New rifle designs

turnandshoot4 · 05-01-2008

Does anyone, I mean anyone know when the new line of rifles are coming out?

Bushmaster ACR-I have been on their website countless times and thought that this was coming out this month. I can't find anything on it anywhere. Bushmaster's site says in the second quarter of 08. Well we're here and there is no word yet.

FN SCAR-This was rumored to be here in 07 or 08 but I haven't seen or heard a peep on it. I thought that this was going to be my next .308.

HK 416-I seem to think that this isn't getting released in the US for us Civi's. Awesome rifle here but I can't find anything on it.

Anyone have any info?

bwframe · 05-02-2008

I can't help you, but I'd lay money on the info being somewhere here:
Shooting Wire

W9ZEB · 05-02-2008

HK 416 Civilian model won't be until the last half of 2009 from how things look on HKPro

turnandshoot4 · 05-02-2008

Well it is good news that it will at least be released.

Kirk Freeman · 05-04-2008

turn, this is the gun culture. No other business lies to its customer base so regularly and yet its clients beg for more. I call it the "Beaten Gun Owner Syndrome".

Until you put your foot on the weapon, it is vaporware. I still remember Bill Ruger telling me about the XGI, and yet I still awat this new rifle design.

Until it is in your hands, it does not exist. Bird in the hand and all that.

melensdad · 05-04-2008

The Bushmaster ACR (also known as the Magpul Masada) is due to be released late this year.

The FN SCAR LIGHT will be available 3rd quarter this year according to a recent interview with the US marketing director for FN (broadcast on Shooting Gallery). There was a FN SCAR LIGHT civilian legal version available for viewing at the SHOT show in Las Vegas. No word on the SCAR HEAVY version.

turnandshoot4 · 05-04-2008

I really hope that isn't the case here Kirk. I hope that each of the companies involved take advantage of the current laws to put out some excellent rifles!

Kirk Freeman · 05-11-2008

turn, wait and see. Gun owners have been burned dozens upon dozens of times by the firearms industry.

In the back of reptile mind, I think Bushmaster bought the Masada just to keep it off the market, like Winchester did with many of John Browning's designs. We'll see if have a release date followed by delays just like the Ruger XGI (no, I haven't let that go even after all this time).

I call it "Beaten Gun Owner Syndrome"--we just keep coming back and we get clobbered time after time. Oh, they love us really, they just had a bad day. After he sobers up and gets a job, we'll be a happy family again.

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turnandshoot4 Expert Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: 65 and SR 10 Posts: 1,166	New rifle designs Does anyone, I mean anyone know when the new line of rifles are coming out? Bushmaster ACR-I have been on their website countless times and thought that this was coming out this month. I can't find anything on it anywhere. Bushmaster's site says in the second quarter of 08. Well we're here and there is no word yet. FN SCAR-This was rumored to be here in 07 or 08 but I haven't seen or heard a peep on it. I thought that this was going to be my next .308. HK 416-I seem to think that this isn't getting released in the US for us Civi's. Awesome rifle here but I can't find anything on it. Anyone have any info?

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bwframe BullShooter Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Unionville, IN Posts: 1,141	I can't help you, but I'd lay money on the info being somewhere here: Shooting Wire __________________

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melensdad Jerk in a Hawaiian shirt. So what about it? Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Lake County / West Creek Posts: 1,362	The Bushmaster ACR (also known as the Magpul Masada) is due to be released late this year. The FN SCAR LIGHT will be available 3rd quarter this year according to a recent interview with the US marketing director for FN (broadcast on Shooting Gallery). There was a FN SCAR LIGHT civilian legal version available for viewing at the SHOT show in Las Vegas. No word on the SCAR HEAVY version. __________________ Father John Corapi: "Don't be so open minded that your brains fall out!" Visit my Antique Snowcat, political, gun & general discussions (with this lawsuit) I'd like to think that I've been more successful at saving lives than Roe V Wade. -- Dick Anthony Heller, 3/18/08 on the steps of the SCOTUS after leaving the Heller v DC Gun Ban hearing.

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05-02-2008	#4 (permalink)
turnandshoot4 Expert Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: 65 and SR 10 Posts: 1,166	Well it is good news that it will at least be released.

05-04-2008	#5 (permalink)
Kirk Freeman Director At Large, ISRPA Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: downtown Lafayette, Indiana Posts: 292	turn, this is the gun culture. No other business lies to its customer base so regularly and yet its clients beg for more. I call it the "Beaten Gun Owner Syndrome". Until you put your foot on the weapon, it is vaporware. I still remember Bill Ruger telling me about the XGI, and yet I still awat this new rifle design. Until it is in your hands, it does not exist. Bird in the hand and all that.

05-04-2008	#7 (permalink)
turnandshoot4 Expert Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: 65 and SR 10 Posts: 1,166	I really hope that isn't the case here Kirk. I hope that each of the companies involved take advantage of the current laws to put out some excellent rifles!

05-11-2008	#8 (permalink)
Kirk Freeman Director At Large, ISRPA Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: downtown Lafayette, Indiana Posts: 292	turn, wait and see. Gun owners have been burned dozens upon dozens of times by the firearms industry. In the back of reptile mind, I think Bushmaster bought the Masada just to keep it off the market, like Winchester did with many of John Browning's designs. We'll see if have a release date followed by delays just like the Ruger XGI (no, I haven't let that go even after all this time). I call it "Beaten Gun Owner Syndrome"--we just keep coming back and we get clobbered time after time. Oh, they love us really, they just had a bad day. After he sobers up and gets a job, we'll be a happy family again.

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