The different types of Ar15 straight pulls designs are really interesting to me so this was really neat!
@hanktorrance68552 жыл бұрын
Necessity is the mother of invention, and it's a beautiful piece of engineering as well, in an AR straight pull is obvious, but in standard hunting and sport rifles is pure joy
@mrshort23792 жыл бұрын
I like the handguard, flash suppressor, and the rear charging handle, but dang I am glad I do not have to have a straight pull AR-15 in the U.S. at least not yet anyway but that handguard is Rocken it.
@PaperHunter2 жыл бұрын
I'm lucky enough to have bought an AR15 built by Mark Bradley of Bradley Arms before his untimely death. It really is a work of art. Machined, fitted and finished with precision and care that mass manufacture just can't match. Basically the Holland and Holland of ARs.
@lazylobster312 жыл бұрын
I believe the missing lug is to satisfy Austrian regulations, something about making the bolt not useable with full auto components. Not sure how removing a lug would affect that though.
@brianjames86002 жыл бұрын
LMT does that on their Enhanced bolt and they say it’s because it disperses the stress more evenly on the lugs to prevent lug 1 & 7 shearing. That’s likely why a German manufacturer did it. It would have no bearing on full auto or anything like that.
@lazylobster312 жыл бұрын
I didn't know that, thanks for sharing! But I still think it's done for Austrian regulation. I read on an Austrian forum that they had to remove a lug to conform to the law, even if it had no affect. Lawmakers don't know how guns work. They must be doing this to sell the same model more easily in every European country. I had one of the standard Schmeisser semi auto AR's and it had all the lugs.
@Stip962 жыл бұрын
im from Austria and my Schmeisser M5F has the removed lug, also the corresponding position in the barrel extension is blocked so a standard "foreign" bolt with all the lugs cant pass and it wouldnt go into battery. i think the laws have changed since and it might no longer be necessary. it still sucks tho, because if i want a replacement bolt i have to buy the crippled austrian version
@mytmousemalibu2 жыл бұрын
The LMT enhanced bolt came to mind. As mentioned, its for bolt balancing in case of the LMT, to not have unequal loading of the lugs. Supposedly this is reason high round count bolts can/do shear a lug, usually the 7th lug.
@lazylobster312 жыл бұрын
Interesting, weird that they would have removed the lug and not filled the slot if the law asked for that, seems like not going all the way. Well, it's time to burn that barrel down and replace it and the bolt by non-crippled ones, see that as a motivation to shoot more ;)
@wrxs17812 жыл бұрын
Good video, Troy Ind. in the US make two types of manually operated AR type platforms.
@teggy6892 жыл бұрын
I like this design, pity it can't be imported to Australia because it looks "scary". We have a few Australian designed ones but they aren't well suited to service rifle style shooting. They are either pump action or they put the cocking handle on the left which means you need to break your position for every shot, also means you can't use a sling for support. I think I did remember seeing one with the cocking handle on the correct ergonomic side but they put it so far forward it was redundant.
@jason2009122 жыл бұрын
It's why you never give away rights for free. Australia was full of fudds that believed magazines were useless. So they gave away their magazine rights without much resistance. Then the next year, more rights were asked for. And more. And more. To the point of a ban for anyone that isn't rich.
@hottieEJ2 жыл бұрын
So what I'm hearing is left handers finally have a rifle build for them and it's because they tried to make it as hard as they could on the Australian public?
@Hermann-lz2jb2 жыл бұрын
Joerg sprave reference 🤤🤤🤤🤤
@BlokeontheRange2 жыл бұрын
Well spotted :)
@MrGrimsmith2 жыл бұрын
I was checking to see if anyone else had noted that. Perhaps a bloke on the range with a slingshot at some point? :D
@AlejandroGarcia-mu4ww2 жыл бұрын
Greetings from Moses Lake, Washington, USA. I enjoyed the video
@jimb.942Ай бұрын
So did I from Lynden, Washington.
@wanderer77552 жыл бұрын
Note - all calibres in the UK have the angled charging handle it's not just the 9mm. I have the 14" carbine in .223, was one of the first imported
@scottborkowski44872 жыл бұрын
it wasnt the angle as much and the fact that the 9mm had an extension moving the handle rearward watch the video you will see the difference
@tangero34622 жыл бұрын
Honestly I kinda wish I could get one of these upper assemblies in the US just in the interest of making a 50-states sort of rifle that uses common components and is actually easy to mount good irons to. I'll probably just suffice with a Ruger American
@mattfleming862 жыл бұрын
Id actually own something like that in a new long range cartridge like 6mm arc or 6.5g. They should, however, "commit" to this and not mill the charging handle spot, only go with one bolt hold open for clearing misfeeds, etc. I recall something about some companies skipping the lug across from the extractor to make the forces on the bolt symmetrical and reduce chances of lug failure? But my memory is hazy on the details, and I seem to recall it being hokum. Greetings from the US
@kiwigrunt3302 жыл бұрын
This looks like the most interesting one I have seen so far. We are going through this crap now for Service Rifle.
