The MS261 is here!!

[blsnelling]

Yes it does, judging by the picture - as do a lot of other 50cc saws.

Usually it also is faster than 3/8" set-ups, at least on stock saws.

Great thread from your side, btw!

A new 20" B&C just arrived this evening for my 346 as well. As you hinted, it also balances perfectly.

 

[Tzed250]

That is stilh not the real MSRP on an ms261 from a real stihl dealer. Hooked on phonics is good but books on tape are better. They do have some great books poetry. Send not to know for whom the bell tolls… etc. You seem smart enough to figure out the rest. I do thank you for your efforts and I am stihl waiting on an answer to my glove query.

I eagerly await your announcement that you will be teaching English 098 in the near future as you are obviously the man!!!


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[BlackOakTreeServ]

3003 bar mount and 67DL for a 16" .325.

Very cool, thanks Brad!!!!

 

[StihlyinEly]

That's what I'm thinking. Extra reach with the 20" for limbing, and plenty of power for bucking and felling. The more I run this saw, the more I like it. BTW, I checked compression again this morning on a completely cooled saw and it was an amazing 195 PSI!

One of the things that impresses me most is that almost all the power gains came from the simple muff mod, which most anyone who is not all thumbs can do in not a lot of time.

I'd have no trouble at all selling my 026 and 034AVS to fund the purchase of the 261 with a 20-inch B&C. It easily will replace them both. Not that I'm eager to sell ANY saws these days, but a guy's gotta do what he's gotta do.

Sounds like a New Year's resolution to me. Maybe some of that Christmas money will find its way into my Stihl dealer's hands.

 

[HARRY BARKER]

why not try some hardwood thats not dry rotted?

 

[BlackOakTreeServ]

If this doesn't excite the CAD in you, then I don't know what will! Any time a 50cc saw can pull a 20" B&C nearly buried in hardwood...!!! It is wearing the 7-pin rim again. It has no trouble at all with this setup.


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Sweet!!!!, thats what Im talking about...


It balances perfectly with a laminated .325 B&C.

Sweet!!!!, thats what Im talking about...BIG BORE 261 throwing chips......ONE SAW TO RULE THEM ALL...my precious

 

[RTK]

That's what I'm thinking. Extra reach with the 20" for limbing, and plenty of power for bucking and felling. The more I run this saw, the more I like it. BTW, I checked compression again this morning on a completely cooled saw and it was an amazing 195 PSI!

Is that with the gasket removed or not??

 

[StihlyinEly]

ONE SAW TO RULE THEM ALL...my precious

Uh-oh. Someone's been eating a little too much lembas and sipping too much miruvor.

But you have to use the whole incantation.

One Saw to rule them all,
One Saw to find them,
One Saw to bring them all
and in the darkness bind them to Stihl! :rockn:

 

[FATGUY]

That should shut the skeptics and haters up, LOL.:rockn: Do you have a 361 or 360 to run against that 261?

pick me! pick me! I do! I do!

 

[FATGUY]

why not try some hardwood thats not dry rotted?

:notrolls2::notrolls2::notrolls2:

 

[Trigger-Time]

Is their a pic or vid I can't see, I see the one of Brad holding the saw
by couple fingers, looks to be 2nd pic. It's the first one I can't see



TT

 

[Anthony_Va.]

why not try some hardwood thats not dry rotted?

:monkey::stupid:

How bout a big tall glass of $TFU!

I'm officially sold on that saw now. I have to sell my 260 first but that should be easy enough.

If that was'nt hardwood, you must live down under too, HB.

 

[tjbier]

Dang that saw is fast!
Sounds great too, I know my 026 can't pull a 20" b&c like that!
Thanks for the great read Brad!

Did I see Santa mowing his lawn next door?

 

[SawTroll]

A new 20" B&C just arrived this evening for my 346 as well. As you hinted, it also balances perfectly.

I hope it is a laminated "original" Husky one (made in Norway), and not a rebranded Oregon Pro-Lite one - it makes quite a difference regarding bar weight, even if the Oregon one also is laminated!

Actually, I tend to doubt it is, with a 20" bar.....


The difference is easy to see, on the bar nose and the looks of the info on the bar. There are other clues, like type of paint, but they are harder to describe.

As the 346xp is lighter, it won't balance the same bar & chain weight.

Also, Rollomatic E is a very nice and light bar, because of the cutouts in the mid laminate! I simply love that bar model, and whish there was a way to fit them to the small mount Huskys!

 

[jeepyfz450]

Dang that saw is fast!
Sounds great too, I know my 026 can't pull a 20" b&c like that!
Thanks for the great read Brad!

Did I see Santa mowing his lawn next door?

lol i was thinking the same thing...... i thought brad lived in Ohio not in the North Pole. I bet if i lived next to santa i would have a new saw too lol

 

[CentaurG2]

I eagerly await your announcement that you will be teaching English 098 in the near future as you are obviously the man!!!


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Best you can come up with is a missing verb?? Oh come on. For 5000+ posts, I expected a little more from the proverbial “tin woodsman” No heart or brain or both, I forget. Doesn’t really matter, you got an MSRP on the 261 or not tin boy?? Also, I am stihl eagerly awaiting some info on them gloves. I just gots to know about them.

 

[2000ssm6]

Is their a pic or vid I can't see, I see the one of Brad holding the saw
by couple fingers, looks to be 2nd pic. It's the first one I can't see



TT

Yup, there is a vid above the pic. He is running the 20" b&c.

 

[2000ssm6]

Best you can come up with is a missing verb?? Oh come on. For 5000+ posts, I expected a little more from the proverbial “tin woodsman” No heart or brain or both, I forget. Doesn’t really matter, you got an MSRP on the 261 or not tin boy?? Also, I am stihl eagerly awaiting some info on them gloves. I just gots to know about them.

Cent, $529 looks to be the number. Give or take $10-20. How are them cigars???

 

[jeepyfz450]

looks like it cuts pretty well. I had a 20''B/C on my old 026 when i got it and it was way to much bar. I think if you have the power to pull it would be a nice limbing/firewood saw. I always liked my 036 with a 20'' bc for a all around firewood saw but im sure that 261 would cut with or better than my old girl.

 

[Andyshine77]

You need to run your 346 in that Oak Brad.oke: That saw sure looks/sounds strong.