Not trying to be a dick, mostly just ignorant about these. What makes these so much more than say a heavy barrel Remington 700 rifle? I initially was looking at the pics and thought, cool, iron sights and you can run a scope if you want. I was thinking $1500 tops, but I guess I am out to lunch on that.
I like guns....
If you've ever had the opportunity to hold one of these in person, you'd know why they're worth the extra dough. The action is *very* nice compared to a regular R700, the stock fit is excellent, and the surface finish of the rifle is pretty much perfect. One of our customers had purchased a factory refurbished model (afaik the only way you used to be able to get the real deal) and it printed ridiculous groups.
I did a table-top side by side comparision between the M24 and 700p, and at a quick glance they are very similar in appearance.
Stare at them for a while, and you'll begin to spot the differences. Google "M24 Canada" and the first hit should be a link for a forum that shall not be named here (becauae it will get censored out, lol!)
Shoot them and the gap gets bigger.
I'd say $5k isn't horrible for what you get. Not sure if I read it right, but I think these things were required to do .35 moa at one point according to wiki
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M24_Sniper_Weapon_System
Last edited by Mister Donut; 04-06-2018 at 10:35 AM.
Yeah, I understood that there would only be ten in Canada and it was unlikely more would be coming in, but my buddy at Reliable ordered a bunch for a group of enthusiasts. These guys bought one each to shoot, but decided to order a second rifle to keep as a collector piece.
I guess they are all SOLD OUT.
None is showing on both websites....
PGW fan
Sweet mother of God !
Would be bada$$ ...... allready basically have a custom this and that 700 target rig that kinda looks similar , plus a retro Vietnam m40 sniper clone , but yeah if had to do it again I'd put the wife down for collateral to get this , change name to Bob Lee Swagger then too .... lol