@simonjones61282 жыл бұрын
First time I have come across a straight pull a r very interesting Mike
@SGTDuckButter2 жыл бұрын
I had no idea anyone made anything like that. Too many other bolt action guns I’d rather have and especially at that price point.
@antongrahn14992 жыл бұрын
The price point is a bit a problem for sure.
@TheeCambion2 жыл бұрын
I'd go for a higher caliber if your stuck in a country without rights and have to have a bolt operated gun mine as well go for 308.
@BlokeontheRange2 жыл бұрын
It's not bad at all in European prices.
@SGTDuckButter2 жыл бұрын
@@BlokeontheRange Well Bloke, you seem to have your hands on lots of guns, how about you getting an AR15 bolt and put it into that straight pull bolt carrier. I’ll bet it not only doesn’t fit but it would never function. If it does fit the lugs on the barrel I’ll bet don’t alien hence the never function. I’m a betting man, take me up on it and make a video.
@johnfrench78042 жыл бұрын
An AR that definitely will fail the InRange mud test.
@jic12 жыл бұрын
But Karl would be happy that it doesn't have a forward assist.
@joebenson5282 жыл бұрын
@@jic1 Anyone that cries about the forward assist has never needed the forward assist while they're larping in the Mojave Desert.
@jic12 жыл бұрын
@@joebenson528 I can't remember if he ever used the forward assist during one of his mud tests or not. It seems fair enough if he doesn't think it's necessary, but I don't really understand why it seems to offend him so much.
@joebenson5282 жыл бұрын
@@jic1 I'll never understand forward assist hate as long as the T Handle exists.
@coolsenjoyer2 жыл бұрын
@@jic1 I don't think he actively hates FA, he's just been defensive of his stance when people give him shit for not deeming it necessary in a rifle that's supposed to be how Stoner would've made it today.
@dave_7242 жыл бұрын
now this is interesting i think there being brought into the uk now exciting rifle
@cheesebuger132 жыл бұрын
Funnily enough NY has an AWB banning semi-auto rifles with a pistol grip and detachable magazine along few other features. For some reason law-makers said straight pulls aren't aloud.
@modulo36642 жыл бұрын
These appear to still turn into semi-auto if you put one of those CMMG .22 conversions into it since its a just an adapted BCG and you don't need gas for the .22...
@alancarr33812 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the video
@subdvr2 жыл бұрын
Ive had some failures where the neck breaks on the charging handle after excessive use (CSR comps), the 9mm dogleg should be the standard in my opinion for all Schmeisser straight pulls, had a SGC charging handle professionally fitted to give me confidence, cant have failures in the middle of a competition :) Great gun for CSR, it did get me through a whole winter season and the imperial before the handle broke, so about 1000 rnds. Just keep an eye on it.
@larrythorn47152 жыл бұрын
"Hey Government can we get freedom?" "No, we have freedom at home." Freedom at home: This video...
@scottborkowski44872 жыл бұрын
Ive built 2 of them with side charging uppers one in 5.56 and one in 7.62x 39 because I wanted to see if there was a difference in accuracy from a bolt to semi auto in same platform. There is but what causes it is hard to tell both guns have very good barrels better than my other ARs so that could be part of it.
@BlokeontheRange2 жыл бұрын
Back in Holland I used to use my HBAR Oberland Arms for 100m "Target Rifle" equivalent with tuned loads (69gn SMK). I didn't notice any difference between gas on and gas off, but there was a big difference between loading from the mag and single loading. I didn't have a loading sled (Brownells etc. wouldn't ship them to Europe at that time) so would chuck one in the side, reach over and drop the bolt (this was sling supported with target iron sights, and I was shooting consistently 96-99 on a 1 MOA bullseye, gauged to 8mm cos that's how it was done)
@ATH_Berkshire2 жыл бұрын
@@BlokeontheRange Did you come up with a reason way they way the cartridge got into the chamber changed the guns accuracy?
@joemorganeatmyshortschannel2 жыл бұрын
That's kinda cool for what it is and then you could just like pop the upper off and then put a standard one on
@LadyAnuB2 жыл бұрын
The bolt lugs being symmetrical are probably related to machining, machine one side, flip over, machine second side
@genericpersonx3332 жыл бұрын
Indeed, and since these guns won't be beating themselves up like the semiautomatics and automatics would be, the extra lug's safety factor is mostly superfluous so long as they were careful to ensure you can't reassemble the bolt incorrectly.
@urkince262 жыл бұрын
That would make sense if they were still using old fashioned manual mills. I would be amazed if Ze Germans weren't using modern 5 axis CNC
@doejohn86742 жыл бұрын
This could be interesting for France, but in .222rem (I think Schmeisser offers it in this caliber) and in 300blk and thus could be bought with a simple hunting or sport shooter licence, no prefectoral authorisation needed. (in France any firearm in .223/5.56 or 9mm is automatically in cat B, even as a repeater).
@jic12 жыл бұрын
Are rounds like 6.8 SPC and 6.5 Grendel popular in France? I assume they would also be considered hunting/sport shooting cartridges.
