Ultra rare......M96 EXPEDITIONARY , ROBINSON ARMS , in green and black!!!!

That's a very nice looking version! I've almost bought one of these more than once but the not-uncommon part breakage and complete lack of support has always dissuaded me. Maybe I should take the plunge!
 
Bartok5 said:
Not correct - the Bren conversion made it into the wild in limited numbers and still come up for sale occasionally. It just consisted of an "upside down" Barrel with offset Foresight and a Receiver "Dust Cover" with an offset Rear Sight. Very simple, actually. Quite a few "Recon Kits" with the shorter 16" barrel were also produced, along with the Green furniture seen above.
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Yeah, I was just going to make an adapter that slide onto the front side base and relocated the factory sight offset and flipped so no need for a new barrel. Then just a dust cover with offset sight. Wouldn't actually have taken much. Now I want to look into it again.
 
yukoncoyote said:
I have one. It's currently broken. Just like it always seems to be. Cool idea and all but meh. I've moved onto things that can be shot and repaired when need be.
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That must be an ungodly horrid feeling to have such a cool rifle broken and nothing you can do about it :(
One expensive paper weight for sure.
This is the reason I always ended up selling my old AR180b's and the one reason I always held off on the M96 despite it being literally right up my alley of NR semi auto black rifle sadly.
 
Broken guns are never fun and the lack of parts and support are real concern for this one, but given the collectability and value of these guns I don't think many are daily drivers. More of a Sunday fun gun to drag out once in awhile a put a few rounds through, so I wouldn't label this one as a risky investment for the parts reason alone. They were very well built guns so issues should be minimal, especially if used lightly. I spoke to RA a couple months ago and they did say they were considering bringing it back into production.
 
I had a couple of these. I bought them hoping the promised belt feed conversion would be produced but it never was. They were great rifles...the only draw backs were that the trigger left a lot to be desired and the guns are very heavy.
 
Strangeday said:
I had a couple of these. I bought them hoping the promised belt feed conversion would be produced but it never was. They were great rifles...the only draw backs were that the trigger left a lot to be desired and the guns are very heavy.
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I dunno, but I think that some memories are a tad faulty. I just measured the trigger pull on my M96 and it came in at 6 lbs 3 oz over 10 pulls with a crisp, clean let-off superior to any mil-standard AR trigger in my inventory. Perhaps you are recalling the early XCR, which had a notoriously heavy & gritty trigger akin to the original AR180!

I won't dispute you on the weight. Mine with the metal Galil stock and optic/mount weighs in at a portly 10lbs 6 Oz. That's what you get with premium stainless sheet steel construction, piston assembly, etc. On the other hand, the weight makes for very light recoil with minimal muzzle flip. Mine is well-balanced with the Galil stock, and slightly muzzle heavy with the standard, fixed polymer stock. Not too bad at all for an 18.6" NR barrel...
 
I might be thinking of a different gun, but did someone happen to either sell one to, or buy one from Arnies Guns in Prince Albert 5-6 years ago?

I remember holding something like this and thinking it was way too heavy (and expensive).
 
It is heavy, it frikkin stainless steel!
Mine was a constant tractor gun when I didn't want to ding my Swiss while haying etc.
Firearms, like ski bindings should be made of metal not plastic.
 
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fenceline said:
Recent posts on US forums are flouting the idea that RA is interested in starting up the line again.
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Horse's mouth said they were considering it.

I considered mine pretty light given the 20" barrel. Though I don't have a pic rail or galil style stock...wouldn't mind changing that though ;) Certainly feels like a quality gun, and the trigger is quite pleasant.
 
Arm&Gun said:
I spoke to RA a couple months ago and they did say they were considering bringing it back into production.
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Oh Jesus...
Look out wallet if they do! If they keep it around the same price as current XCR's I would essentially have to buy one.
Pretty much my bang on ideal concept of what a black rifle should be.
Simple, light weight and iron sights :rockOn:
They really should bring it back. The Stoner 63 style rifle is such a cool concept and other than these old fading rarities with no parts support unfortunately it seems to have been left in the dust bin of history.
 
Bartok5 said:
I dunno, but I think that some memories are a tad faulty. I just measured the trigger pull on my M96 and it came in at 6 lbs 3 oz over 10 pulls with a crisp, clean let-off superior to any mil-standard AR trigger in my inventory. Perhaps you are recalling the early XCR, which had a notoriously heavy & gritty trigger akin to the original AR180!

I won't dispute you on the weight. Mine with the metal Galil stock and optic/mount weighs in at a portly 10lbs 6 Oz. That's what you get with premium stainless sheet steel construction, piston assembly, etc. On the other hand, the weight makes for very light recoil with minimal muzzle flip. Mine is well-balanced with the Galil stock, and slightly muzzle heavy with the standard, fixed polymer stock. Not too bad at all for an 18.6" NR barrel...
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My M96 came in with Bartok5's, the very first batch brought in by Wolverine supplies back in 2000/1999 ish. The trigger was better than anything AR trigger back in those days.

I never ever had any issues with mine, unlike those reported by people later on. It was actually a pretty good rifle to shoot and the recoil was light.

The only downside was the non-chromlined barrel. It was a chore to clean.

Back in the days the thing I really wanted was the RAV or whatever it is, the 7.62X39 variant of the M96. About the same time when KAC came up with the SR47.
 
Nice looking rifle. I wouldn't buy anything from Rob Arms though; they have a terrible reputation. The comments in this thread plus what I know about early XCRs... none of it inspires confidence.
 
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