BRN-10A Rifle .308 NR??

I guess the question becomes whether or not they feel its worth the ridiculous effort to jump through all the hoops needed to get any of these rifles into Canada as NR. The US is a huge market with plenty of buyers where the effort isn't needed. The 5.56 model will likely never see the light of day (as NR). the 7.62 has good potential though. Hopefully an importer can grab the baton and run with it.
 
meatball74 said:
I guess the question becomes whether or not they feel its worth the ridiculous effort to jump through all the hoops needed to get any of these rifles into Canada as NR. The US is a huge market with plenty of buyers where the effort isn't needed. The 5.56 model will likely never see the light of day (as NR). the 7.62 has good potential though. Hopefully an importer can grab the baton and run with it.
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The 5.56 version would simply be a restricted firearm, there's no question that it's an AR15, and I don't think anyone has suggested otherwise - which means we may see those first. The AR10 will need a trip to the lab - which is to say it's a coin toss as to how, or if, it comes out the other end.
 
OK, Brownells is marketing these. Brownells is an exporter. It might be worth contacting Brownells and see if they are exploring the Canadian market.

And, if it really is a recreation, would a BRN-10A lower fit a Dutch upper? If so, there would certainly be a market here for lowers.
 
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tiriaq said:
OK, Brownells is marketing these. Brownells is an exporter. It might be worth contacting Brownells and see if they are exploring the Canadian market.

And, if it really is a recreation, would a BRN-10A lower fit a Dutch upper? If so, there would certainly be a market here for lowers.
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Is there no main importer who works with Brownells currently?
I want to contact Brownells myself to start asking questions but I doubt they I would get anything more than a canned bulls**t response.
 
From ARFCOM;

Compatibility Notes:

DPMS/SR-25 compatible parts on the Brownells BRN-10™ rifle include: magazine, bolt/carrier group, barrel assembly, barrel nut, slip ring assembly, crush washer, muzzle devices, buffer, buffer spring, handguard, magazine latch, and magazine release spring.

AR-15 compatible components include: front sight base assembly, gas tube, handguard cap, drop-in GI-style handguards, receiver extension (buffer tube), buffer retainer & spring, takedown detents & springs, selector, selector detent & spring, trigger assembly, buttstock assembly, and pistol grip & screw.

Brownells BRN-10™ (Both A & B) Features & Details:

*Receivers machined from billet 7075 T6 aluminum
*.308 Winchester chambered, 20" barrel with 1-10" twist
*.750" diameter at the gas block
*"Trigger"-style charging handle on top of receiver, under carry handle
*Chrome-plated bolt/carrier group with period details
*Magnetic particle inspected 9310 carbon steel bolt
*Brownells Retro buttstock assembly & pistol grip
*Flat slip ring assembly
*Standard AR-15-style front sight base
*Period-style rear sight
*5/8"-24 tpi muzzle threads
*Rifle receiver extension (buffer tube) with correct rifle buffer & spring
*42" OAL
*Accepts standard, metal DPMS/SR-25 magazines (Magpul PMAGs will NOT work)
*Comes with one 20-round Brownells aluminum magazine, chamber safety flag, safety manual, and copy of the USGI Field Manual

BRN-10A Features & Details: ($1699.99)

*Heavy-contour barrel with aggressive fluting underneath the handguard
*Open, 3-prong, Dutch-style flash hider with black QPQ Nitride finish
*Brown Retro furniture to replicate original fiberglass look
*9 lbs. wt.

BRN-10B Features & Details: ($1599.99)
*Lightweight barrel
*Closed-prong, Portuguese-style flash hider with black QPQ Nitride finish
*Black Retro furniture to replicate later production AR-10® rifles
*8 lbs. wt.
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tiriaq said:
OK, Brownells is marketing these. Brownells is an exporter. It might be worth contacting Brownells and see if they are exploring the Canadian market.