@doejohn86742 жыл бұрын
@@jic1 Those two are also cat C, you can find the ammo, but as far as I know they are not really common (I am based in Switzerland, but talk regularly to French gun owners)
@francklebourg8455 Жыл бұрын
It does exist in France in 222 👌
@Salty-Frenchy Жыл бұрын
I'm french and have one in 222, the lmr model with fluted pretty heavy barrel and it's beautifull, mine groups asshole tight submoa with cheap ppu 50 grain soft point ammo wich is awesome 😁
@nohandlesavailable6772 жыл бұрын
I would love seeing what happens interchanging parts in the US. Maybe bring to desert brutality this year? Would be amazing content.
@BlokeontheRange2 жыл бұрын
Bringing guns to the US for a match is a bit of a ballache, and couldn't bring that one cos it's under 16" barrel length. Something like that at a Finnish Brutality might be fun though! Although I'd rather try Frankenrifle first as manual action.
@schrodingersgat43442 жыл бұрын
Would make an interesting host for a suppressor.
@mattpeacock52082 жыл бұрын
Your KZfaq name is dope af!
@JESUSsaves9972 жыл бұрын
True and with sub-sonic munition it would be so pleasant on the ear,at the cost of range .
@jic12 жыл бұрын
In the UK, it isn't really that much harder or more expensive to get a suppressed (they say 'moderated') 12"-barrelled rifle than any other, so that would be perhaps one of the few areas where you could say that British shooters maybe have an advantage over their American counterparts.
@doejohn86742 жыл бұрын
@@jic1 This in 300blk would be a great suppressor host! @Schmeisser please get to work and sell some uppers in 300blk :)
@jic12 жыл бұрын
@@doejohn8674 The thing is, not many people in the UK seems particularly interested in the medium and large-bore AR cartridges like .350 Legend and.450 Bushmaster, but it seems to me that they would really shine in subsonic loads in a suppressed hunting rifle. The Bushmaster would probably even be deer-legal, at least outside Scotland.
@johnstacy79022 жыл бұрын
looks like there's going to be a market in Canada for something like this soon....
@baneofbanes2 жыл бұрын
I mean all rifle magazines are going to be restricted to 5 rounds so does it really matter?
@ATH_Berkshire2 жыл бұрын
@@baneofbanes Any idea what the plan is for the horde’s of Enfield’s in Canada?
@baneofbanes2 жыл бұрын
@@ATH_Berkshire don’t know but I’ve been told they won’t be affected.
@socalgn1592 жыл бұрын
They should import uppers to California. That state has about all the same restrictions that rifle was made to circumvent in Europe.
@neglectfulsausage76892 жыл бұрын
Only a moron calls compliance with the law "circumventing the law"
@b.griffin3172 жыл бұрын
So long as they can accept standard AR uppers they're likely illegal in CA. I can speak from experience on the other coast.
@Tallus_ap_Mordren2 жыл бұрын
@@b.griffin317 not illegal in CA, yet. As soon as you put a semi-auto upper on a lower with two or more ‘assault features’ it becomes a felony, but not before. Speaking from CA. AR pistol uppers are another matter, but that involves Federal constructive possession, not CA law.
@joebenson5282 жыл бұрын
@@Tallus_ap_Mordren None of the laws apply if you don't tell anyone. And should you have to air out a would be criminal, switch lowers, get your lawyer on site or on the phone before calling the tyrants for clean up.
@baneofbanes2 жыл бұрын
@@b.griffin317 no
@cameronmccreary47582 жыл бұрын
I like the case a lot better than the firearm! 😁
@kardstore2 жыл бұрын
The future of AR's in California.
@ABCantonese2 жыл бұрын
😫😫😫😫😫😫😵 With Biden in office, it could probably be more than just California...
@TheeCambion2 жыл бұрын
More like our whole country
@hillaryconstable42832 жыл бұрын
Hope so!
@barbarousfellow2 жыл бұрын
@@hillaryconstable4283 Enjoy being a slave.
@b.griffin3172 жыл бұрын
So long as it uses a lower which can take semi-auto uppers then nope.
@captainscarlett12 жыл бұрын
Pretty much an AR without a gas system, no? I've seen pump action AR style rifles too. I guess any broken semi-auto rifle becomes a de-facto straight pull repeating rifle. I had an M1 carbine like that, fine for hunting or target shooting.
@joebenson5282 жыл бұрын
All you have to do is blow your gas tube. You've effectively created this rifle albeit with a T handle.
@prfwrx24973 ай бұрын
My unhinged arse wants that big bolt knob on an auto loading AR for shits and giggles
@TheAir21422 жыл бұрын
California market would appreciate this upper.
@jic12 жыл бұрын
Seems a bit nicer than that pump-action thing Matt from Demo Ranch was messing about with a while ago.
@baneofbanes2 жыл бұрын
Nah. You can still get semi auto rifles in Cali
@luissantiago51632 жыл бұрын
Oh neato
@MacDorsai2 жыл бұрын
For Americans, building one of these would be pretty easy. You can get a side charging upper so the only mods you'd need to make would be to remove the gas rings, gas tube, and spin the gas block around to block the port. Then it could be converted back if desired. Maybe make a custom charging handle to get it where you want. I'd like some feedback from shooters who have used these for tips on the optimum bolt knob position. Is a standard buffer still desirable or just empty out the weights?
