Here's the confusing history of how Barrett started making these rifles....I see there is also another thread started on the Barrett. Anyway, Melvin Forbes started Ultralight Arms (ULA) back in 1985. His claim to fame was a 5 lb rifle that shot as accurate as a heavy gun, but handle like a dream. His actions are scaled down to caliber, and stocks are made from hand laid kevlar. The light weight barrels were fully bedded to the stock, because the kevlar stock is actually stiffer than steel, and dampened barrel vibrations, increasing consistency and accuracy. He said the stock took him 4 years to design, and it is the most comfortable stock I've ever used. It controls recoil better than anything else I've found as well. The 35 Whelen I had....just over 6 lbs with a scope, was more comfortable to shoot that my Ruger 77 .243 Win.They are light! I've handled a few, and owned one.
In the 90's Melvin sold ULA to Colt, who after a few year screwed up the company, and Melvin bought it back, creating New Ultralight Arms (NULA). NULA rifles are the same as the original ULA's, all hand made by Melvin.
In 2010, Melvin partnered with a machining company from Maine, can't recall the name, to start building a copy of his NULA rifles. That joint company was called Forbes rifles. Basically they were a CNC machine semi-production version of a NULA. They still used the same Melvin stock, and most shot well. In 2015, Forbes Rifles fell apart too. Barrett bought the rights to Forbes Rifles, and now they morphed it into the Fieldcraft rifle.
I have handle a couple of the Fieldcraft rifles, but not shot one. They have made some really nice improvements to the action from Melvin's original design. They were talking about changing up the stock some, which I hope they do not for the production guns, as the kevlar is what make those rifles so light and accurate.