Future Weapons New Rifle ???

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I was clicking thru the channels the other night and came across the show Future Weapons.

They were reviewing a new military rifle (not the IAR) that started out it's design as a AR but after many changes the only original parts were the trigger group and possibly the barrel.

It was also a switch barrel that could fire standard 5.56 or 7.62X39 rounds when they didn't want to leave evidence that they were in an area etc.

It was an awesome looking, accurate rifle that could pop apart and back together in seconds into several different configurations...

Does anyone know what rifle I am refering to and if so what do you know about these rifles?
 
I'm trying to like the Masada, but it's got the ###est name in rifle history, and it was made in only 3 months.... Makes me iffy about it.
 
Matt_P said:
I'm trying to like the Masada, but it's got the ###est name in rifle history, and it was made in only 3 months....
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Not to mention that it's made by a company that has no previous experience with building complete/original firearms. I want it to be a good gun, but right now I'm a little skeptical.
 
capp325 said:
Not to mention that it's made by a company that has no previous experience with building complete/original firearms. I want it to be a good gun, but right now I'm a little skeptical.
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There background is plastics, it sounds very similar to another company that was into plastics (plastic curtain rods,..i think John Candy was there salesman :p) before they made an attempt at a firearm, you might of heard of this other company, it was started by some dude named Gaston Glock. His first attempt at a firearm was a little succesfull, he called it a Glock 17. :)
 
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SCULLY said:
There background is plastics, it sounds very similar to another company that was into plastics (plastic curtain rods,..i think John Candy was there salesman :p) before they made an attempt at a firearm, you might of heard of this other company, it was started by some dude named Gaston Glock. His first attempt at a firearm was a little succesfull, he called it a Glock 17. :)
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+1 its always good to have new ideas and designs come to the table!

Plus, the Masada has an extruded 7000 series aluminum reciever, so its just as strong as the AR15 recievers :D
 
It might be more interesting if it shot anything but that puny little girlie round.....223 or .5.56.........gopher gun ,whatever you want to call it.
The new 6.8 sounds more up to the task of knockin' down bad guys.:50cal:
 
6.5 grendel is better.

I'm sick of seeing new rifles that are only made to accomodate 5.56..
it's so simple to have a convertable firearm.. why the hell doesn't everyone do it?
5.56, 6.5 or 6.8, and 7.62X39.
not hard.

very odd.
 
303carbine said:
It might be more interesting if it shot anything but that puny little girlie round.....223 or .5.56.........gopher gun ,whatever you want to call it.
The new 6.8 sounds more up to the task of knockin' down bad guys.:50cal:
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Tell you what, you stand in front of my "girlie gun" and we'll see if you can walk it off after a round or two. Its not what you shoot, its where...

TDC

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BBQ woa,

Keep in mind most rifles that are being produced are targeting the military and LE markets. Civilians for the most part do not have a great deal of influence in new designs. 5.56 being NATO standard, thats what is offered first.
 
SCULLY said:
There background is plastics, it sounds very similar to another company that was into plastics (plastic curtain rods,..i think John Candy was there salesman :p) before they made an attempt at a firearm, you might of heard of this other company, it was started by some dude named Gaston Glock. His first attempt at a firearm was a little succesfull, he called it a Glock 17. :)
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Yeah, and how many others' first attempts at a firearm were that successful?


first time builders = iffy
 
303carbine said:
It might be more interesting if it shot anything but that puny little girlie round.....223 or .5.56.........gopher gun ,whatever you want to call it.
The new 6.8 sounds more up to the task of knockin' down bad guys.:50cal:
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I am kinda with you on this one. After cutting my teeth on the FN in the Regular Force and then being handed a C7, I was less than confident in going from a round that I could take deer or moose with to one that was useful for Richardson's Ground Squirrels to Coyotes. Personally I am hoping the the Military figure out a better dia. bullet to use. I was hoping more for a 6.5 as it has some excellent ballistics. The .277 if they go with the 6.8 is still much better.
Let's face it, there is a reason that they are trying larger rounds.
 
First time builders aren't always that successful but you have to start somewhere. The intended features of the Masada are very well thought out. Whether or not the rifle performs as intended/advertised is yet to be seen. Personally I think it'll work just fine. Magpul has yet to put out a lemon in their product lineup. Remember, these are the folks who re-engineered a follower, then proceeded to advance upon their own design immediately after releasing it.

TDC
 
Very neat gun thanks for the youtube link. They should have made a ambi dust cover but probably not as much an issue with a piston driven gun. Also I'm not sure how much creative enginering they had to use. Didn't the masada borrow the piston design from that AR-180? The quick release barrel and some injection molding (which they are masters of) is really all the innovation needed. They are using proven designs here - you know back to the future kinda stuff. There is nothing earth shattering about this design except they have made it ultra customizable.....
 
SCULLY said:
There background is plastics, it sounds very similar to another company that was into plastics (plastic curtain rods,..i think John Candy was there salesman :p) before they made an attempt at a firearm, you might of heard of this other company, it was started by some dude named Gaston Glock. His first attempt at a firearm was a little succesfull, he called it a Glock 17. :)
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For every Gaston Glock there's a hundred firearm designers that you've never heard of because their designs were commercial failures ;)
 
I won't buy anything from that company apart from Magpuls until they change their name from Magpul to something a little more serious..
 
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