fatgraderman
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My ms200 rear handle is going to be down for a little while (new carb, muffler, some other miscellaneous parts the will take a little while to get here). I end up doing most of my carving right now with a ms 261 with a cannon 14" quarter tip bar and .325 chain because the 200 has had it's issues that till now were unsolved. I'm probably going to stick a carving bar back on my 170. Is there any gain on going to .043 chain and bar? It's not a real strong saw. I was also looking at a ms241 while in the shop. I can't get an arctic in Canada (yet, but hoping soon, it really helps save my hands). All of my searchs make it appear everybody really like them and it would give me another C1 mount saw for a 8mm bar, especially when the arctic's get here. I can't find anything on a 1/4" spur for them though. Do they use the same as the 170-250? If I'm not able to find a 1/4" spur then what's the smallest bar you guys have had good luck with 3/8"pm3 on? lastly, I also seen for the first time a ms150 saw in there, it was a top handle. I could have interest in a rear handle 150 down the road, but do they have enough guts to do much with 1/4" chain? I guess that smaller body and the reduced weight would be nice when carving up a little higher (but dang they're expensive, and the rear handle only comes in the "easy to start" here).