Modern Varmint Rifle Updated Oct 14 2015

[alberta tactical rifle]

As those of you who have been following the original thread have found it was getting long and up until last week not much new to report. For those who have not been following the folks at SFSS/RCMP have indicated that the classification should be rendered later this month which is not only very exciting for us but also much faster than we anticipated.
SO here is what we have to date

Basic rifle will have a Lilja stainless steel matchgrade barrel chambered in .223 Wylde, 8 twist, 18.6" length, rifle gas system length, threaded muzzle 1/2x28 TPI. The no additional cost options for contours will be light, medium and bull.
We are debating offering a 20" option but I guess we see what you guys have to say. frankly I see no benefit to 20"

We will again be offering the optional Proof Research CFW barrel, only option here is 223 Wylde, 8 twist, 18.6" with rifle length gas system.

204 Ruger we are still on the fence with due to feeding issues. Apparently from our research it only cycles well in a couple of mags. Again more input is valued.

So far stock options will be fixed A2 or 6 position commercial as base model offering.
Upgrades will be Magpul CTR and PRS or KFS Tac Mod.

Fore end furniture for base model will be DPMS free float tube, options will be JP, Fortis and PRI, we are looking at a few other brands, but it seems quad rails are no longer vogue.

Still nothing definitive on pricing but we are working on that, we expect to be below the $3k mark for the base model rifles.

More to come as we get things figured out.

[alberta tactical rifle]

Will we be able to provide our own keymod/mlok rails of choice should you not carry them?

You would then be purchasing a base model rifle then. Just like all other manufacturers the only way a rifle leaves the facility is complete, tested, and functional, not semi complete but hopeful.
To deal with every one of the literally hundreds of manufacturer just of furniture becomes a bigger nightmare than we are prepared to deal with.

We are looking for suggestions on what besides what we already offer could be provided given enough demand, export capability, and compatibility.

[tiriaq]

Exciting news! I'm in! Is .223 "wylde" the same as .223?

Bill Wylde's chamber is designed to work well with either 5.56x45 or .223 Remington ammunition.

[tiriaq]

As those of you who have been following the original thread have found it was getting long and up until last week not much new to report. For those who have not been following the folks at SFSS/RCMP have indicated that the classification should be rendered later this month which is not only very exciting for us but also much faster than we anticipated.
SO here is what we have to date

Basic rifle will have a Lilja stainless steel matchgrade barrel chambered in .223 Wylde, 8 twist, 18.6" length, rifle gas system length, threaded muzzle 1/2x28 TPI. The no additional cost options for contours will be light, medium and bull.
We are debating offering a 20" option but I guess we see what you guys have to say. frankly I see no benefit to 20"

We will again be offering the optional Proof Research CFW barrel, only option here is 223 Wylde, 8 twist, 18.6" with rifle length gas system.

204 Ruger we are still on the fence with due to feeding issues. Apparently from our research it only cycles well in a couple of mags. Again more input is valued.

So far stock options will be fixed A2 or 6 position commercial as base model offering.
Upgrades will be Magpul CTR and PRS or KFS Tac Mod.

Fore end furniture for base model will be DPMS free float tube, options will be JP, Fortis and PRI, we are looking at a few other brands, but it seems quad rails are no longer vogue.

Still nothing definitive on pricing but we are working on that, we expect to be below the $3k mark for the base model rifles.More to come as we get things figured out.

Price?

There you go.

[alberta tactical rifle]

So....any chance for a 6.5 Grendel?

Sorry, the chances are slim and none for anything apart from 223 and possibly, possibly 204. We are still deciding on 204.

[alberta tactical rifle]

KAC or DD M4 RIS perhaps? to me the rails are very much still 'en vogue' as you say

Not sure on kac, but DD is a no go as our upper is not dimension-ally compatible.

[alberta tactical rifle]

Hopefully that's because they've deemed it a variant of the MH and not a variant of the AR15. That would be disastrous.

I take it the MV will have all the same features as the MH? Namely the left side-charging slick upper, ambi bolt release and ability to to use standard stocks and handguards?

Also, could APEX handguards be an potential choice?

As the MV is identical in almost everything except dimensions to the MH there should be no excuse for them to even ponder it being an AR variant.

We will look into Apex.

[alberta tactical rifle]

I'm reading commercial fitting stocks, any reason why no mil spec?

Milspec exists and IS an option but we are trying to keep the entry point as low as possible and for some reason commercial buffer tubes and 6 position collapsible stocks are considerably less money, hence our using them as base model offerings.

[alberta tactical rifle]

Will Jury barrels be an option? I'd like to support the local guy if possible

Possibly, the problem is that Bob makes a great barrel but can not supply the quantities we need at this time.

[mytiburon]

Sorry, the chances are slim and none for anything apart from 223 and possibly, possibly 204. We are still deciding on 204.

I was thinking 204 but it seems that it really needs a longer barrel (22-23") to get the real capabilities and advantages of the round, couple that with possible feeding issues and i would rather just stick to a 223 myself.