It was devastating to see almost two years of work in selecting the best parts I could afford go up in smoke. I was SOO happy/proud of my MS build, and fortunate enough to be able to toss a bit of $$$$ at it as a serious 3g rig...and then to have that ripped away in the middle of a pandemic......I hope that we can ALL as fireman owners rally to say what this has done to us. Drunk drivers and kids with fast cars kill far too many innocent people in Canada so to alienate law abiding, statistically VERY low risk firearms owners in the middle of an economic crisis is insane.
I know exactly how you feel. I lived / breathed AR15 for 8 years. Having a NR option with basically the same parts availabilty was soooooooooooooo awesome.
I managed to cover my bases with 3 lowers & 5 uppers.
The ATRS MS was EVERYTHING I ever wanted in NR build, well except barrel length that is, the min 18.6" can be a bit of a downer on some calibers. My first lower was super light weight, with a equally awesome lightweight upper in 6.5 Grendel for hunting, 7.8lb total for the lower, upper, optic (vortex razor HD LH 3-15x42), sling & bipod, never got to hunt with it due to work schedule last year. Another lower setup with a magpul gen III PRS stock for bench shooting, MRA (IBI blank) 18.6" pencil barrel .223 wylde, Primary Arms 1-6 FFP ACSS (easy hits on 12" steel out to 600m with PPU 55FMJ ammo), probably my favorite combination of lower & upper. Third lower setup exactly the same as my CC MRR 11.6 (magpul STR, magpul K2+grip Geissele SSA-E trigger, bad lever, etc), with a matching upper all CC part with a SA20 barrel and BCM MCMR 15" handguard, even had the same surefire light setup and magpul fore grip. If it wasn't for over all length it felt EXACTLY the same as my CC MRR 11.6". 4th upper was a JP enterprises .22lr kit, which was awesome, 0.8moa all day with quality SK Long Range ammo, and I can't say enough good thing about the Primary Arms 1-6 .22lr optic. 5th upper never got fired, there was a bit of a debacle getting a barrel blank & reamer, it was going to be 50 beowulf.
Going forward I could foresee a 224 Valkyrie upper and a 6mm Turbo upper (6.5 Grendel necked down to 6mm). I'm just dreaming now it seams.
FML. It's hard to get excited by bolt actions! There is no ####ing trigger reset to anticipate!
Last edited by mileageman; 06-13-2020 at 04:12 AM.
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