@scottborkowski44872 жыл бұрын
I used for the 2 I built Green Mountain gunsmith special barrels ( an unprofiled blank) so .990 from chamber to muzzle no gas port, had to buy the crowning tool to put an 11 degree target crown on them, the BCG was a Bear Creek aresenal side charging upper with the BCG. Both are very accurate. you do however have to reach for the handle to cock them. Not a big deal for a bench gun. just pull it back and let the spring seat it. Uintah Precision makes a true bolt action AR but it very proprietary and expensive.
@BlokeontheRange2 жыл бұрын
Valmont Arms in the UK sells a light buffer + spring system for straight pulls. If I get this rifle, I'll get one of them too.
@burville1002 жыл бұрын
I have witnessed a case separation at the range with a straight pull AR. which blew the gasses back through the magazine. Caused an almighty mess. My question is... Would this have happened if there was a gas tube present on the rifle?
@BlokeontheRange2 жыл бұрын
Yes.
@mattfleming862 жыл бұрын
The peak pressures in both systems would be shortly after firing- well before the bullet would hit the location of a gas port. It was likely a bad piece of brass, an overpressured round, excessive headspace, or indicative of some other "oddity."
@richardelliott95112 жыл бұрын
I have never been all that interested in ARs but I do find these intriguing, especially being able to manipulate the bolt without totally breaking you grip. However as an American traditionalist, I would be far more interested in a lever action version. There is a short utube clip on a "one off" Ruger 96 that was reconfigured as a "modern sporting" rifle. Now that caught my attention! As I think on it the finger movements for working the action are very similar on the two but with the hardest bit being in the opposite direction. Hmm, we'll have to see where the price falls if they ever reach the US? Thanks for the preview Bloke
@BlokeontheRange2 жыл бұрын
There was a "lever action" version sold in the UK a while back, where you pivoted the pistol grip forward to cock it. It never caught on.
@richardelliott95112 жыл бұрын
@@BlokeontheRange thanks Mike I wasn't aware of that gun but it does sound like a bit of a cludge, a moving pistol grip seems like it might defeat the purpose of a pistol grip in the first place. The Ruger that I mentioned retained the original lever but it was repositioned the verticall follow the leading edge of the pistol grip. If I remember correctly, he was moving the lever by simply opening and closing his hand. A very similar motion to what you demonstrated here, which seems to be ideal and a very natural movement. That is the type of motion that many of us cowboy action shooters strive to achieve with our lever guns in our efforts for conservation of movement in order to shave time. Cheers!
@lobster80092 жыл бұрын
The missing locking lug could be a feature for the german market. Guns sold on the German market, by law, can not be converted by laymen with simple tools. A straight pull repeating AR could be converted in to a differed cathegory of gun by dropping in a few parts thus making it semi automatic. They had to change it in a way you cant drop in a few parts and make it semi i reckon.
@BlokeontheRange2 жыл бұрын
You can drop a standard bolt in there though cos the barrel extension has all the cuts for it.
@42crazyguy Жыл бұрын
Would love to see what it takes to restore the gas system to one of these.
@zackhawn59442 жыл бұрын
Imagine living in a country where this gun is badass.
@andycraig69052 жыл бұрын
Eh, if it was a pump action it'd be better. But it is actually pretty badass because you can legally have something far more capable than these politicians in these restricted countries ever wanted you to have.
@HolmWrecker2 жыл бұрын
I wouldn't take it if someone gave it to me. All I train for is mag dumps and reload. Just like our local law enforcement does. Law enforcement that doesn't care that I'm openly armed with whatever weapon I see fit to carry. My backup is a full size Ka-Bar. It's gotta suck to be a serf. 🇺🇸
@andycraig69052 жыл бұрын
@@HolmWrecker sounds like a decent place. It'd be nice to not be looked at weird when I put on my lbe.
@NightmareGbg Жыл бұрын
Allowed for hunting in Sweden too.
@robjack9710 Жыл бұрын
So if you had a suppressor on it, it would be quieter than a standard semi automatic ar?
@Mockturtlesoup12 жыл бұрын
As someone who is right handed but left eye dominant, it drives me nuts how few AR manufacturers make ambi rifles/lowers(and the ones that do cost like $250.) I don't know if it's a difficult thing to get right(though it doesn't seem so), or if it has something to do with parts interchangeability(though I don't think it's that either, since every company I'm aware of that makes them-including a random guy I found on gunbroker who makes them at his home-provide all of the propriety parts needed when you purchase the lower), or what the deal is, but I feel like lefties and righties(and especially cross dominant folks like me) could all benefit from ambi guns. It just really surprises me that in 2022, with all of the seemingly endless number of AR makers, parts makers/sellers, etc., and more importantly, combined with the fact that 30% of people in the U.S. are left eye dominant(meaning that nearly 1 in every 3 shooters is/probably should be shooting their long guns lefty), that only a handful of companies make ambi guns/lowers, and only one that I'm aware of(Stag Arms) makes completely lefty guns(meaning that even the ejection port is on the left side of the gun.)
