New Stuff!

26 Nov 07

New stuff!

Microtec, a company who makes knives, is now the one producing a domestic AUG in 223! I handled one this afternoon at Jensen's, and it is pretty much an exact copy of the original, right down to the integral, optical sight. Retailing for $2,000.00, it is on the high end price-wise, but will surelygarner a following.

Arsenal, another domestic manufacturer, is producing a wonderful Kalashnikov in 7.62X39/Soviet. As nice an example as I've seen, nearly equal in quality to those produced by Krebs. At $1,200.00, it is a very acceptable, utility, military rifle.

Red Rock Arms, formally known as Bobcat, is producing an FAL in 223! It takes AR-15 magazines, but looks, for all the world, like an FAL otherwise. At $1,300.00/copy, they are moving out briskly.

DSA's excellent FAL in 308 is perennially popular, starting at $1,400.00

At a retail price of $650.00, Kahr's M1 Carbine is a nice gun and is also selling well. Hard to beat as a car-gun. Fulton Armory's version is nice also, but retails at $1,200.00.

Robinson Arms XCR in 223 retails for $1,500.00 and relentlessly moves out the door! I now have a copy of the RA/XCR in 6.8mm/SPC and will be testing it shortly.

One can buy a perfectly serviceable AR-15 in 223 from DPMS, DSA, and RRA, starting at $700.00, and it will run just fine. You're probably not going to get into an acceptable military 308 for under $1,000.00.

Consistently strong sales of all the foregoing indicate to me that, at least here in CO, people (many who never thought about owning a serious gun until now) are heavily arming themselves with serious weapons. Apparently, government's dubious "we-have-everything-under-control" message is getting lost in the translation!

/John