A while ago I got some valuable input from some of the members here about a gun part that I had thought up (special AR15 float tube with extra goodies). We are currently working on a prototype. The project got bogged down over the holidays but hopefully in the next few months we will see something actually built.
In the meantime I have come up with another idea, and I just want your opinions about how functional it would be. I got the idea while watching the history channel showing how lever actions were the N. American gun of last century. I got to thinking, it has been a long time since there has been any real progress on the lever action, well except the BLR. So what about a compleatly new style lever gun. This is what I'm thinking:
1. Straight-line, Bull Pup construction. (action in the stock). Magazine fed.
2. Steeply sloped pistol grip, with lever.
3. Modular construction, allowing bolt, barrel, and mag to be changed from one caliber to another. Kind of like the Blaser R93. One rifle for anything, with barrels from varmit to bear.
4. Have a mag well allowing the .308 version to take metric FAL magazines, and a .223 that with take AR15 mags.
5. The main body would be two parts, an upper receiver and a lower, both made out of a high strength polymer for light weight. Scope would be mounted on the upper receiver. Barrel would only touch the action, and would float through the body.
6. The action would work kind of like a straight pull bolt action, only the bolt would ride on rails geared to the lever. The lock up could be made very strong.
I think that this could be one really versitle rifle, by being modular any cartridges up to a certain maximum length would be ok. By being manually operated, a wide range of power levels could be used. You could buy one rifle, and then gradually buy more barrels for whatever you want to play with. Kind of like a TC contender from hell.
Sure the lever action has always been kind of a nostalgic gun, but I see no reason why it couldn't work fine in an ultra modern weapon. I've hunted with Winchesters and Marlins, and find the lever to be much quicker to use than a bolt gun.
Your opinions are appreciated.
In the meantime I have come up with another idea, and I just want your opinions about how functional it would be. I got the idea while watching the history channel showing how lever actions were the N. American gun of last century. I got to thinking, it has been a long time since there has been any real progress on the lever action, well except the BLR. So what about a compleatly new style lever gun. This is what I'm thinking:
1. Straight-line, Bull Pup construction. (action in the stock). Magazine fed.
2. Steeply sloped pistol grip, with lever.
3. Modular construction, allowing bolt, barrel, and mag to be changed from one caliber to another. Kind of like the Blaser R93. One rifle for anything, with barrels from varmit to bear.
4. Have a mag well allowing the .308 version to take metric FAL magazines, and a .223 that with take AR15 mags.
5. The main body would be two parts, an upper receiver and a lower, both made out of a high strength polymer for light weight. Scope would be mounted on the upper receiver. Barrel would only touch the action, and would float through the body.
6. The action would work kind of like a straight pull bolt action, only the bolt would ride on rails geared to the lever. The lock up could be made very strong.
I think that this could be one really versitle rifle, by being modular any cartridges up to a certain maximum length would be ok. By being manually operated, a wide range of power levels could be used. You could buy one rifle, and then gradually buy more barrels for whatever you want to play with. Kind of like a TC contender from hell.
Sure the lever action has always been kind of a nostalgic gun, but I see no reason why it couldn't work fine in an ultra modern weapon. I've hunted with Winchesters and Marlins, and find the lever to be much quicker to use than a bolt gun.
Your opinions are appreciated.