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Lockhart Tactical would be honored to have your quick thoughts while we ramp up to build the best pistol caliber carbine while our UBS-12 is in production.
Key features we plan on implementing:
1) Ambi charing handle (side charging or AR15 style)
2) Ambi ejection
3) Last Round Open Bolt Hold
4) Bolt Release
5) Tool-less receiver take down for easy cleaning
6) Tool-less 1 second (handguard + barrel) take down quick release for compact storing and cleaning
7) High end USA MADE carbon fiber / Stainless Steel barrel Included at no additonal cost
8) Lifetime warranty on barrel
9) Lifetime warranty on firearm
10) Entire firearm as lightweight as possible
11) Will accept Glock Mags, Smith / Wesson M&P Mags and others high in demand
12) Made in Canada!
13) Impressive skeletonized handguard with ability to add rails on all sides, MLOK or bolt on, NO KEYMOD junk!
Target price point: Under $1400 CDN
We will make the carbine look as similar to an AR15 as possible while maintaining our own design to ensure it is NON-RESTRICTED.
Picture below shows the high end barrel (May end up being RED / BLACK carbon fiber!)
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Anyways...
Here are the questions we ask:
My answers in bold.
Q1) Is an ambidextrous ejection port important to you when buying a firearm?
We want to ensure we have the features that most want, while keeping the cost as low as possible
Option 1: I only buy firearms that are capable of ejection on both sides
Option 2: No, I would buy it anyways
I don't care the slightest. I'd much rather save 10$ then have an ambidextrous ejection port.
Q2) Is an ambidextrous charging handle important?
Option 1: I only buy firearms that are capable of ambi charging
Option 2: No, I would buy it anyways
I don't care the slightest. I'd much rather save 10$ then have an ambidextrous charging handle.
Q3) Do you prefer side charging handles or an AR15 style charging handle?
Option 1: I prefer side charging handles (Left or Right side of the firearm)
Option 2: I prefer AR15 style charging handles
Don't really care to be honest. I like both equally.
Q4) Does "Take Down" matter? Do you care if you can separate the rifle easily to make it more compact?
We plan on developing a 1 second, tool-less twist lock release that separates the Barrel and hand guard together as one piece from the receiver Allowing super compact storage, and easy cleaning
Option 1: I prefer my firearms to have a "Take Down"
Option 2: I wouldn't ever, or very rarely use that feature
On paper it seems like a nice to have, but I never take down any of my guns unless it's to clean them, then I store/transport/use them fully assembled. So not very important. The important thing is that it's easy to clean, it doesn't matter if it needs to be full size for storage and transport.
Q5) Does weight matter to you?
Of course we want to make everything as lightweight as possible, but we want to know how much it matters to you.
Option 1: Yes, I want everything to be as lightweight as possible
Option 2: I don't care how heavy it is!
I'm a 6'2'' monster, everything looks like a toothpick in my hands, so if a gun is too heavy for me, it'll be a total failure.
Q6) Weight Savings - Would you pay slightly more to save more weight?
Option 1: Pay more for better lighter materials
Option 2: Heavy and cheap works for me
That's a very subjective question. There is a price I'd pay to get the rifle lighter, but there comes a point where you have to pay a lot to marginally reduce the weight, and that's not worth it. One sure thing, is that I prefer a heavier rifle made of strong materials (metals) than a light rifle made of plastic, regardless of the price.
Q7) What kind of barrel? We want to build the best rifle package at the most competitive price possible.
We feel that most companies uses cheap barrels. We want to use the best. If we can include a Carbon Fiber, SS barrel at NO ADDITIONAL COST to you, would you want that? Or prefer just regular steel, or SS?
Lifetime warranty on the barrel! and our Firearm!
Option 1: Plain regular steel - Cheapest
Option 2: Slightly more expensive Stainless Steel - No Rust
Option 3: High-end Stainless Steel Carbon Fiber Wrapped - BEST!
I really like SS personnaly. It's easy to clean and doesn't rust. I've never owned a CF wrapped barrel so I can't comment, but I'd try one if it was the same price as SS. I think an important detail is the quality of the barrel itself though; I'd rather get a black steel that shoots 1/2MOA than a CF that shoots 3 MOA.
Q8) What kind of forend / handguard?
Option 1: I need a quad rail for accessories on all sides
Option 2: I only need a top and bottom rail
Option 3: I prefer a simple round handguard with no rails or very limited
I hate the round plastic (classic M-16) handguard. Even though I don't attach a bunch of accessories, I think it's clumsy and it tends to overheat. Full quad-rail are heavy, so if you want to make a lightweight rifle, stay away from those. Check the VISM triangle MLOK handguards (https://www.ncstar.com/optics-acc/mounts/ar15-mounts/vmartmlc-mlock-tri-ar-rail-syscarbine). They're inexpensive, lightweight (due to mlok cuts), you can attach a gazilion accessories (including picatinny rails), and the shape makes it more natural to hold. Put something like that or nothing at all and save a few bucks on a piece of furniture we're gonna throw out anyway.
And while we're talking about furnitures, add a sling adapter endplate like the promag PM127A (https://www.midwayusa.com/product/7...ambidextrous-ar-15-lr-308-carbine-steel-matte). It cost almost nothing when building the rifle, you need an endplate anyway, but it saves the customer from making an additionnal order somewhere down the line.
Q9) Do you care if firearms are made in Canada?
Option 1: Yes! I support Canadian Business - If price is fair
Option 2: Don't Honestly Care, pricing is most important
Pricing and quality.
Q10) Price Point - What price do you think would be fair for an incredible Canadian made Non-Restricted firearm like this
Option 1: 700-1000
Option 2: 1000-1300
Option 3: 1300-1600
Well I'd like to get it for 50$, but I don't believe that'll happen. Any NR semi-auto priced at less than 1000$ will sell like hotcakes as long as it's functionnal. Entry level ARs are currently selling for 700$ and they sell like hotcakes; I believe a lot of people would shell out an extra 200$ to have their own personnal AR become NR.