- Location
- Blaster land, Okanagan BC
I’m waiting, not for a change in govt but for someone to actually build a semi auto that isn’t a total pos. If the R18 mk3 isn’t a hot mess I’ll seriously consider buying one, maybe a .223 Raven.
Nice taste!!!But I know I will run out to buy a spear LT in 2025 if I can.
Heh can you showI know that my thoughts will likely trigger those folks who dislike what I have to say. Oh well....
Of all of the choices CURRENTLY available or soon to be on the market, I would wait for the SAI R18 Mk3. With that platform your $1800 will buy you a previously unheard of degree of quality materials, workmanship, functionality and reliability in a Canadian-made utility/sporting rifle. It may take a few months to come to market (especially if there is a Vancouver Port Strike), but I honestly believe that subject to live-fire testing, the Mk3 will offer the best combination of quality and price on the Canadian market.
The Lockhart Raven isn't a bad choice, however the proprietor's insistence on using CeraKote rather than hard-coat anodizing as his protective finish is misguided and inadquate in my view. Especially because 6064 aluminum alloy is softer than the 7075 alloy normally used in the construction of utility/sporting rifles. The lack of hard-coat anodizing results in the steel Bolt Carrier wearing against the interior walls of the raw aluminum Upper Receiver. Not at all cool over the long run for durability.....
YMMV, but I am waiting for the SAI R18 Mk3 as my next purchase. Followed in 2025 by a SIG SPEAR, hopefully NR in 6.5 Creedmoor....
Think it’s worth selling a Raven to get into the mk3?I know that my thoughts will likely trigger those folks who dislike what I have to say. Oh well....
Of all of the choices CURRENTLY available or soon to be on the market, I would wait for the SAI R18 Mk3. With that platform your $1800 will buy you a previously unheard of degree of quality materials, workmanship, functionality and reliability in a Canadian-made utility/sporting rifle. It may take a few months to come to market (especially if there is a Vancouver Port Strike), but I honestly believe that subject to live-fire testing, the Mk3 will offer the best combination of quality and price on the Canadian market.
The Lockhart Raven isn't a bad choice, however the proprietor's insistence on using CeraKote rather than hard-coat anodizing as his protective finish is misguided and inadquate in my view. Especially because 6064 aluminum alloy is softer than the 7075 alloy normally used in the construction of utility/sporting rifles. The lack of hard-coat anodizing results in the steel Bolt Carrier wearing against the interior walls of the raw aluminum Upper Receiver. Not at all cool over the long run for durability.....
YMMV, but I am waiting for the SAI R18 Mk3 as my next purchase. Followed in 2025 by a SIG SPEAR, hopefully NR in 6.5 Creedmoor....
For the average user who perhaps shoots 100 rds once per month, either platform should be fine. I don't think that I would sell at a loss just to get into the other platform, however if the right deal came along, why not? Variety is the spice of life for me, so I like to collect 'em all. I will own both at the end of the day...Think it’s worth selling a Raven to get into the mk3?
What is this SIG Spear 2025 talk?YMMV, but I am waiting for the SAI R18 Mk3 as my next purchase. Followed in 2025 by a SIG SPEAR, hopefully NR in 6.5 Creedmoor....
there is NOTHING easy about folding the Cross buttstock lol
the Silver edition is supposedly machined from 6064, so a softer alloy than the Platinum's 7075. That said, I have a Silver Edition Upper Receiver and a Platinum Edition spare Upper Receiver that I built up into a .300 Blk. Both Upper Receivers show early signs of wear on the interior walls where the Steel Bolt Carrier slides back and forth. You can see where the CeraKote has worn away, exposing the raw alloy to wear from the parkerized steel Bolt Carrier. This is where I expect accelerated wear to occur, seeing as how the Bolt Carrier has already worn away the "protective" CeraKote, which is hardly protective at all.Heh can you showr tell me where I could view this excessive wear.
I gues the fact that my Raven is 7075 should retard the wear???
This is the way.For the average user who perhaps shoots 100 rds once per month, either platform should be fine. I don't think that I would sell at a loss just to get into the other platform, however if the right deal came along, why not? Variety is the spice of life for me, so I like to collect 'em all. I will own both at the end of the day...
What is this SIG Spear 2025 talk?
Not sure if you can do selective anodizing, as the part gets immersed into an electrically-charged, heated chemical bath. That said, if you didn't remove the CeraKote on the exterior of the Receiver halves, I suppose only the inner channel where you bead-blast the CeraKote away would get the surface conversion and hardening process. Theoretically, at least.....Can you do just the inside channel? humm
right got you