Curious as to if anyone has any experience with this weapon? Looks interesting. It is a DI gun as well. I will admit, it looks like a 4gery of some sorts of the ACR to some degree. That is just my opinion though. It is also available to us civilians for the bargain price of only $5,600 bucks. :eek:
CALIBER: .308 / 7.63 x 51mm
WEIGHT: 9.2 lbs
BARREL: Lothar-Walther 16” with 1 in 10 twist
MAGAZINE CAPACITY: 20 Rounds (Comes with 2 Magpul P-mags)
BUTTSTOCK/GRIPS: Magpul, Adjustable Folding Stock and Grips
SAFETY SELECTOR: AR15 type
TRIGGER: Geissele 2-Stage
OPTIC MOUNTING RAIL: MIL-STD 1913
OPERATION: Direct Gas operated Semi-Automatic
FINISH: Nickel Boron
SIGHTS: Magpul MBUS
The more I look at it, the more it looks like a cross between the ACR and the XCR. The way the upper locks into the lower is similar to the XCR and the upper looks similar to the ACR as well as the fore-end of the rifle is ACR-esque.
I’m curious to the safety and reliability of solid head spacing just locking a barrel nut and QD nut by hand…seems at risk for loose chamber specs over time
Too many cases where if you put a high price tag on something, people for some reason want it even more. I guess it goes with the old saying ‘you want what you can have.’
It looks to use AR type barrel with barrel extension. So headspacing does not rely on barrel-to-receiver fitment. Of course it is not good when barrel comes loose while shooting. Kind of reduces accuracy
For the man that has everything… I’ve put it on my “to get” list but it is way, way down. Seriously, I wonder what something like this will be worth in 50 or 75 or 100 years. May be worth a heck of a lot of money, maybe not. 50 or 75 or 100 years ago there was not such a myriad of arms makers and designs. There is going to be a heck of a lot of stuff to collect in years to come.
Personally i don’t really see this thing going anywhere. Not to say that it isn’t a great platform, it may or may not be. However i dont see anyone dropping that kind of scratch on something that is basically an unknown platform thats probably going to be made in limited numbers (may become a spare parts issue). Especially when there are other 308 platforms that have proven themselves to be great performers for alot less money. I guess if your looking for a 308 you can carry around in a suitcase it would be cool, but I’d imagine that market to be pretty thin…
Not that it matters, but yea it’s way ugly :blink:
Yes, that was sarcasm. The website and rifle are so gay, I didn’t think any of those sarcasm smile things were necessary. But just so I’m clear, here’s the one listed as sarcastic. :sarcastic:
The Paratus was developed for the Clandestine Break-Down Semi-Automatic Rifle (CSR) proposal pursuant to a request listed on an open announcement by Joint & Special Operations Program (JSOP).
You mean to tell me there is a proposal for a rifle like this??? My tax payer dollars hard at work right there.:blink:
Huh. That quick release on the fore grip looks like the same mechanism that holds my front bike tire on. It would be pretty weak to go through some heavy brush only to emerge on the other side without your fore end. I’ve had rhododendron stands disassemble of sorts of things for me in the mountains of NC.
