Insite Arms is the only gunsmith in Canada that I would let touch/build me a rifle.
I live in the states and shoot PRS events (I am a Canadian citizen though), and my current rifle is a GAP Crusader that was recently re-barreled by Insite Arms. I could have had any number of top U.S. smiths work on my rifle (GAP, SAC, Gradous, Patriot Valley Arms, etc.), but decided to go with Insite Arms (which I believe says a lot considering the gunsmiths that live in the same country that I currently do). There are maybe a dozen gunsmiths in North America that I would consider having me build or work on my rifle - if I spend that much money on a rifle, I want to know that it was done right.
Why did I choose Insite Arms? Because they were personally trained by Robert Gradous, considered by some to be the best gunsmith when it comes to precision rifles. Robert doesn't just help anybody, and the fact that he has invested so much of his own time training up the guys at Insite Arms speaks volumes. It also helped that they had a barrel that I wanted in stock, haha.
So I brought my rifle up with me this summer when I came to Canada, this is the result of the rebarrel from Insite Arms:
That's 5 rounds of factory Hornady 140 grain AMAX's. And my rifle isn't the only rifle that shoots, all of the rifles they produce shoot. In fact, 5 of the top 20 shooters at the Meaford shoot were shooting Insite Arm rifles (mine included if you count the rebarrel).
If I was to get a PRS specific rifle built today in Canada, it would be an Insite Arms rifle with their new action. The action isn't in production quite yet, they had the prototype at the Meaford PRS match, but it looks like it's going to be an awesome action that's Canadian made. It's essentially based off of the GAP Tempest, but made in Canada for the Canadian market. The action is built like a tank and will be really quick to run with the 60* bolt throw. More info there: http://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showthread.php/1456686-Introducing-the-i16s-Action. Put that in the stock of your choice (McM A5 w/Surgeon dbm or MPA chassis would be my choices), Hawkhill barrel and top it off with quality glass and you will have a very solid rifle built for PRS type matches.
The boys at Insite Arms know what they are doing, they build rifles that flat out shoot and they are awesome to deal with.
I live in the states and shoot PRS events (I am a Canadian citizen though), and my current rifle is a GAP Crusader that was recently re-barreled by Insite Arms. I could have had any number of top U.S. smiths work on my rifle (GAP, SAC, Gradous, Patriot Valley Arms, etc.), but decided to go with Insite Arms (which I believe says a lot considering the gunsmiths that live in the same country that I currently do). There are maybe a dozen gunsmiths in North America that I would consider having me build or work on my rifle - if I spend that much money on a rifle, I want to know that it was done right.
Why did I choose Insite Arms? Because they were personally trained by Robert Gradous, considered by some to be the best gunsmith when it comes to precision rifles. Robert doesn't just help anybody, and the fact that he has invested so much of his own time training up the guys at Insite Arms speaks volumes. It also helped that they had a barrel that I wanted in stock, haha.
So I brought my rifle up with me this summer when I came to Canada, this is the result of the rebarrel from Insite Arms:
That's 5 rounds of factory Hornady 140 grain AMAX's. And my rifle isn't the only rifle that shoots, all of the rifles they produce shoot. In fact, 5 of the top 20 shooters at the Meaford shoot were shooting Insite Arm rifles (mine included if you count the rebarrel).
If I was to get a PRS specific rifle built today in Canada, it would be an Insite Arms rifle with their new action. The action isn't in production quite yet, they had the prototype at the Meaford PRS match, but it looks like it's going to be an awesome action that's Canadian made. It's essentially based off of the GAP Tempest, but made in Canada for the Canadian market. The action is built like a tank and will be really quick to run with the 60* bolt throw. More info there: http://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showthread.php/1456686-Introducing-the-i16s-Action. Put that in the stock of your choice (McM A5 w/Surgeon dbm or MPA chassis would be my choices), Hawkhill barrel and top it off with quality glass and you will have a very solid rifle built for PRS type matches.
The boys at Insite Arms know what they are doing, they build rifles that flat out shoot and they are awesome to deal with.
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