And, if it really is a recreation, would a BRN-10A lower fit a Dutch upper? If so, there would certainly be a market here for lowers.
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Even if a Dutch upper fit, it would not function. Original AR10 Bolt Carriers are a larger diameter than the DPMS Bolt carriers used on the brownells rifle.
 
Travis Bickle said:
Is there no main importer who works with Brownells currently?
I want to contact Brownells myself to start asking questions but I doubt they I would get anything more than a canned bulls**t response.
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there isnt any brownells importer as they themself is an exporter with a retail aspect ( not wholesale only). They pretty much sell to anyone and anyone without restrictions. If we are serious, we need to A: get IRG as the figure head and talk to Brownells directly to get a sample up for classification or B: someone braves out $2k and hope in hell its NR.
 
sky52 said:
there isnt any brownells importer as they themself is an exporter with a retail aspect ( not wholesale only). They pretty much sell to anyone and anyone without restrictions. If we are serious, we need to A: get IRG as the figure head and talk to Brownells directly to get a sample up for classification or B: someone braves out $2k and hope in hell its NR.
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There's guys on this site that look like they piss $2K and wipe the bowl with another $1K bill from seeing some threads.
If I had the money I would take the bullet for the team on this. Supporting a wife and two kids and working two jobs currently lol :(
As much as I want this I can't gamble with that kind of money.
I would think a prosperous Canadian company/distributor could easily take a meager $2K hit and get one of them to the lab. If it gets NR status they will sell. Of that there is no doubt.
 
Problem is, what motivation does a site sponsor have to try for NR status on this rifle? If it did get NR status there goes BCL and Alberta Tactical's cornered market. Plus if NR status is achieved the cheapest and most efficient means of getting the rifle would be through IRUNGUNS, bypassing the NR tax other distributors would put on it. Only plausible reason I can come up with for a site sponsor other than IRG to try and achieve a NR status would be if they talked to Brownells directly and made a deal to retail here for the same as USD in Canadian pesos and be cut in on Brownells' bottom line.
 
HirvGotti said:
Problem is, what motivation does a site sponsor have to try for NR status on this rifle? If it did get NR status there goes BCL and Alberta Tactical's cornered market.
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Cornered by default Sir. Cornered by default...
More options is never a bad thing. May drive their prices down hopefully for guys that like that tactical mall ninja stuff.
Some of us actually do like old school rifles ready to roll out of the box hence where this would sit on the market.
Pay the money, get a top shelf, high quality material, well machined, A1 product ready to shoot as is out of the package.
About the same price as a 102 (especially after swapping out all the NEA garbage components) and still WAY cheaper than a MV/MH.

Plus it's just fackin' cool!
 
Travis Bickle said:
Cornered by default Sir. Cornered by default...
More options is never a bad thing. May drive their prices down hopefully for guys that like that tactical mall ninja stuff.
Some of us actually do like old school rifles ready to roll out of the box hence where this would sit on the market.
Pay the money, get a top shelf, high quality material, well machined, A1 product ready to shoot as is out of the package.
About the same price as a 102 (especially after swapping out all the NEA garbage components) and still WAY cheaper than a MV/MH.

Plus it's just fackin' cool!
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Oh I'm not disagreeing that options are good and I would definitely be a future owner of this if it came in as a NR option. All I was trying to say is site sponsors other than IRG would have little incentive to take the time to submit this for the FRT process unless they made a deal directly with Brownells to be a distributor as IRG would cut out any possibility of a NR tax being put on this rifle.
 
HirvGotti said:
Oh I'm not disagreeing that options are good and I would definitely be a future owner of this if it came in as a NR option. All I was trying to say is site sponsors other than IRG would have little incentive to take the time to submit this for the FRT process unless they made a deal directly with Brownells to be a distributor as IRG would cut out any possibility of a NR tax being put on this rifle.
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I agree on that aspect fully.
IRUNGUNS would be the primary outfit I could see to spear head this. I just hope they're listening.
Fack it would suck to see this so close and yet stay so far.
 
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