Schuey2002
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It looks like a pimped-out version of Skunk's old SLB...
(Details and photo courtesy of Gunhead)
H&K LRR chambered in .300 Win. Mag..
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It looks like a pimped-out version of Skunk's old SLB...
Schuey2002
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So, uhm.. no one here is even remotely interested in this new HK??
[.. as the sound of crickets chirping wafts from the area where the audience is sitting..]
[.. as the sound of crickets chirping wafts from the area where the audience is sitting..]
Andrew Wyatt
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I think we're all still tired from the last HK lovefest.
Well it looks like they can atleast build bolt actions to be moderately ergonomic....
Unlike their tupperware tactical guns that are seemingly built for wookies or 3 fingered aliens like the ones who built the device in Total Recall that Arnold sticks his hand into inorder to regenerate the atmosphere of Mars.
HK has made two firearms that genuinely interest me, the HK P7 series and the HK53. The rest of it isn't worth the price of admission in my opinion. That comes after feeling outright burned on an HK USP that I bought based upon the legendary HK reputation and promptly sold within 2 years. Definitely a try before you buy situation for me as far as HK is concerned, as such most everything has been ruled out except for the P7 and the HK53.
Zero interest in a G36 after having played with one of those as well.
Unlike their tupperware tactical guns that are seemingly built for wookies or 3 fingered aliens like the ones who built the device in Total Recall that Arnold sticks his hand into inorder to regenerate the atmosphere of Mars.
HK has made two firearms that genuinely interest me, the HK P7 series and the HK53. The rest of it isn't worth the price of admission in my opinion. That comes after feeling outright burned on an HK USP that I bought based upon the legendary HK reputation and promptly sold within 2 years. Definitely a try before you buy situation for me as far as HK is concerned, as such most everything has been ruled out except for the P7 and the HK53.
Zero interest in a G36 after having played with one of those as well.
cookhj
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i like the concept, but it is a little big. i like the BAR concept a lot more. more compact design. maybe they've made it big like that so they can make it in .338 lapua or something.
another48hrs
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It looks interesting. I guess they had too many SLB's lying around and are trying to sell them to the tactical crowd. I wonder how accurate it is, were the SLB's meant for sub MOA?
I like it, I think it looks like a nice rig for certain long range varmint applications. I am, however, a big HK fan based on my sole HK rifle, a 630 which I dearly love.
But then you won't see me buying one either. I don't have near the money to drop on something like that when you can buy an X brand bolt gun and be just as well armed 90+% of the time.
Matt
But then you won't see me buying one either. I don't have near the money to drop on something like that when you can buy an X brand bolt gun and be just as well armed 90+% of the time.
Matt
artherd
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Pretty cool, I would like it better with black furnature though.
I want to see accuracy figures on this gun.
I also really like that BAR posted, any more info on that gun? It's a pity the BARs don't take detachable mags.
How was the SLB Skunky? I was in the same prediciment as you (want an AR-15 but live in Occupied Terratory.)
I ended up with a Remington 7400 that I like fine, but isn't as accurate as I want. (sweet shooter though, the comp moderates recoil well and dosen't increase volume much.)
I want to see accuracy figures on this gun.
I also really like that BAR posted, any more info on that gun? It's a pity the BARs don't take detachable mags.
How was the SLB Skunky? I was in the same prediciment as you (want an AR-15 but live in Occupied Terratory.)
I ended up with a Remington 7400 that I like fine, but isn't as accurate as I want. (sweet shooter though, the comp moderates recoil well and dosen't increase volume much.)
Nightcrawler
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Isn't the SLB basically a modified BAR?
Third_Rail
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but that thing looks to be semi-automatic. That or it's one strange bolt... 
Anyway, I think a lot of the size has to do with the strange stock on it and the camera angle, even H&K isn't dumb enough to make a .300 Winchester Magnum 54" long.
Anyway, I think a lot of the size has to do with the strange stock on it and the camera angle, even H&K isn't dumb enough to make a .300 Winchester Magnum 54" long.
cookhj
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i started a thread on the BAR sniper rifle concept a while back. this is what was said about it:
http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=30511
http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=30511
BerettaNut92
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The SLB was heavy. It was a good gun. I just wanted a reliable semi-auto rifle in CA, but I think the M1A was the best thing I had going even if it was cheep and cheesy feeling. :banghead:
That is one UGLY rifle.
That receiver looks like something dreamt up at Daisy, rather than HK.
Considering Browning has the BAR, what's the point? By using composites they made the same rifle.. with a receiver TWICE as large??
Color me confused.
And that little man is kind of creepy looking.
That receiver looks like something dreamt up at Daisy, rather than HK.
Considering Browning has the BAR, what's the point? By using composites they made the same rifle.. with a receiver TWICE as large??
Color me confused.
And that little man is kind of creepy looking.
Third_Rail
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He is creepy, but I'd rather see the man on the right's face, as the muzzle is pointed at him. I personally wouldn't be standing there, whether they say it's unloaded or not!
Master Blaster
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The HK Marketing strategy, Make a gun in a popular caliber, make it out of advanced materials (like a rubber O ring for a barrel bushing), Make it 3x as big as it needs to be, put it in a cool case, with cool accessories (like a plastic bristled bore brush) take a picture of a guy in a nomex suit next to it, charge 2x as much as it should sell for, and the world will beat a path to your door.
It seems to work.
I remember when a new member at our club brought his no SOCOM .45 with its whole carrying case and kit in to shoot at the range. I had never seen one before and it was so freakin huge it looked lika a crew served handgun, So I asked him if it shot .50 BMG, some of the other folks at my club bust out laughing, and he informed me that it shot .45 ACP just like my 1911, I was unimpressed, and when I got to fire it after letting him shoot my gold cup, I was even less impressed. Then somone told me how much it cost, and I was downright embarrassed for the guy.
It seems to work.
I remember when a new member at our club brought his no SOCOM .45 with its whole carrying case and kit in to shoot at the range. I had never seen one before and it was so freakin huge it looked lika a crew served handgun, So I asked him if it shot .50 BMG, some of the other folks at my club bust out laughing, and he informed me that it shot .45 ACP just like my 1911, I was unimpressed, and when I got to fire it after letting him shoot my gold cup, I was even less impressed. Then somone told me how much it cost, and I was downright embarrassed for the guy.
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