Smells like a big payment is coming due on machines that aren't making money or a pile of scrap aluminum that cost more than it's worth now. Someone really didn't think about how much a lawyer costs... Lockhart was the same company that specialized in drop shipping almost 95% of what was listed on their website (pre-raven) and a lot of people tend to forget that.
The BEST Straight-Pull Rifle in Canada - Maple Ridge Armoury
- Thread starter VictoryRidgeCS
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VictoryRidgeCS
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FAQ: What makes the Renegade non-restricted?
There is no gas system in the MRA rifles so they are operated manually as a straight-pull bolt action, no semi-automatic action = non-restricted
The MRA rifles cannot be “converted” to semi-automatic by adding certain parts or mix/matching AR15 or AR10 parts. These are dedicated bolt-action designs.
The novel design, while using certain AR15 or AR10 parts, is proprietary and the receiver cannot be matched with an AR15 (or AR10) receiver so it is not a “Variant”.
Taking a MRA receiver and machining it (yes this is what is required) to accept gas operation parts is effectively (and legally) "manufacturing" a new design of rifle, requires an FRT for sales in Canada, and would void the warranty on the MRA rifle.
Also the machining would likely weaken the receiver to the point of being a safety hazard, as the MRA rifles were specifically designed to have less material where it isn't needed for manual/bolt-action operation.
There is no gas system in the MRA rifles so they are operated manually as a straight-pull bolt action, no semi-automatic action = non-restricted
The MRA rifles cannot be “converted” to semi-automatic by adding certain parts or mix/matching AR15 or AR10 parts. These are dedicated bolt-action designs.
The novel design, while using certain AR15 or AR10 parts, is proprietary and the receiver cannot be matched with an AR15 (or AR10) receiver so it is not a “Variant”.
Taking a MRA receiver and machining it (yes this is what is required) to accept gas operation parts is effectively (and legally) "manufacturing" a new design of rifle, requires an FRT for sales in Canada, and would void the warranty on the MRA rifle.
Also the machining would likely weaken the receiver to the point of being a safety hazard, as the MRA rifles were specifically designed to have less material where it isn't needed for manual/bolt-action operation.
Since this fine-looking rifle is manufactured from the onset as a straight-pull design, it would sell well in UK, where this format of centrefire long arm replaced our semi-autos back in 1986 after the Hungerford Massacre.
I'd be aching to own a gun made in Canada, if possible.
I'd be aching to own a gun made in Canada, if possible.
This is my K31 bolt. Is this what you mean when you write 'charging handle'? I'm confused as to why you feel this would be an improvement on what there already is.
- Location
- Barrie, Ontario
We have exported to Calibre Innovations in the UK. Reach out to them to place an order.
https://www.calibreinnovations.co.uk/
VictoryRidgeCS
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I don't have any experience with the Browning, but I can tell you that our rifle is more modular. It allows extensive customization of barrel length, handguard length and style, more space for attaching accessories and optics, many options for pistol grip and stock.
Plus it's made in Canada.
The K31 handle would be added to the MRA Renegade Mk II rifle. So that it would work like the Swiss 7.5 K31 rifles.
Because of how well this proven design works.
The K31 item is not a charging handle, it is part of the operating rod, which the OP's rifle neither has nor needs. How do you propose to affix this component to the bolt of the new rifle?
- Location
- Barrie, Ontario
We could make a vertically aligned, cylinder charging handle that would affix to the bolt carrier in place of the stock, horizontal charging handle. Is this something people would like us to do?
Some might like it for purely aesthetic reasons. I like it on my Swiss rifles, and I'm very used to shooting them, having begun to do so back in 1962 at the age of 16. Offering an alternative cocking handle might be cool. If I ever got one of your rifles, I might like it. I guess it would be the nearest that any of us here in UK would/could get to the Swiss StG90 service rifle.
francool08
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- Location
- Gatineau, Québec
A nice M-10 Ross rifle. Customization is overrated. No recoil, very Smooth action. Takes stripper clips from Lee enfield. Canadian Made! Bayonet compatible.
I wish. The last Ross I saw here for sale was just under CAN$5000.
Anything that allows better purchase on the charging handle. When I had machine shop access I toyed with the idea of a forward folding handle, not unlike a G3. Something that's gives more than one fingers grip. The Faxon 6.5 barrel on my Maverick has a tight chamber plus the straight wall cartridge makes a hard pull some
As long as we're dreaming, let's ask for Lee Enfield-style volley fire from the Renegade, in which British soldiers were trained to work the bolt quickly with thumb and forefinger and use the second finger on the trigger each cycle, leading the Germans to believe the Tommys had figured out full-auto assault rifles already in the Great War. Or maybe this is another path to getting our favourite straight-pull bolt banned? Okay, forget I mentioned this.
