CANADIAN made

redman said:
I think trigger & scope make up somewhat more than 1% or a rifle ;)

How'd you make your own base/rings?? You have your own milling equipment? :eek:
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Not sure what machines he has now, but I know he used to have a some CNC machines when he was in Cowtown, and he DOES know how to use them. I have seen his rings and base and they are 1st rate. I even have the program for them, courtesy of Marksmen:D

Somehow I doubt we will ever see Canadian made rifle scopes. I know there are some 1st rate optical devices made here, but with our small market, chances of a Canadian made scope would not make financial sense, seeing as we can still import them.
But as far as having a made in Canada rifle, we are getting closer.
 
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Are King Optics made in China and boxed in Nova Scotia? Saw a packaged scope last week and it was marked "Engineered and designed in Canada" but nowhere did it say 'made in Canada'. Anyone have first hand experience with these?? Mark
 
"...as long as it works and shoots good(well) I will pay!..." The receiver is only part of the equation. Receivers do nothing by themselves.
alberta tactical rifle, how much does that beastie weigh? Just curious. I'd have to sell a kidney to afford your talent. That's not an insult or dig. One does get what one pays for.
"...weather that will change..." I'll give you my personal guarantee that the weather will change.
Making a muzzle break needs no special equipment or special steel. It can be done on any lathe. An action doesn't really either. An action does take much more time, multiple machines and lots of tooling. Plus a whole bunch of set up time. CNC machines just make repeating the process faster and more accurate.
 
alberta tactical rifle said:
Somehow I doubt we will ever see Canadian made rifle scopes. I know there are some 1st rate optical devices made here, but with our small market, chances of a Canadian made scope would not make financial sense, seeing as we can still import them.
But as far as having a made in Canada rifle, we are getting closer.
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I agree about the scopes.

It is sad though that the US continues to choke off slowly any firearms dealings with Canada. We will all need a Passport to enter The USA as of June 1, 2009.

I think Canadians will take up the slack if the market is there and can produce items at reasonable cost. It also depends on the Cdn government and how they will regulate us with these parts in future.
 
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Somehow I doubt we will ever see Canadian made rifle scopes. I know there are some 1st rate optical devices made here, but with our small market, chances of a Canadian made scope would not make financial sense, seeing as we can still import them.
But as far as having a made in Canada rifle, we are getting closer.
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I would have to agree about the scopes, Optics were never something Canada embraced as a trade. We have always relied on someone else except for the odd small specialized company. As far as the Canadian made rifle, I hope it works out and if so I will buy one without a doubt. We have the capability to make firearms that are competitive with the worlds best, as has been proven by PGW, Why stop there?
 
sunray said:
"...as long as it works and shoots good(well) I will pay!..." The receiver is only part of the equation. Receivers do nothing by themselves.
alberta tactical rifle, how much does that beastie weigh? Just curious. I'd have to sell a kidney to afford your talent. That's not an insult or dig. One does get what one pays for.
"...weather that will change..." I'll give you my personal guarantee that the weather will change.
Making a muzzle break needs no special equipment or special steel. It can be done on any lathe. An action doesn't really either. An action does take much more time, multiple machines and lots of tooling. Plus a whole bunch of set up time. CNC machines just make repeating the process faster and more accurate.
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I agree, the best actions are only as good as the guy putting the whole package together, and the quality of the parts included in making the rifle.
The 338LAI in the photo is 18 lbs with 8x32 NXS scope.

Making brakes that have multiple angles can be done on manual machines, I know as until recently that is how I made them, the CNC allows them to be totally perfect, assuming the program is perfect and made in less time.

Actions do require several machines to make, the CNC mill with 4 or 5 axis makes life easier, but can not do it all. I am using the manual lathe for the beginning of set up, then the CNC mill for the majority of the machining, and EDM for the bolt ways.
 
alberta tactical rifle said:
I agree, the best actions are only as good as the guy putting the whole package together, and the quality of the parts included in making the rifle.
The 338LAI in the photo is 18 lbs with 8x32 NXS scope.

Making brakes that have multiple angles can be done on manual machines, I know as until recently that is how I made them, the CNC allows them to be totally perfect, assuming the program is perfect and made in less time.

Actions do require several machines to make, the CNC mill with 4 or 5 axis makes life easier, but can not do it all. I am using the manual lathe for the beginning of set up, then the CNC mill for the majority of the machining, and EDM for the bolt ways.
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Are you doing your own edm'ing?
 
redman said:
I think trigger & scope make up somewhat more than 1% or a rifle ;)

How'd you make your own base/rings?? You have your own milling equipment? :eek:
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Well "I" don't consider the scope a part of a rifle build. Most people buy them separate from the rifle. I'm always swapping out scopes on all my rifles.

I own a 4th axis CNC Mill. There is also various other toys in my shop, Lathe, cut off saw, bead blasting cabinet.
 
KS Arms (9305-60 Ave, Edmonton, 780-437-1090) makes single shot, bolt action three lug, cone bolt benchrest actions, L or R hand in your choice of bolt face (223 up to 338 Lapua). Also makes striaght and sloped aliminium rails.

I had mine in 204. Very nice and very innovative. KE also made some actions for the 50 BMG. KS built one in 338-50 spotter, 3800 fps on a 250 grain bullet.
 
not really br actions

Karl is a nice guy but not up to BR standards, pretty rough actions, one of the first ones was sent away to be trued up as I sent it away for the gy who was too embarrassed.

nice action but rough

jeff
 
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