Robinson M96 expeditionary rifle availabile in Canada?

hunterhenderson said:
doesn't make it less interesting
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No, it's not that it's not interesting, but what happens is that guys will see the first post, not notice the date, reply to the question asked, not realizing that the OP almost certainly has had their question long ago answered (or been banned). It ends up wasting everyone's time. Resurrecting these types of old threads adds no value.

There's nothing wrong with starting a new thread.
 
Master-G said:
No, it's not that it's not interesting, but what happens is that guys will see the first post, not notice the date, reply to the question asked, not realizing that the OP almost certainly has had their question long ago answered (or been banned). It ends up wasting everyone's time. Resurrecting these types of old threads adds no value.

There's nothing wrong with starting a new thread.
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I can't agree with that. There is a lot of excellent information buried in the old threads on this and other forums that has never been seen by members who have only been here for a few years. A simple post by Hunter Henderson would be very likely to fade and disappear quickly on it's own, but by bumping an old thread with it he has brought up 6 pages of old pages for some new viewers to see. I wish it would happen more often.

Having said that, I do wish people would look at the dates a little more often so to make sure that the answer they are posting still makes sense years later. It is not very helpful to post "I saw a dozen in Crappy Tire last week!!" in 2015 to a question of "Where can I get a SVT40?" asked in 2009.

Ix said:
Nice rifle dead thread or not, why did they stop building these again?
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They stopped building them to focus on their own design, the XCR. I consider this too bad as the XCR is of no interest to me whatsoever. I would have been much more interested in their work if they had finished their M96 program. As it was they abandoned it part way through, leaving a number of promised (and in my opinion, crucial) system components unmade.
 
From what I understood the M96 was difficult to build as there was lots of welding and jig work. We sold quite a few and I still believe one of the best non restricted black guns out there. Phil.
 
Was out shooting my M96 today as well as my XCR, robinson arms builds some quality stuff. Both rifles function perfectly as designed, both are a touch heavy LOL
 
i still kick myself for selling/trading mine, although i see it is for sale again in the EE
sometimes i think if i could sell my Swiss Arms i could get another M96
then i'd kick myself for selling the SA.
the M96 is/was awesome for what it was designed for and very easy to take down/service

i'd rather have a necro thread than another "which SKS is better" or "what load for 223"
 
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Ix said:
Nice rifle dead thread or not, why did they stop building these again?
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The M96 has a relatively small following, probably due in large part to its high price and new manufacturer. There do not appear to have been any military or law enforcement sales of the M96, probably for the same reasons. As of 2012, the rifle is no longer in production.
 
Ebola said:
I would buy one if they did.
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I think I would too. I've come very close a few times—I really like the idea of the rifle—but the prospect of owning a $3000 paperweight if something breaks (and, from reading threads here, parts breakage is not uncommon) has always scared me off. As beltfed mentions above if RA can provide adequate support it'd be a tempting buy. (And a Bren conversion kit would seal the deal!)
 
hunterhenderson said:
Robinson is talking about bringing them out again
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Where'd you hear this? They got out of them because they were such a pain to make. Virtually hand built so very labor intensive and expensive. He would have to have come up with a completely new way to manufacture them to keep them at a price point where they could sell.

very cool rifles though, I looked at buying one just after they stopped making them but it was just too pricey at the time. I would look at one now if they start making them again for a decent price.
 
crashcollins said:
Where'd you hear this? They got out of them because they were such a pain to make. Virtually hand built so very labor intensive and expensive. He would have to have come up with a completely new way to manufacture them to keep them at a price point where they could sell.

very cool rifles though, I looked at buying one just after they stopped making them but it was just too pricey at the time. I would look at one now if they start making them again for a decent price.
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read this on another gun site

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