For those who have been following our 3 year project from the beginning, much of this new thread will already be old news to you. For those who have not and do not want to read several hundred posts I will try to save you that task.
We at Alberta Tactical Rifle Supply have successfully designed and are now manufacturing one of Canada's only NON RESTRICTED semi automatic center fire modular rifles. The rifle we have named the Modern Hunter looks to many as just another restricted AR10 style rifle. Although it does look very similar and shares a few common parts with the AR10, the RCMP lab has classed it as NON RESTRICTED as it shares no direct lineage to the AR10 or any other of the restricted or prohibited semi or full auto rifles that have been produced in the last 75 years. The FRT# of the production rifles is 149826
We offer this rifle in several calibers. 243, 260 ,7mm08, 308, 338 Federal and 6.5 Creedmoor. The shortest barrel length is 18.6 inches although longer barrels can be spec'ed to individual taste and requirement.
This is a direct gas impingement operating system a proven Eugene Stoner design so extremely reliable in function the same as the AR15 and AR10 rifles are. Some of the AR15/AR10 furniture is compatible with our rifle so like the AR rifles there is a fair bit of dress up capability available.
Current base model of the rifle is $3500.00 due to the rapid decline in value of the Canadian dollar.
The lightest configuration runs about 8 lbs, so is still a reasonable weight for a hunting rifle.
We just got back from SHOT Show and have found possibly a few more stocks and hand guards that look compatible, but we will be updating that ONCE we have the samples here to confirm fitment. Until we know we will not be releasing details on what may or may not fit.
The side charge handle parts along with the side bolt release will be black on the production rifles, it is just expensive to send a few small parts out for nitriding, so took the photo of the rifle as we are testing it. The stainless steel barrel can be finished in polished silver finish, matte silver or at additional cost CeraKoted the color of your choice. We are also offering a Carbon Fiber Wrapped barrel option for those wanting to keep weight down but heat dissipation as high as possible. The Proof research CFW barrels are a significant cost upstroke to the rifle but for those wanting state of the art performance, these do the job. All the benefits of a heavy contour barrel as far as being stiff and the best possible heat dissipation.
This is the sort of accuracy we have been getting during testing, again more to follow when we get more range time.
Over the next few days I will be posting more as I get time.