@BlokeontheRange2 жыл бұрын
It's simply a risk-reward thing. Stag have the niche. The WWSD lower is ambi cos of the 2 left-handers involved in driving the project.
@Mockturtlesoup12 жыл бұрын
@@BlokeontheRange I'm not sure exactly what you mean. What is the "risk" involved in selling ambi rifles/lowers? Or at least making them an option, so that if it is more expensive(whether that's due to the extra/different machining, the extra parts, or having two different versions of their guns/lowers)they can charge more the ambi guns? I hear/see people all the time at the range, gun shops, in the occasional class, etc. either say they wish they had an ambi/left handed gun, or more often, ask me where I got mine because they either didn't know they existed, or couldn't find one, or are lefties(or like me are righties who are cross eye dominant) and have just always dealt with having right handed guns(and everything else.) **edit** Sorry, I just realized my comment may have come across as argumentative. Didn't mean it that way.
@BlokeontheRange2 жыл бұрын
@Mockturtlesoup1 That it costs a lot of money that they won't make back. It's a universal thing in the firearms industry that people say they want X, that they're prepared to pay for it, but when it hits the market they go ZOHMAGAWDS I'm not paying that! XD So many firearms startups have folded due to this phenomenon (doo dooooo bi doo doo)
@TheOz912 жыл бұрын
The only thing I wonder about these straight pulls is the case extraction, especially with "hot" ammunition. It had been an issue in the past, for sure, with people needing to hold the rifle against their bodies while pulling the charging handle, or at worst, mortaring their rifles. Therefore, my question is whether manufacturers today have changed things in the chamber a bit to accommodate reliable extraction (like much better tolerancing, which would definitely make the semi-auto ones run well, too), or do they just put a list of recommended ammunition for the best shooting experience? It certainly doesn't look like there's any accommodation for primary extraction like in "regular" bolt guns, though the handle would give a degree of leverage, especially when you try to go for rapid shots. In my inexperienced opinion, it does appear that this rifle has the potential for really good rates of fire, about as good as "slow" semi-auto shots, probably. There's very little movement that needs to be done since you can easily reach for the handle. I do wonder if I can find a direct comparison of rate of fire between this type of system and a regular bolt action, everything else being equalised, of course.
@BlokeontheRange2 жыл бұрын
Yes, there's no primary extraction, so that can be a problem with sticky ammo. But the chamber fouls much less than a semiauto so provided it's clean and the ammo isn't sticky, it's not a major problem.
@TheOz912 жыл бұрын
@@BlokeontheRange So you shouldn't run steel cased ammo in these guns then
@BlokeontheRange2 жыл бұрын
Probably not a good idea, no!
@andrewstoll45482 жыл бұрын
I would like to have that reciever for my 6.5 Grendel. I mainly will be using it for long range competition.
@johnstacy79022 жыл бұрын
To bad they don't sell just the bolt. You could modify everything else pretty EZ
@tomunterwegs12062 жыл бұрын
mad minute when? asking for a friend ;-)
@b.griffin3172 жыл бұрын
Its not his, so never.
@tomunterwegs12062 жыл бұрын
@@b.griffin317 My friends day is ruined :-((
@liliwinnt62 жыл бұрын
go for a mud test on this one eh shall we
@jamesjanson61292 жыл бұрын
Is there a left hand version?This is the biggest failures of these straight pulls,that they are not easily converted or issued in LH.
@BlokeontheRange2 жыл бұрын
The market for them is fairly small, and the market for LH versions is even smaller. There are some adaptations to the T-handle which sorta kinda work, and I've seen some custom ones made up with left-side charging upper receivers. But for an off-the-shelf mass-market product, you can forget about it unfortunately.
@brettduffy1992 Жыл бұрын
What about the Mars trigger system where you have to pull the trigger twice that's almost a semi automatic
@BlokeontheRange Жыл бұрын
Now illegal in the UK. And also a massive safety hazard. I'd like to give the people who promoted and bought MARS rifles a big slow clap for giving the Home Office the excuse it needed to ban the lever release self-ejecting types that they'd been grudgingly tolerating for years...
@CenlaSelfDefenseConcepts2 жыл бұрын
There is a proposed ban on semi auto centerfires for people under 21 in the US I'm waiting for someone to come out with a straight pull that they seperately sell a drilling jig for the gas port lol
@jason2009122 жыл бұрын
Nah just have them buy milsurps. Saves a ton of money. These straight pull ar looks very expensive and quality made
@provenancemachining2 жыл бұрын
Things like that actually get "proposed" every other year or so, they just happen to get highlighted after a tragedy. AWB copycats have been proposed for many years and typically die in the House before they make any real movement.
@Chilly_Billy2 жыл бұрын
@@provenancemachining, this election year it will die in the Senate.
@baneofbanes2 жыл бұрын
@@jason200912 milsurps haven’t been cheap in decades dude.
@jason2009122 жыл бұрын
@@baneofbanes not for civillians. but it's cheap in bulk, which is why importers make some good money.
