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APS Raptor Hunter Rifle
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<blockquote data-quote="Fiftydriver" data-source="post: 686876" data-attributes="member: 10"><p>It seems that anytime you year about a lightweight packing rifle these days your limited by barrel length and chambering performance. Now, there is nothing wrong with many of the popular ultralight chamberings such as the 280 AI or the WSMs but there does not seem to be many out there wanting to offer real horse power in a lighterweight rifle.</p><p> </p><p>For my Raptor Hunter, standard chamberings would be the RUMs and my Lapua based Allen Magnums and Allen Xpress wildcats. Pretty much the top of the performance family in each caliber, especially with a barrel no longer then 26" in length. The goal is to get guys a rifle that weighs the same as a synthetic Rem 700 BDL but with the advantages of the Raptor receiver which are DRAMATIC compared to conventional receivers, especially those used in lightweight hunting rifles.</p><p> </p><p>Now, you could replace the Raptor receiver with many of the lighter receivers and get weight down even more, thats how we get the Ultralight rifle designs but I wanted to offer a rifle to hunters that when they had a shot of a lifetime at 800 yards, they would not have a second thought about setting up for a shot, thats the goal of the Raptor Hunter, packable HorsePower with plenty of accuracy to get the job done.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fiftydriver, post: 686876, member: 10"] It seems that anytime you year about a lightweight packing rifle these days your limited by barrel length and chambering performance. Now, there is nothing wrong with many of the popular ultralight chamberings such as the 280 AI or the WSMs but there does not seem to be many out there wanting to offer real horse power in a lighterweight rifle. For my Raptor Hunter, standard chamberings would be the RUMs and my Lapua based Allen Magnums and Allen Xpress wildcats. Pretty much the top of the performance family in each caliber, especially with a barrel no longer then 26" in length. The goal is to get guys a rifle that weighs the same as a synthetic Rem 700 BDL but with the advantages of the Raptor receiver which are DRAMATIC compared to conventional receivers, especially those used in lightweight hunting rifles. Now, you could replace the Raptor receiver with many of the lighter receivers and get weight down even more, thats how we get the Ultralight rifle designs but I wanted to offer a rifle to hunters that when they had a shot of a lifetime at 800 yards, they would not have a second thought about setting up for a shot, thats the goal of the Raptor Hunter, packable HorsePower with plenty of accuracy to get the job done. [/QUOTE]
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