The Modern Varmint rifle

alberta tactical rifle said:
Yohann160 We are NOT building a military rifle and have gone to great lengths and cost to distance our rifles from a RESTRICTED military rifle. Therefore the specs will be significantly better than Milspec, but not all Milspec stuff will fit.
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I understand that you are not building a military rifle, but I'd love it if there were almost 2 "versions", one a match varmint rifle, and the other a slightly "looser" rifle for 3 gun etc.

I would love a rifle to practice with on steel on privately held land!
 
Botts said:
I understand that you are not building a military rifle, but I'd love it if there were almost 2 "versions", one a match varmint rifle, and the other a slightly "looser" rifle for 3 gun etc.

I would love a rifle to practice with on steel on privately held land!
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I fully intend to compete in 3 gun with mine. The 18.6" barrel will prove to be a bit unwieldy compared to my current 16" but i see absolutely no reason to want a rifle with poor tolerances. Our AT15s have a proven track record for working as well and in some cases better than any of the big name milspec rifles in less than ideal circumstances, the MVs will be built to the same tolerances and fit as our AT15s are.
 
Botts said:
Sounds good.

I seem to recall reading one of your posts that said the AT15 is not designed to be a battle rifle and that the tolerances were extremely tight for accuracy purposes. Providing it doesn't mind being shot fast, hot, and dirty with M193 and M855 it should be all good!
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When we started the AT15 project we went with the tightest tolerances possible to improve accuracy,, but not so tight as to compromise reliability.
We did NOT intend them to be battle rifles, yet we had a private security contractor use our guns in the big sand box for several tours. They came back claiming our guns ran better than the GI issue guns in sand and crap conditions.

We have a few AT15s built for F/A at the shop and they have been run hot enough that the barrel and can have been turned cherry red several times. they still function just fine. When pounding out several thousand round of ammo in short order for testing I tend to buy the cheapest 223 ammo I can, usually American Eagle bulk which is not known to be the cleanest around. What can I say?
 
you guys are sitting there all happy about the Varmint hunter and i still haven't got my freeeeking modern hunter i ordered at xmas!!!!!!ahhhhhhh i want everything
 
Brianma65 said:
Can ya throw us another bone:) like maybe time frame or cost?
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Nope. We played this game before with the MH and got crapped all over for being off a bit on price as big time when the feds took FAAAAAR longer than anticipated, and then again when outside suppliers of barrels did not meet their deadlines.
Once we KNOW what these are going to cost to manufacture, what furniture options will be AND cost we can give an estimate of pricing based on the peso's value THAT day. As for timeline, I could tell you whatever you want to hear, but the truth is we have no clue when the SFSS might make a determination. we sure as hell did not expect the nearly 3 years it took for the MH.
 
struik said:
you guys are sitting there all happy about the Varmint hunter and i still haven't got my freeeeking modern hunter i ordered at xmas!!!!!!ahhhhhhh i want everything
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We are busting our asses to get these out the door as fast as we can while still maintaining the quality.
What kills me is that we have over 20 guns completed and ready to go, clients have been called and yet they are still sitting in our safe, some for a couple of months now.
 
Will the MV be limited in its compatibility with certain butt stocks or will a UBR or something similar be achievable? I really like the idea of a mk12 Canadian hybrid. Looking forward to this as I couldn't afford a mh when they rolled out, & I'm heavy into the .223 calibre. Thanks for your guys hard work. Now we patiently wait.
 
Akronym said:
Will the MV be limited in its compatibility with certain butt stocks or will a UBR or something similar be achievable? I really like the idea of a mk12 Canadian hybrid. Looking forward to this as I couldn't afford a mh when they rolled out, & I'm heavy into the .223 calibre. Thanks for your guys hard work. Now we patiently wait.
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Any thoughts ATRS?
 
Exciting! 1-8 twist barrel has been a nice one on my most recent setup. are the chambers strictly 223? or possibly 223 wylde. apologies if it was already posted.
Heading back from Kalispell tomorrow to Alberta. Didn't even realize Proof research was down here in Kalispell area only 3.5 hours away! Great barrels
 
Akronym said:
Any thoughts ATRS?
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With the side charge handle some stocks simply will not work. Until we have time to try various stocks we can not say which will and which won't.
Most fore ends should work, but again until we get a chance to try the flavors of the week, won't know.

Until the guys in Ottawa give us a legal classification it seems silly to spend a bunch of money buying assorted parts and spending the time playing Mr. Dress-up.

We ARE optimistic on the ruling, but then again we are talking Ottawa.
 
So , with the modern Hunter already being approved wouldn't the modern varminter be much faster to be approved? Isn't it basically just a scaled down version of the modern Hunter ?
 
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