lol damn, just went and checked mine #026. These are great riffles though. I am comfortable shooting 12"x12" steel plates with irons out to 300m. goes ping every time.
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The Antis are after ALL of your firearms. NONE of them are “safe”.
Wake up Canada!!.
Thanks to Enfield303t for saving me the trouble of typing a very long email !!! Although I'm probably going to end up writing a full story myself. Oh well...
I was also in contact recently with the owner of AIA, and he provided me with documents on the history of the M10-B2 Match rifle, and also with their current line up. Very interesting read on the M10-B2, that's where I was able to get the info on the number of rifles sent to Canada for that particular model. I will also say that their new models are indeed something to drool over... Now, like Enfield303t, I was waiting for AIA to allow me to post the info here, and will do so if they say it's OK.
I will also confirm that :
- Marstar is talked about in their documents with great respect, so if AIA rifles do start selling again in Canada, expect John to be the one importing them.
- Regarding current availability outside Australia : they can't meet the demand in their own country because almost everything is done by hand and rifles are produced in low numbers. Used rifles are often sold at prices above the 2000 Australian dollars mark (exchange rate being close to 1:1 with the Canadian Dollar... in AUD's favor), so I don't see why AIA would feel the need to export as of now.
- These rifles are really something. I'm really a newbie at shooting in general so won't go into commenting on their accuracy. Fit and finish is just superb, that I can say !! This is most probably THE rifle I will be keeping all of my life before passing it on to my kids. There's just something about it... you need to try them to understand I guess.
Now, regarding #232... It's not physically different than the other 32 M10-B2 Match rifles that were imported to Canada. There are some small technical differences amongst the 32 rifles because AIA was testing various concepts at the time. It's all explained in the documents I have and will hopefully be able to post here, but since it's all too technical for me (as of now at least !!), I won't try going into details. So all of you M10-B2 rifles out there, don't be jalous of #232, yours shoots just as well and is just as pretty !! Out of respect, I'll let the actual owner tell you more about that rifle if he wants to. Or you'll read about it in the document when it gets posted, which ever comes first !! OOhhh, the drama !! eh eh eh
As Enfield303T stated, it's probably hidden somewhere in John's vault... time will tell !!
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So I'm guessing if #232 is special compared to the others, I'm also guessing that my #234 is like number 2 of a new design?
Time is the fire in which we burn.
Damn! I was checking periodically but I guess I missed it.
Oh well.
I'm glad to hear AIA is still around but any updates? I was wondering how many M10-B3's were imported and what the MOA was for 571? Thanks for any info.
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