I looked those Modern Hunter rifles up on the ATRS site and suffered a bit of sticker shock. What makes them worth the listed $3500?Modern hunter shooting .243 win 55gr varm ballistic tips at about 3600-3650 FPS for coyotes. Still working on 75gr vmax loads for boars and 85 gr barnes for deer. Unfortunately haven't had it out hunting yotes yet, will hopefully get out in the next couple weeks sometime.
I looked those Modern Hunter rifles up on the ATRS site and suffered a bit of sticker shock. What makes them worth the listed $3500?
Thank-you. I hadn't even heard of these till yesterday so was a bit surprised at the price. ATRS is known for producing a quality product.i'll try not to get too far off topic, but to answer your question: the reason that it was worth that for me is that I wanted a non restricted semi auto 243, so the options were limited (I considered a browning BAR as well). I also wanted a high quality, accurate rifle so this one fit the bill. As for what makes them worth the $3500 in general is a matter of opinion, but they are a top quality non restricted black rifle which resembles the very popular black rifles that most can only take to the range.
Part of the reason for the high cost is that the market for them is very small (canada only), so the development costs get spread over a small number of rifles. The other part of it is that the rifle is made by ATRS and they aren't known for being inexpensive... You're paying for the quality and support that they can offer and... think "ATRS Tax". Anyways, shoot me a PM or mosey on over to ATRS's forum if you have any more questions, there is lots of info over there.
Here is mine. Remington 700 chambered in 223 with a Nikon Monarch 5-20x44 scope, Leupold base & rings, and Harris bipod. Lots of people bad mouth the 700, but with 55gr Hornady Vmax bullets on top of 26 grains of Varget this rifle is more accurate than I am.
It may not be the prettiest, but then again neither am I, so we make a great team.
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