Any interest in a 20mm rifle?

Arm&Gun said:
Nice necro BlkMamba.

Agreed this would be a sweet project. I'd be interested. ATRS did you ever get further with pricing and ammo? Seemed like there was a good bit of interest, especially from Sask where the land is flat and the gophers are fat! :p
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The rifle looks like it will land in the $10K to $11K area.
Casings are $50.00 per , no firm price on the bullets yet as they are still in the development stages. The larger the run of bullets being made the better the price will be, but given the cost of the material and the machine time it would not surprise me to see them run in the $20.00 per bullet range.
Pulled Vulcan practice bullets can be used and are significantly cheaper but will not begin to compare to what the custom projectiles will do for accuracy and distance capability.
 
gregb said:
I'm in as long as Rick can make mine Semi-auto.
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Not gonna happen. A semi auto would make the price per gun 10 times what we already know will be a very expensive rifle.
The simpler we can keep everything the less expensive it will be, so a simple bolt action it will be.
Also being a semi auto REQUIRES a few years of languishing in the SFSS lab waiting for a legal classification. I am getting older and just don't want to risk designing something, building it and dying before I get to take it out and see what it can do.
 
Would owners have to be registered under the Controlled Goods Program? It looks like they would according to the Defense Production Acts Schedule of Controlled Goods, Section 3(2)(a):

2-2 Smooth-bore weapons with a calibre of 20 mm or more, other weapons or armament with a calibre greater than 12.7 mm (calibre 0.50 inches), projectors and accessories, as follows:
Guns, howitzers, cannon, mortars, anti-tank weapons, projectile launchers, military flame throwers, rifles, recoilless rifles, smooth-bore weapons and signature reduction devices therefor, first manufactured after 1945...
 
b-wingpilot said:
Would owners have to be registered under the Controlled Goods Program? It looks like they would according to the Defense Production Acts Schedule of Controlled Goods, Section 3(2)(a):

2-2 Smooth-bore weapons with a calibre of 20 mm or more, other weapons or armament with a calibre greater than 12.7 mm (calibre 0.50 inches), projectors and accessories, as follows:
Guns, howitzers, cannon, mortars, anti-tank weapons, projectile launchers, military flame throwers, rifles, recoilless rifles, smooth-bore weapons and signature reduction devices therefor, first manufactured after 1945...
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Not according to the folks at Controlled Goods. I asked.
 
alberta tactical rifle said:
The rifle looks like it will land in the $10K to $11K area.
Casings are $50.00 per , no firm price on the bullets yet as they are still in the development stages. The larger the run of bullets being made the better the price will be, but given the cost of the material and the machine time it would not surprise me to see them run in the $20.00 per bullet range.
Pulled Vulcan practice bullets can be used and are significantly cheaper but will not begin to compare to what the custom projectiles will do for accuracy and distance capability.
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Ohh! Better pricing than I had even hoped for. Rick, I am genuinely interested at this price range.
 
This is one hell of a project. Too rich for me currently, but if anyone in BC buys one I'll pay to shoot it once! Lol

What about making one on 14.5mm like the ptrd? Would that be any cheaper? Do they have more available ammo or is it just as pricey as 20mm?
 
johnamillertime said:
I'd be interested one in 20mm Vulcan... For some totally random and inexplicable reason, I happen to have a quantity of 20mm vulcan brass and 'blue' bullets I got in a trade once. Links too actually, if you want to make a semi-auto belt fed...
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Most Vulcan ammo is electrically detonated, has less powder capacity than the 20x138B and belt fed semi is just not gonna happen.
 
Suther said:
This is one hell of a project. Too rich for me currently, but if anyone in BC buys one I'll pay to shoot it once! Lol

What about making one on 14.5mm like the ptrd? Would that be any cheaper? Do they have more available ammo or is it just as pricey as 20mm?
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14.5 is even harder to get components for and again has far less casing capacity.
 
Kanaskichuck said:
Interested . How much of a down payment to get started on a 20mm build.
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Once we have the 1st one built we will have a much better idea of the exact final cost. At that point like all of our custom rifles we ask for 50% deposit, balance on completion.

To be clear, this is not a high priority project, it is something I am pecking away at when I have time and some free machine time.
As I get further into the project I will post photos of what it will be.
 
alberta tactical rifle said:
Once we have the 1st one built we will have a much better idea of the exact final cost. At that point like all of our custom rifles we ask for 50% deposit, balance on completion.

To be clear, this is not a high priority project, it is something I am pecking away at when I have time and some free machine time.
As I get further into the project I will post photos of what it will be.
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How far away are you from having the first one built?
 
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