The Modern Hunter and the US of A
- Thread starter alberta tactical rifle
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besides, with the new varmint hunter on the way, I don't want to have to compete with the American's to get a rifle from a canadian retailer.
Don't export rifles. Become a supplier for a US company (that you own) that "builds" the final rifle in the US. After a certain amount parts and labour are considered American, then it is "made in the USA". Hell, it works for Harley-Davidson.
The recent sale of ACR's in the usa of close to $1000 off retail shows how few other rifles than AR's are really selling stateside.
US manufacturers look at canada as a small market, the US has at least ten times the people, so even if they sell 10 dow there for everyu one in canada, the market is just as small.
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YES.
They may not love guns, but they know how to protect their own interests.
Do you seriously believe that the reason Dlask Arms cannot sell his version of an AR15 (made from US raw upper/lowers) is all about safety?
The reason for the Lend-Lease import restrictions is all about protecting their industry also.
Yes, there are. But we all know the major, and possibly sole, reason for designing and producing this rifle was because the AR is restricted and cannot be used for normal use (I don't consider being limited to a range normal use). Thus, they designed a really nice AR-like rifle that is just different enough to be able to be classified as NR, but has many ergonomic and functional similarities to the AR.
If the AR was classed as it should be according to our laws, based on barrel length and it's semi automatic functionality, then I would bet dollars to donuts the Modern Hunter never would have came to fruition. It would be far more likely for amazing gunsmiths and designers such as ATRS to simply make really nice, high end, AR15 and AR10 rifles. Heck, they could just as easily make the AR10 in whatever caliber you wanted.
I am sure there would be a small market for this in the US, but to be honest, the price for a rifle like this just can't compete with AR10's if they can both be used in the exact same way. Up here, there is justification for designing a rifle like this, even though it obviously is going to cost a lot more to design a ground-up rifle and produce it. Hence it sells well up here (it's a great gun no doubt, not meaning to knock it in any way, just saying that if the AR10 could be used freely up here, there's likely no way ATRS could justify the cost of design and building a completely unique firearm, or if they did, it would not sell nearly as well as it currently does).
My feelings anyways.... but I don't see the US market being lost as a big loss at all, especially when you are barely keeping up with demand up here!
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- calgary alberta
NO, the challenge is getting the US Dept of State to change its protectionist policies that deem ALL Canadian made black rifle as well as ALL firearms that "may" have been used in a war somewhere as "weapons of war".
Our MH has the identical operating system to an AR10, so not at all unproven. Most people can appreciate high quality even if they can not afford it.
Baer and JP seem to so ok and frankly our rifles are better quality and offer better support.
That's as strong (if not bold) of a statement as I've ever seen one.
onetwentyish
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- East Central AB (AKA Northern Texas)
Honestly after getting mine on Saturday, I have a tendancy to agree with what Rick suggested, however I do agree that was a rather bold statement. This thing is phenominal and Rick and his team really out did themselves! We will see how it stands the test of time and how the customer service is, but I hope to find both as phenominal!
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