To reiterate what I stated in an earlier post:
I looked at these very closely at the show last weekend.
To be blunt, brief, and to the point, I was wholly and totally impressed with the engineeering, overall quality, and attention to detail that this rifle embodied.
Fixed ejector too!!
They intimated that they are working on a .308 version that will use FAL mags, to be released in about a year.
I am going to get one of the .223 versions, and a couple of the .308s as soon as they hit.
Did I mention that I was impressed?
This is the first semiauto rifle I have seen that was not an FAL that really blew my skirts up. Big Time.
Order one, you will NOT be disappointed.
I should be shooting one fairly soon. I am going to write an article on the piece for SWAT.
They may tip nine pounds with the heavy barrel, but the lightweight carbine version was very handy and easy to swing around. Bear in mind that the weapon can be modified very easily, and accepts a variety of barrel tapers with and without fluting, so the original full military config can be tuned or tamed to your needs.
Not only that, but with the adjustable gas system, they will be offering barrels for the .308 frame in .243, .260 Remington, and 7mm-08. I would expect that they will probably do some big bore version eventually or on request, maybe a 35 Whelen Kurz, or .358-08 type.
The fellow I spoke to there, one Brian Reynolds, is one of the engineers attached to the project. He was bright, personable, and extremely knowledgable about the project.
Every time I thought I was going to pose an embarassing stumper of a question, he just smiled like a Cheshire cat, and pulled an elegant answer out of the bag of very cool tricks that this rifle has. The weapon is constructed almost entirely of 400 series stainless steel, the barrels are 4140 ordnance steel, and can be had chrome lined for full auto use, or unlined for accuracy purposes.
The weapon has a fixed extractor, rotating bolt with oversized lugs, captive spring on an AK type gas system, and many other features to numerous to mention here.
The elegant goodies can be viewed at
http://www.robarm.com
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From here on out, ARs are fit only to replace toilet paper in the gravest extremes of need.
Mad Dog
