Anyone have any experience withy the Canstar CS-50
- Thread starter mytiburon
- Start date
- Location
- Edmonton mostly
There were a few discussions when this first showed up on the radar. No one really seemed to have handled them. There is a youtube vid of someone of a young-ish nature shooting one and flinching like crazy. The video/pictures tell me a few things.
#1. The stock is the bare minimum amount of stock
And not appropriate for proper repeatable shooting. The shooters head is floating, with no appropriate cheek weld area. If it were me I would have a different stock made up right away, or modify that one to suit.
#2 Recoil seems to be managed well enough. I'm not sure if shooter experience would aid in minimising this more..
It seems the rifle has been built more for a lower cost point, cutting corners at the junctions that would make it more attractive to me (again, the stock)
The video does not show the rifle being re-loaded but I believe it is a "shell holder" style action, and it has been *implied* (not trying to start a flame war, memory is just fuzzy) to be a knockoff of another rifle built by others out there.
The cost is attractive for an entry level 50, however I feel with the shortcomings of the stock and dealing with them; the price point would wind up similar to other better known entry level 50's.
Of course if you want to buy one, do it, we can talk forever on the internet without ever making proper conclusions! Not my money, but the gun is not my style either.
#1. The stock is the bare minimum amount of stock
And not appropriate for proper repeatable shooting. The shooters head is floating, with no appropriate cheek weld area. If it were me I would have a different stock made up right away, or modify that one to suit.
#2 Recoil seems to be managed well enough. I'm not sure if shooter experience would aid in minimising this more..
It seems the rifle has been built more for a lower cost point, cutting corners at the junctions that would make it more attractive to me (again, the stock)
The video does not show the rifle being re-loaded but I believe it is a "shell holder" style action, and it has been *implied* (not trying to start a flame war, memory is just fuzzy) to be a knockoff of another rifle built by others out there.
The cost is attractive for an entry level 50, however I feel with the shortcomings of the stock and dealing with them; the price point would wind up similar to other better known entry level 50's.
Of course if you want to buy one, do it, we can talk forever on the internet without ever making proper conclusions! Not my money, but the gun is not my style either.
- Location
- Edmonton mostly
There are several very well made Canadian 50's out there. This gun I feel is not one of them though.
ATRS and PGW have well established reputations as top rifle builders.
ATRS and PGW have well established reputations as top rifle builders.
Thanks for your input guys, exactly the kinda answers and opinions i was interested in, i just bought a 7mm sako A7 hunting rifle and if its a shooter and i can stretch it out to ~1000yards that may fill my long range plinking for now and then i may reconsider what type of 50 cal I want and save for a rifle that is of a better quality.
ultimate_monkey
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- victoria BC
ill agree to all of thise and confirm that it is a shell holder style of loading.
you say you just bought a 7mm hunting rifle, and plan to try stretchin it out. if i may make a sugestion. i shall ASSUME that your "new" to long range as your using a hunting rifle at this point. so 1st, rather then buy a "cheap" .50, get yourself a GOOD target/precission rifle, in an affordable caliber, 308, 300wm, heck even a good .223 will get you to 800+ accuratly. once you have that get yourself some trigger time and lots of it. once you can consistantly shoot tight accurate groups, then think about getting a big boomer. at thoe cost of factory 50, hell even reloaded .50 if you cant hit what your aiming at then you just throwing money down range, unless you feel that the excitement of a big boom is worth the 7-10 bucks a shot.
hell lets just say you wanna skip all that and have a badass caliber, still look at getting a quality rifle in somthing like .338LM savage 110ba or long range hunter, the remington MLR ( i think? ) are still a better choice then a built on the cheap .50