@niklasmakalainen8662 жыл бұрын
Quick question is there any manufacturer Who makes fully left handed versions of straightpull AR's?
@BlokeontheRange2 жыл бұрын
Given that there are fully left-handed AR receivers, BCG's etc, I'm sure one of the custom UK makers like Bradley Arms, or Viking (IIRC) who could do you one in exchange for $$$$$$$$$$$
@jic12 жыл бұрын
There's a guy above who says that the majority of Australian straight-pulls have left-handed bolts. Which may not be useful information for you, but I just thought it was worth noting.
@3of112 жыл бұрын
@@jic1 must be because they are upside down
@jic12 жыл бұрын
@@3of11 Ah, that also explains the Owen submachine gun!
@anter1762 жыл бұрын
The SL8 that you mentioned, doesn't it miss one lug to prevent it from being able to feed from double stack double feed magazines? (ie standard G36 mags). because making the mag well too narrow to fit a wider magazine wasn't enough, and then to prevent you from installing a bolt that could feed from either sider of a double stack mag they didn't mill out the slot for the missing locking lug?
@ElshadKarbasi20 күн бұрын
7:25 what is the reasoning behind a straight pull not having gas rings? Why is it good for a straight pull?
@BlokeontheRange20 күн бұрын
it doesn't need them cos no gas and they just add loads of friction that you don't want.
@george2113 Жыл бұрын
I suspect that flash hider would work as a wire cutter
@EXO9X82 жыл бұрын
How would these fare for long time survival mad max situation over a normal ar15 or a bolt avtion
@volk5282 жыл бұрын
This rifle would probably not require as much maintenance as a standard AR15, there is less to go wrong. Compared to a bolt action, I think this rifle may be better in terms of weight, it could also be faster to cycle the action as well being a straight pull and having the buffer spring push the bolt forwards.
@MicMc5392 жыл бұрын
Likely better than you.
@TheeCambion2 жыл бұрын
I mean depending where you live regular ar15 components would be pretty common. So honestly I think you would have more problems with such a weak caliber and possibly not finding components. For a bolt action ar
@provenancemachining2 жыл бұрын
Unless you spent the majority of time using it as a club instead of a rifle, it would outlast the shooter. Even more so since with these you don't need to worry about maintaining a gas system, so no cleaning or dealing with rotted out\bent gas tubes.
@provenancemachining2 жыл бұрын
@@SGTDuckButter He was talking about a bolt action version of the rifle, which is what BOTR is showing. Try slowing down and reading out loud to yourself if it helps, dumbass.. 😂
@zacharyrollick61692 жыл бұрын
I can't decide if I hate it more than the pump action one.
@mikethomas55102 жыл бұрын
The website shows only 1:9 twist barrels. The semi autos have 1:8 twist. Why the difference / lack of choice
@BlokeontheRange2 жыл бұрын
No idea, sorry.
@joakim1516 Жыл бұрын
What is the barrel length of this one?
@BlokeontheRange Жыл бұрын
14.5"
@joebenson5282 жыл бұрын
Here I was thinking I found a side charging AR. And all I got was a Mosin Nagant in black.
@baneofbanes2 жыл бұрын
That why they teach kids to read.
@Oppetsismiimsitsitc2 жыл бұрын
I can see these becoming popular in Australia, if they're not banned for being scary looking. But I'll stick to the 7615 I think.
@NomadShadow12 жыл бұрын
Interesting
@burhanbudak60412 жыл бұрын
Does it work better then WW1/WW2 bolt actions?
@Pitchlock82512 жыл бұрын
Why even bother with a standard charging handle?
@therideneverends16972 жыл бұрын
For a frame of refrence, whats a normal AR go for in europe like that converted M16a1 you have?
@BlokeontheRange2 жыл бұрын
Varies depending on manufacturer, but that price is comparable with a normal AR of similar quality. A Windham Weaponry one goes for about 1400+, decent ones 2000+, WWSD 2700. I got a good "mate's rates" deal on my mint M16A1 so that's not a fair comparison (and I've seen them offered for 1.5x what I paid).
@Sturgeonmeister2 жыл бұрын
Can you order just the Upper?
@NOTSOSLIMJIM2 жыл бұрын
This is some California stuff
@philbyrd55612 жыл бұрын
can the lower be used on a regular upper?
@BlokeontheRange2 жыл бұрын
I believe so, not tried it though.
@larsdejong73962 жыл бұрын
But can it shoot pencils?
@b.griffin3172 жыл бұрын
Pencils are .30 cal, so no.
@neglectfulsausage76892 жыл бұрын
ithey should've done a pump action that runs under the foregrip and pushes the charging side handle backwards, instead.
@jic12 жыл бұрын
If those rifles are made primarily for the UK market that would be completely pointless, because centrefire pump-actions are illegal there.
@b.griffin3172 жыл бұрын
I can speak from experience that pump ARs are terrible.
@BlokeontheRange2 жыл бұрын
Making it a pump entirely excludes the UK and Austrian markets from consideration, and makes the rifle more expensive. Plus operating a pump prone is the very definition of suckage ;)
@b.griffin3172 жыл бұрын
@@BlokeontheRange Agreed on that last point.
