Shaw Custom Rifles

The first five rounds fired from the new Shaw Custom Rifles Mk. X grouped inside an inch.

- Brian Pearce

The scope was then adjusted to shift point of impact closer to center, and another group was fired that measured around .60 inch while the third group was around .40 inch. But it was the fourth group that really had my attention – five shots inside .250 inch, and there had been no barrel break-in.

I passed the rifle to other attendees and watched as they also shot groups of similar size. The ammunition consisted of Hornady factory 6.5 Creedmoor loads with 140-grain ELD Match bullets at around 2,710 fps. It really hasn’t been that long ago that outof-the-box production rifles in this price range never shot that well.

The above event was held in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, and was hosted by Shaw Custom Rifles (formerly E.R. Shaw). In addition to the Mk. X, the company provided a variety of rifles for us to try that included a bolt-action Mk. VII, AR-10 and AR-15 pattern autoloading ERS-10 and ERS-15s, and others. I turned to a company representative and requested that he forward the above 6.5 Creedmoor for further testing at home. The Mk. X was certainly interesting because of its accuracy, but it was also the only wood-stocked rifle at the event, and it featured attractive, highly figured walnut – something that is often missing with modern rifles! The action is proprietary.