New rifle from MAGPUL

Says in guns and ammo that the barrel is a slightly modified AR barrel and that modding an ar barrel to fit the gas system is not a hard task. So all you need is an 18.5 AR barrel and your poppin' yotes......if we ever see this rifle in the country that is.
 
This rifle might turn out to be great, or it could turn out to be a total POS. Seeing how Magpul never built a rifle of its own design before, it would be wise to wait until The Masada is actually released and tested by end users before you start singing praises to it.
 
capp325 said:
This rifle might turn out to be great, or it could turn out to be a total POS. Seeing how Magpul never built a rifle of its own design before, it would be wise to wait until The Masada is actually released and tested by end users before you start singing praises to it.
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Agreed. The aluminum extrusion thing kind of worries me.
 
One thing I find interesting about the Masada is it's limited parts interchangeability with AR15's. Though, it is interesting that all the interchangeable parts (except the mags) are parts that Magpul *doesn't* manufacture for aftermarket (barrel, triggers, bolt[maybe?]). But things that they do manufacture (stock, grip) are proprietary! From a modularity perspective this is a downside, why make some parts backwards compatible and not others? But from a business perspective it gives Magpul a whole new market that lies directly in their 'bread and butter'. I am interested to see how the internal steels rails work out, seems like a good idea on paper.
 
It wont make it out of the country unless people do gray area importations of the rifles. Very doubtful the BATF under people like Hillary or Obama will ever let anything to us because under George who is supposed to be pro gun we have seen some of the worse export law interpretations ever.
 
Jarlath said:
Last Jan? You mean Jan 2007 :)

6 prototypes, 3 were doing actual endurance and live fire testing. 3 Months from Concept to working Prototypes (That was in January).

We should write them and ask the status of the project/prototypes.
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Well, when your design process is "Lets make an AR180 look cool!", it's easy to make those kinds of moves.
 
Magpul is aware of the Canadian market! I sent this note to them on the weekend:

Hello,

I saw your Masada at the last SHOT show in Florida. I was very impressed by it, enough to write about it in my SHOT show report in a magazine that I write for (Canadian Shooting Sports magazine, from the Can. Shooting Sports Association).
I have included scans from the issue.
I am now making plans for the next show in Las Vegas, and was wondering if you will be demonstrating it at a range. If so, I would very much welcome the opportunity to take another look at it. I am a SHOT accredited media pass holder.

I can tell you that there is a lot of interest in Canada about the Masada.
Any new high-tech "black" gun that is not a variant of the AR-15 will be VERY popular. The AR-15 is a "restricted" gun under Can. law, meaning that it can only be fired at an approved range, not out in the bush.
This restricted status is applied on a gun by gun basis, so the Robinson XCR, the Armalite AR-180B, and now the Isreali Tavor and the Chinese Type 97A bullpups are coming into Canada as NON-restricted guns.***


If the Masada was made available in Canada, I believe it would do well, as it would most likely be non-restricted, and therefore able to be used for hunting and plinking anywhere.

If a a range day is possible, that would be most appreciated.
Best of luck with your company.

Sincerely,

D R

This is the reply:

Great article! Thanks for the write up. We’re hoping to get these to the Canadian market in the future. As for now the demos we do are limited to here in CO as we’re pushing forward with the development. If you’re interested you may visit us here for a demo. Let me know and again, thanks for the write up.

Drake Clark

Magpul Industries Corp.


***The T97A is restricted by barrel length, those with barrels over 18.5" are non-R
 
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If you get to the 2008 show, please take them aside for a second and explain that how they describe the rifle makes a huge difference in Canada.

Assault=bad. Uses that include predator control, hunting, etc=good.
Really, it would not be hard to include a line like that in the literature.
(And yes I know the Canadian market means diddly to them, but why not
sell a few extra, if all it takes is a line in the official description?

I hope it is exportable to Canada in the future. (Hey, I can hope.)
 
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