. It's hard to tell what they've got in stock but once the inventory is gone you have to wait for the complete Gen 2 Nucleus to come out.
https://www.americanrifle.com/shop/product/nucleus-bolt-action-gen1-1-1?category=15I already had an early (serial number 0036) Gen 1 Nucleus and I love it and I think the Gen 1.1 is actually nicer still. They changed the bolt rotation to 80° instead of 72° and tweaked the lead angle on the lugs a little bit so that the blot lift is a little smoother. The down side is that they put a 25# firing pin spring in there instead of the 19#, but replacement springs are only $10 so just I ordered one with the action.
I threw a 27 Boondoogle (version 4 or 5 or something at this point
) barrel on the action with the hopes of using it as an all-round hunting set up. it weighs 8# 10oz as pictured.
