For sure, but comparing to the 180 versions it’s $1400, what you choose to add after is a different story.
The Siberian is roughly $1600 + with a crappy trigger.
Still usable though.
Where could a guy purchase the tungsten buffer?
I priced both the Platinum and Silver grade rifles the way that I would want them, using the Lockhart rifle ordering options. In the case of the Silver Grade Rifle, I included a Bolt Catch Assembly, Trigger-Tech Duty Trigger, Top Charging Handle, Left Side Cocking Slot Cover and Case Deflector. The cost when all was said and done was $2500 CAD. I consider all of those "options" to be requirements for a fully-functioning "Black rifle", particularly one that is intended to supplant the prohibited AR15. I didn't see the point in repeating the $1400 "base" price, as that is for an incomplete rifle IMHO. $2500 gets you a complete rifle with a good trigger. As always however, YMMV.
I did the same thing pricing out the Crusader Templar - I gave the price for the upgraded Gen 2 version with the Trigger-Tech Trigger because the standard mil-spec trigger sucks balls. If all rifles are similarly equipped for our comparison, it makes "apples to apples" that much easier to compare at their varying price-points.
Tungsten used to be used in most Buffers, however some nowadays use solid Steel or Tungsten weights that slide back and forth inside the Buffer's cylindrical interior cavity. You can tell which type of Buffer you have by shaking it front to rear. The steel or tungsten weights will "clack" inside the buffer as they impact against either end of the interior cavity, whereas those partially filled with Tungsten powder will just feel its mass shift from one end to the other.
you can obtain a weighted Buffer from True North Arms, however they only have Standard Weight (3 oz) or Heavy weight (H - 3.8 oz) in stock right now. IIRC, the 3.8 oz ("H") Buffer that comes with the Raven is a solid design without powder or weights inside the interior cavity to provide an anti-bounce "dead-blow" upon Bolt-Carrier closing. I suspect that this is why Raven owners are experiencing Light Primer Strikes. The rifle's Hammer is hitting the Firing Pin as the Bolt Carrier is bouncing backwards, with the two essentially cancelling each other out. The Bolt-Carrier bounce basically prevents proper Hammer velocity, resulting in a Light Strike (and a Stoppage).
