Lantac Straight Pull Rifle

[Yute]

Lantac USA has their UK straight Pull rifles in their 2018 catalogue; emailed today and they say they will be offering this to US customers starting spring. No word on price.





Aside from POF's Revolt and Troy's Side Action Rifle are there any other straight pull AR-15s out there?

[highpower790]

Straight pull AR's are common in England.A British friend of mine had White Oak build one for him.

[dfletcher]

Were it not that these rifles come about as the result of foolish legislation I'd buy one. I shoot lefty but am right handed and reload. Using a straight pull I can work a RH bolt very fast off a bench and not have to chase brass.

[crufflers]

I think they mentioned a price in a Shot18 video I saw, maybe not... but the web site mentions $3889. What a steal.

I do think it is cool. I'd opt for this route most likely:

http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2018/01/19/lantac-bolt-action-ar-15-bcg/

[mrfjones]

I’m really considering building a straight pull upper for my grendel, it still has to be easier on brass and is cheaper than buying a new rifle with different mags etc.

[Varg Vikernes]

Man at that point why not just get a bolt gun?

[nicky c]

A bit expensive for what it is but the Bolt Blocker converts any semi auto AR pattern upper to single shot via the bolt catch. Deputy Matt did a review here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMO3mrW6AJk

https://www.boltblocker.com

Seems like a worthy option for those precision rifle builds out there. Reversible too.

[k1dude]

Lantac is an anti-gun idiot that thinks no civilian should own a semi-auto. Screw Lantac.

[Grumpyoldretiredcop]

A bit expensive for what it is but the Bolt Blocker converts any semi auto AR pattern upper to single shot via the bolt catch. Deputy Matt did a review here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMO3mrW6AJk

www.boltblocker.com

Seems like a worthy option for those precision rifle builds out there. Reversible too.

I see an issue with that device... if one holds down the release, the bolt will close after each round fired and now you have a rifle firing in semi-automatic mode with evil features and no registration. Houston, I think we have a problem!

[nn21]

No word on price.

Considering the bcg and side charging receiver are $550 on their own...I'd imagine a complete rifle will be a pretty penny.

Ran into a lady at the range who was shooting one in 6.5 grendel a few weeks back. Was a pretty cool setup. Not sure why one wouldn't just run a regular side charging upper and block the gas port to save some money for compliance.

The videos of guys shooting them in the UK are remarkably fast.

[Ki6vsm]

A bit expensive for what it is but the Bolt Blocker converts any semi auto AR pattern upper to single shot via the bolt catch. Deputy Matt did a review here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMO3mrW6AJk

https://www.boltblocker.com

Seems like a worthy option for those precision rifle builds out there. Reversible too.

Oh Jeez. There was a whole long thread on this product in the Auto forum (for some reason) not very long ago. It's so easily 'defeated' by just holding that lever in---and then you have a semi-auto.

I like the idea of the auto-extract, manual re-load rifle, but this thing doesn't look like it'll stand the test of law. In Britain they have a similar overall way of doing this, but it involves a modification to the lower receiver.

[firefly416]

Ran into a lady at the range who was shooting one in 6.5 grendel a few weeks back. Was a pretty cool setup. Not sure why one wouldn't just run a regular side charging upper and block the gas port to save some money for compliance.

Oh yeah, that was me! I will be making a video that explains why I went with the Lantac side charging upper instead of something like the Bear Creek Arsenal upper for 6.5 Grendel, but the gas port is blocked with a very inexpensive block that has no holes whatsoever. It fits on like any gas block but is only there to seal the port. The no-gas block was about $30 whereas sending the barrel off to AR15barrels.com for gas hole soldering would have been $80 without shipping.

[nn21]

Oh yeah, that was me! I will be making a video that explains why I went with the Lantac side charging upper instead of something like the Bear Creek Arsenal upper

haha what a small world. I almost built a straight pull after talking to you about yours. Ended up building a 6.5x47 bolt gun.

Looking forward to hearing more of your reasoning behind going the lantac route. I've got an AR to change up and going away from semi auto is a pretty appealing option for a bench gun.

Where did you end up finding a solid gas block?

[deckhandmike]

Lantac is an anti-gun idiot that thinks no civilian should own a semi-auto. Screw Lantac.

Yep, they are on my never even consider buying list. Nothing worse than an anti 2A gun company trying to peddle comprise for a buck. I like this about as much as companies trying to do microstamping. Think Bill Ruger saying we don’t need real magazines.

[Ki6vsm]

... but the gas port is blocked with a very inexpensive block that has no holes whatsoever. It fits on like any gas block but is only there to seal the port. The no-gas block was about $30 whereas sending the barrel off to AR15barrels.com for gas hole soldering would have been $80 without shipping.

I'd been wondering when someone would begin producing a simple "band" to install on the barrel to cap off that port. Seemed like such a simple solution for people wanting to convert a barrel when building a manual-load AR. $30 actually sounds a little expensive, but until they become available from more mfrs, I guess the company can charge what it likes.