Colt Canada C20 Sniper rifle

[Forest1488]

As long as the CF snipers are in charge of producing a DM program there will never be a DM rifle or DM training program in the CF. Just my opinion.

I find this an extremely interesting thread with some CGN'rs here that obviously know their stuff and are on the inside track of what goes on WRT CF policies and decisions, but could someone please explain the above statement to those of us who are not in the know.

Cheers,

 

[Alpheus]

I suspect it would be along the lines of the snipers seeing a DM program as intruding on their turf, so to speak.

 

[Bile]

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[HKanada182]

Very interesting! And cool!

 

[Tarrantula]

That doesn't seem relevant to the rifle or this thread. If you're looking for info on how the cf wants to use it, call up a base and ask for a public affairs person. Get that info from the horse's mouth instead of conjecture from us keyboard commandos. My 2 cents.

Lol, ok OPSEC

 

[JGPinYYC]

I like the look of that gun, although the rear stock looks a bit clunky.

I'm sort of interested in the sniper versus Designated Marksman discussion as well.

 

[agilent_one]

Should have just went G28, as the US is doing with their CSASS. Research as been done.....why reinvent the wheel?

 

[Bartok5]

I suspect it would be along the lines of the snipers seeing a DM program as intruding on their turf, so to speak.

This. It will be issued on a scale to provide one per designated Spotter position within the CF Sniper Order of Battle. Designated Marksmen (DMs) threaten sniper job protection, therefore they are not going to happen in the foreseeable future.

Odldly enough, all Canada had for snipers prior to the advent of the C3 Parker-Hale bolt-action .308 rifle and the 6x Kahles Optic circa 1975, was de-facto DM's by today's standards. The Lee Enfield "T" Rifles, fitted with a No 32 4x optic were capable of engagements out to approx 800m maximum. That is firmly DM territory in 2020, with snipers more typically operating in the range gate from 1000m to infinity. Canada could stand to benefit from the advent of DMs just as other nations do, where it not for sniper job protection efforts within the CAF...

 

[Rebel Rouser]

Should have just went G28, as the US is doing with their CSASS. Research as been done.....why reinvent the wheel?

Not a Colt product.

 

[Gunnerlove]

Should have just went G28, as the US is doing with their CSASS. Research as been done.....why reinvent the wheel?

It is Canadian policy to control arms production and technical info. Buying off the shelf stops making sense when you can't get spare parts or more product from the original manufacturer. MP5s are dead to HK, FN couldn't meet our delivery dates for Minimis so we built them here and paid royalties.Or say they sold you super awesome gucci kit that worked great in testing but deliver junk requiring multiple full fleet recalls.