Hey folks,
In my research about the Jard J48 rifles not a lot came up. This is no surprise as these rifles were manufactured with focus on the Canadian market and never got any proper reviews. These rifles came in with problems such as a soft bolt and carrier, and some received hardened replacement parts. My recently purchased Jard has these replaced parts.
I have been waiting for a rifle similar to this to hit the Canadian market for the better part of a decade. The AR-180b was the perfect affordable tacticool/practical rifle, and since their value skyrocketed it left me looking for a something a little more down to earth. Hearing about the MPAR that was supposed to come to market in recent years had me excited but nothing ever came of it. Then this Jard rifle came out of seemingly nowhere, and I waited to hear some reviews before committing to buy. Unfortunately much like early Rob Arms, these rifles had teething issues and were dropped by the dealer importing and carrying them. Some owners held on to them and upgraded them with newer parts. I recently purchased one of these rifles. I took quite a financial chance but figured it would be a fun project for my gunsmith friend who loves tinkering with such things if the rifle didn't function properly.
So what are my initial thoughts/results? I put about 100 rounds through it today. It performed quite well. I used mostly Norinco ammunition, and had some light primer strikes. While I will have to see if I can improve this, it was not much to worry about as it only happened a couple of times. If I remember correctly this ammunition is known for having some pretty hard primers, which may have been the cause. The rifle feels very light due to the DI system, and looks waaaay better in person than in photos. The trigger is really quite good, I have not measured it but I can tell you it is no run of the mill trigger. As far as accuracy, I don't think this rifle likes Norinco 55gr ammuniton much. I got some really good initial groups with some 55 AE I had left over and then groups opened up significantly with the Norinco ammo. My best which I could have improved on by shooting a bit better was 1" and the worst was about 2.5". I think with the right ammunition and more effort on my part, this may be a sub MOA rifle.
Unfortunately the only parts availability is directly from Jard which I imagine YMMV with. After that only custom fixes would be available, which is not all that different from the 180B rifles currently.
I bought this rifle as a fun plinker/yote rifle and it has not disappointed me. If I can figure out this light primer strike issue with Norinco Ammo, this rifle will be the bees knees for me (figured it out now
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Unfortunately I did not get very good photos today but I will post the ones I took. I will also post video I took where I managed to capture a light primer strike.
I am sure many will call it "crap" blah blah blah but in the end I made the decision to get the rifle and I think it is a great shooter for my personal purposes. I will update this thread as time goes on.
Enough blabbing, here are some pictures:
EDIT:
I did a quick strip of the rifle for those that are curious. Here are the pictures. In case they had some insight I emailed Jard about the light primer strikes as well. There appears to be a rubber buffer pad in the rear of the receiver much like the early gen Rob Arms rilfles, so I guess the buffer tube and spring are not used in this rifle?
Trigger Group/Lower:
Pic with lower receiver removed (held in by one pin and tension), Note the rubber buffer at the rear of the receiver:
Bolt/Carrier Photos (note its a bit greasy, I cleaned the components after photographing them):
A quick video, better one to come in the future:
[youtube]e8O3AF5gp9w[/youtube]
In my research about the Jard J48 rifles not a lot came up. This is no surprise as these rifles were manufactured with focus on the Canadian market and never got any proper reviews. These rifles came in with problems such as a soft bolt and carrier, and some received hardened replacement parts. My recently purchased Jard has these replaced parts.
I have been waiting for a rifle similar to this to hit the Canadian market for the better part of a decade. The AR-180b was the perfect affordable tacticool/practical rifle, and since their value skyrocketed it left me looking for a something a little more down to earth. Hearing about the MPAR that was supposed to come to market in recent years had me excited but nothing ever came of it. Then this Jard rifle came out of seemingly nowhere, and I waited to hear some reviews before committing to buy. Unfortunately much like early Rob Arms, these rifles had teething issues and were dropped by the dealer importing and carrying them. Some owners held on to them and upgraded them with newer parts. I recently purchased one of these rifles. I took quite a financial chance but figured it would be a fun project for my gunsmith friend who loves tinkering with such things if the rifle didn't function properly.
So what are my initial thoughts/results? I put about 100 rounds through it today. It performed quite well. I used mostly Norinco ammunition, and had some light primer strikes. While I will have to see if I can improve this, it was not much to worry about as it only happened a couple of times. If I remember correctly this ammunition is known for having some pretty hard primers, which may have been the cause. The rifle feels very light due to the DI system, and looks waaaay better in person than in photos. The trigger is really quite good, I have not measured it but I can tell you it is no run of the mill trigger. As far as accuracy, I don't think this rifle likes Norinco 55gr ammuniton much. I got some really good initial groups with some 55 AE I had left over and then groups opened up significantly with the Norinco ammo. My best which I could have improved on by shooting a bit better was 1" and the worst was about 2.5". I think with the right ammunition and more effort on my part, this may be a sub MOA rifle.
Unfortunately the only parts availability is directly from Jard which I imagine YMMV with. After that only custom fixes would be available, which is not all that different from the 180B rifles currently.
I bought this rifle as a fun plinker/yote rifle and it has not disappointed me. If I can figure out this light primer strike issue with Norinco Ammo, this rifle will be the bees knees for me (figured it out now
)Unfortunately I did not get very good photos today but I will post the ones I took. I will also post video I took where I managed to capture a light primer strike.
I am sure many will call it "crap" blah blah blah but in the end I made the decision to get the rifle and I think it is a great shooter for my personal purposes. I will update this thread as time goes on.
Enough blabbing, here are some pictures:
EDIT:
I did a quick strip of the rifle for those that are curious. Here are the pictures. In case they had some insight I emailed Jard about the light primer strikes as well. There appears to be a rubber buffer pad in the rear of the receiver much like the early gen Rob Arms rilfles, so I guess the buffer tube and spring are not used in this rifle?
Trigger Group/Lower:
Pic with lower receiver removed (held in by one pin and tension), Note the rubber buffer at the rear of the receiver:
Bolt/Carrier Photos (note its a bit greasy, I cleaned the components after photographing them):
A quick video, better one to come in the future:
[youtube]e8O3AF5gp9w[/youtube]
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