@neglectfulsausage76892 жыл бұрын
@@BlokeontheRange well UK laws sound like C&B torture.
@Megames20122 жыл бұрын
How does it compare to the Kali-Key?
@BlokeontheRange2 жыл бұрын
Kali-Key looks like a hideous version of the 1st gen straight-pull AR's in the early 90's which were just gasless and had an oversize T-handle (if you were lucky), so were a bit of a disaster really.
@Megames20122 жыл бұрын
@@BlokeontheRange It basically is. LOL However you can still install the gas system because the carrier cuts off the gas (probably illegal, but if you ever want to use semi-auto, just switch to a standard bolt and carrier, and charging handle).
@baneofbanes2 жыл бұрын
Theo whole point of the Kali-Key is that you don’t have the modify the rifle and so whenever you’re out of state you can pop a regular bolt in it.
@SonofIiberty2 жыл бұрын
Im sad now
@kingerikthegreatest.ofall.78602 жыл бұрын
Nice rifle. Seems rather expensive though.
@baneofbanes2 жыл бұрын
Guns are expensive in Europe.
@benellipump Жыл бұрын
They haven’t sold that many in the UK. Southern gun co are still better.
@Nathan123Davis2 жыл бұрын
Did you know a couple of uk companies make ar15's in 22wmr. If your just shooting at paper at 200m or less i think i'd go with one of those over a straight pull. Sure these are cool but owning one just reminds us how shitty our laws are.
@sjowners2 жыл бұрын
Guncraft make a .22WMR but the ammo is as much as .223. So it's a toss up really. I'd choose power over semi auto personally.
@Mr79dream2 жыл бұрын
LOL, I think they used old stock of austrian bolts 😀
@BlokeontheRange2 жыл бұрын
Could be!
@M80Ball2 жыл бұрын
Sad
@Tragicide2 жыл бұрын
… Look at what they’ve done to my special boy. 😭
@HypocriticYT2 жыл бұрын
I would want a left side cocking lever. I believe the biggest complaint from the anti crowd is magazine capacity. Why not weld in a five round internal magazine and keep it semi auto?
@kiwigrunt3302 жыл бұрын
Because semi is not allowed.
@BlokeontheRange2 жыл бұрын
Left side cocking lever is pointless cos you have to take your support arm off the forend to operate it. And it's not the magazine capacity that's the issue, it's the semiauto capability either being banned completely, or being on a higher category licence.
@kiwigrunt3302 жыл бұрын
@@BlokeontheRange Left side cocking handle is of course not pointless if you're South pawed.
@HypocriticYT2 жыл бұрын
@@BlokeontheRange I see the dilemma. I was thinking of what would work in Canada and failed to say that. Just a shame these are now bolt action. Politics, get involved and change how they view firearms, that's all one can dol
@baneofbanes2 жыл бұрын
@@HypocriticYT AR 15’s are flat out banned in Canada, including this one.
@HypocriticYT2 жыл бұрын
The genius of the design was semi and full auto capability. It’s all about the gas system. In Canada our government is at war with legal firearms owners. Hopefully if we can’t get our AR’s out to the range that we can do similar as seen here. Better than completely losing an accurate rifle firing inexpensive ammunition.
@christopherjefferson35612 жыл бұрын
Inexpensive ammo? Rofl
@HypocriticYT2 жыл бұрын
@@christopherjefferson3561 yes 5.56mm and .223, inexpensive in Canada. Reload for even less.
@lordsummerisle872 жыл бұрын
There's a lot more genius in the AR15 design than its automatic capacity.
@HypocriticYT2 жыл бұрын
@@lordsummerisle87 yes I did mention the gas system. It also didn't use any natural materials like wood.
@baneofbanes2 жыл бұрын
Afraid not. AR’s are just flat out banned in Canada now, including anything built on an AR15 receiver.
@scipio100002 жыл бұрын
Vade Retro +
@comentedonakeyboard2 жыл бұрын
schmeiß nie dein Schmeisser weg!
@nathanbanks70912 жыл бұрын
$2K for a bolt action AR in Europe? All the plastic bits included? $500 for a plastic semi-auto AR in the US, but $2k+ for a nice Sako or Steyr bolt gun with nice wood. I guess the grass is greener on the other side of the pond. I would rather have one nice European bolt action rifle (6.5×55 prefered) than three AR-15's
@baneofbanes2 жыл бұрын
I’ll take a semi auto over a bolt action any day.
@jacobmccandles17672 жыл бұрын
At this point there are better pump actions.
@BlokeontheRange2 жыл бұрын
Except illegal in both Austria and the UK, two big markets for this sort of thing. And they suck for prone shooting in any case.
@jacobmccandles17672 жыл бұрын
@@BlokeontheRange I have to confess: I commented before watching, and I gave that reply while groggy last night. With the stream of "California compliant" rifle videos coming out these days, I didn't realize it was your video or I might have figired that out. I'm gonna go watch it now. I love your channel and content, Bloke, I just didn't realize I was on it.
