For forty-five years, LaRue Tactical has been known for AR-15 and AR-10 rifles, the LaRue OBR, the SPR, mounts, and the MBT-2S trigger that anchors our best AR-15 triggers guide. The BAR*NONE is the company's first factory bolt-action rifle, and the entry price says everything about how LaRue wants this platform to land. The Small Block lists at $999. The Big Block lists at $1,249.99. Both are CNC-machined in Leander, Texas, mount a LaRue match-grade barrel, and ship with a written sub-MOA accuracy promise plus a lifetime warranty.

The pricing is the headline. A factory-built, in-house-machined bolt-action with a match barrel and a sub-MOA guarantee typically lives in the $1,800-$3,500 bracket; Bergara B-14 HMR, Tikka T3x TAC A1, Ruger Precision Rifle, and Seekins Havak land in that range. LaRue is undercutting all of them at the introductory price, betting that volume on a simpler architecture covers the margin compromise.

The Small Block is the lighter, faster-handling option at $999. It ships with a 20-inch match-grade barrel chambered in 5.56 NATO or 300 Blackout. 5.56 makes the most sense for shooters who want a precision bolt gun that runs the cheapest centerfire ammunition on the market and shares cases with their AR-15; 300 BLK is the right call for suppressed shooting and 200-yard terminal work where a 20-inch tube wrings out everything subsonic and supersonic .30-caliber loads have to give. For a full breakdown of how those two cartridges shape a build, see our ballistics guide.

The Big Block is the long-range answer at $1,249.99. A 24-inch match-grade barrel in .308 Winchester or 6.5 Creedmoor stretches the rifle past 800 yards in capable hands, and 6.5 Creedmoor is the cartridge most precision shooters now reach for first. Hornady 140 ELD-M and Federal Gold Medal Berger 130 OTM both shoot under 0.5 MOA out of a properly bedded bolt-action with a match barrel; pair either with LaRue's sub-MOA promise and the Big Block is a serious entry-level PRS rifle. For a deeper look at the cartridge and the rifles built around it, see our 6.5 Creedmoor guide and our best .308 ammunition guide.

The most important thing on the BAR*NONE spec sheet is the manufacturing line. Every receiver, every rail, and every barrel is cut, finished, and tested under one roof in Leander, Texas. No castings. No outsourced critical components. No foreign sub-assemblies routed through a third-party finisher. This is the same shop that builds the LaRue OBR and the rifles behind LaRue's reputation for tolerance discipline. Built in-house, on the same floor where every LaRue rifle is born.

CNC-machining from billet matters on a bolt-action because the receiver is the chassis. Cast receivers can shoot well, but a billet receiver lets the manufacturer hold tighter tolerances on bedding surfaces, scope mount flats, and bolt-raceway geometry. Tighter tolerances mean the rifle is more consistent shot-to-shot, which is the prerequisite for a sub-MOA promise that has to hold up across thousands of customer guns, not just one good demo rifle.

Founder Mark LaRue addressed the price directly in the launch note: it's an introductory price, and the bolt-action architecture removes a stack of precision components that drive the cost of an AR-platform rifle. No gas system. No gas block. No gas tube. No gas key. No heavy bolt carrier. No forward assist. No charging handle. No tuned buffer or spring. No time-consuming precision gas holes drilled and reamed into the barrel. Every one of those parts requires its own machining operations and its own fit-up step on an AR build.

A bolt-action gets the same match-grade barrel, the same billet receiver, and the same finish work, but skips the gas-operated parts count entirely. The bolt and the barrel extension carry the lockup, the trigger group is a simpler assembly, and the manufacturer recovers margin through fewer SKUs and a tighter assembly line. That is the honest mechanical reason a CNC-machined Texas-built bolt-action can list at $999 when an equivalent AR from the same shop would cost two-and-a-half times that.

Three guarantees ship with every BAR*NONE. First, sub-MOA accuracy: groups under 1 inch at 100 yards with match ammunition. Second, in-house build: CNC-machined from billet components, no casting and no outsourced critical path. Third, a lifetime warranty: if the rifle ever fails to hold the line, LaRue will service it. Written accuracy guarantees are common on premium precision rifles but unusual at $999, and the lifetime warranty matches what LaRue offers across its AR rifle line.

Sub-MOA is not the same as half-MOA, which is what custom precision builds in the $4,000+ tier target. But a true sub-MOA factory rifle at this price is enough gun to shoot a full PRS season, hold a 600-yard zero on .308, or stretch a 6.5 Creedmoor to 1,000 yards in steady conditions. The limiting factor at that range is the shooter, the wind call, and the ammunition, not the rifle.

At $999 the Small Block competes with the Ruger American Generation II Predator, Tikka T3x Lite, Bergara B-14 Ridge, Savage 110 Tactical, and Howa 1500 HCR. None of those rifles are CNC-machined from billet in Texas. None of them carry an in-house match-barrel and a written sub-MOA promise at this price point. The trade is that LaRue is new to bolt-action production at scale, while Tikka, Bergara, and Ruger have decades of factory bolt-gun history. First-batch buyers are accepting that risk in exchange for the manufacturing pedigree and the price.

At $1,249.99 the Big Block plays in a tougher bracket. Bergara B-14 HMR, Tikka T3x TAC A1, and Seekins Havak Pro Hunter all live in that range, and the Tikka T3x TAC A1 in particular has a long competition record. The BAR*NONE has to earn that bracket on accuracy and finish. Once owner-shot groups start showing up online, the rifle either holds the line or it does not. If it holds, the Big Block becomes the obvious entry-point PRS rifle for shooters who do not want to start a custom build. For shooters who already run AR-pattern precision rifles, our AR-15 vs AR-10 guide covers the semi-auto side of the same caliber decision, and our Geissele SHOT Show 2026 coverage covers Geissele's parallel push into the bolt-action market.

If you are stacking a precision rifle against the rest of your build, run the spec through our rifle comparison tool or use the builder to map out optics, bipod, and ammunition pairing before you commit to a BAR*NONE configuration.

The BAR*NONE is the most aggressive price LaRue has ever put on a complete rifle, and it is the first time the company has shipped a bolt-action. The introductory price is the lever: $999 for a CNC-machined, in-house-built, match-barreled, sub-MOA-guaranteed bolt gun is a number that did not exist in this market before this week. If LaRue holds the accuracy promise across volume, the Small Block becomes the default recommendation for a first precision rifle under $1,000, and the Big Block becomes a credible entry-point for PRS without going custom.

The risks are honest. LaRue is new to factory bolt-action production, and the first batch always carries more variance than the third or fourth. The accuracy guarantee is the backstop, and the lifetime warranty is the long-tail backstop, but neither replaces the value of a few hundred rifles in customer hands shooting real groups. If you want to be the first to know what those groups look like, the configuration and price are aggressive enough to justify the risk. If you prefer a longer track record, wait six months and let the early reviews come in.