@nicknack84592 жыл бұрын
Coming soon to California. 😢
@Kaiserland1112 жыл бұрын
$2000 for a straight pull AR-15? I'm so sorry :( At least it looks cool and gives an AR-15 style weapon to those who can't normally own one.
@BlokeontheRange2 жыл бұрын
Same price as a decent semiauto one over here, so the price doesn't shock me in the slightest.
@mattpeacock52082 жыл бұрын
I was hoping for a range report. Like a wise man once said "only accurate rifles are interesting".
@BlokeontheRange2 жыл бұрын
Not my rifle. If I decide to spend channel funds on it, there will of course be one :)
@neglectfulsausage76892 жыл бұрын
@@BlokeontheRange quit being poor.
@b.griffin3172 жыл бұрын
I have inaccurate rifles that are still interesting.
@mattpeacock52082 жыл бұрын
@@BlokeontheRange muchas gracias for the follow up! Keep your powder dry bro!
@SGCXD2 жыл бұрын
I wonder if you’ll ever get out from under that boot standing on the throat of your freedom. Hope you all do someday.
@BlokeontheRange2 жыл бұрын
I presume you live in a country that requires Uncle Sam's permission and a $200 tax stamp for that rifle in the video cos the barrel is 14.5" long? Whereas I can order it by normal mail and it'll arrive at my door a day or 2 after...
@oldesertguy96162 жыл бұрын
I had never heard of a straight pull AR.
@johngulyas6952 жыл бұрын
It is sad that people just can’t have AR-15s
@BlokeontheRange2 жыл бұрын
In most European countries we can though... It's pretty much only in the UK that you can't.
@baneofbanes2 жыл бұрын
@@BlokeontheRange wish more people knew that.
@KokayMate Жыл бұрын
@@BlokeontheRange Yes you can trough a IPSC gun club membership/training/competetive shooting and 3 years later. However the clever government in SWE have limited how many new IPSC members are allowed per year in the whole country. Ist a handfull at best. Regulations can be placed not just on the guns themselves.
@antongrahn14992 жыл бұрын
I dont think its in any way a lesser fire arm not being semi auto, though i would personally prefer a 308 version. Strangely, i am not sure how easy this would be to buy in sweden despite semis being legal here. It looks rather military and the Police, where you apply for licenses, dont tend to like that.
@provenancemachining2 жыл бұрын
Maybe if I put wood furniture on it and spray paint the receiver cherry red it'll be less evil and dangerous? I agree that if I was going to be stuck on bolt action, make it big-bore. I have a lot of love for big bore single shot guns, particularly vault lock or falling block designs.
@jamesbromstead49492 жыл бұрын
But can you middle finger it like an SMLE?
@BlokeontheRange2 жыл бұрын
No, and since you've got a spring to return it to battery, why would you even want to?
@jamesbromstead49492 жыл бұрын
@@BlokeontheRange That’s a joke son, I say, that’s a joke. ~ Foghorn Leghorn
@BlokeontheRange2 жыл бұрын
I've had people ask that question seriously in the past, sorry!
@jamesbromstead49492 жыл бұрын
@@BlokeontheRange No problem, my sarcasm does not always translate well after it leaves my head.
@jamesbrisendine2 жыл бұрын
MUD TEST MUD TEST MUD
@DudeInWalmart2 жыл бұрын
Cool and lame at the same time
@mattparker97262 жыл бұрын
0:32 horrible.
@lgbtqisahategroup97812 жыл бұрын
Why the fuck?
@BlokeontheRange2 жыл бұрын
As stated in the video: for jurisdictions which ban centrefire semiautos or have them on a harder-to-get type of license.
@lgbtqisahategroup97812 жыл бұрын
@@BlokeontheRange Doesn’t sound like a whole lot of freedom to me.
@BlokeontheRange2 жыл бұрын
The fact that this has a 14.5" barrel without anyone batting an eyelid sounds like there's a whole lot of not freedom going round ;)
@waffel76642 жыл бұрын
So sad, once you give up your rights you can never gain them back. Atleast through peaceful means
@GNP3WP3W2 жыл бұрын
You poor souls. The Government is alright with taking your freedoms because it doesn’t apply to them. In my eyes, neutering a right is just as bad as taking it away.
@BlokeontheRange2 жыл бұрын
Presumably you're living in a jurisdiction that would require a $200 tax stamp for this firearm cos it has a 14.5" barrel ;)
@SonofIiberty2 жыл бұрын
@@BlokeontheRange Sounds to me like you are coping. And that would only matter if the muzzle device was removable.
@nebraska75982 жыл бұрын
Don’t gloat fellow Americans, This is a glimpse into our future if the Democrats get their way.
@joebenson5282 жыл бұрын
False. The US is not the same as it was in the 90s. We've become increasingly polarized due to the DemoKKKrat/RINO rhetoric, corruption and policies. If Brandon tried to pass another AW Ban, they will have to designate at least 1 million Americans as "DTs". This doesn't even include the grunts in the military who I know for a fact will stand down or participate (being a ground pounder myself).