someguy2800
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Nothing comes to mind honestly. I am happy that Thompson Center is making another go of it.
What new 2025 rifles are people excited about?
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they are??
AlexanderA
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I'm waiting for the announced Daewoo K2 resurrection to actually appear. I may even buy multiples.
CraigC
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I know there was something but now I've forgotten what it was. Seems like PSA had something I got the hots for. I know I want one of their 5.56 AK's.
Yep! Should be in production here directly.
We'll see. What I need to do is shoot what I have more often. 
Lennyjoe
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I really want a Henry Long Ranger in .243.
someguy2800
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My goal for 2025 and moving forward is to spend more money on ammo than on new guns.
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About the only rifles that interest me these days are PCCs and PDWs, maybe bullpups if they are cost competitive with a decent AR. We pretty much have all the bolt and autoloading rifles in intermediate and full rifle chamberings that could be needed, not much more to add.
There still isn't that perfect 9mm PCC tho, not unless you consider a $2000 delayed blowback PCC perfect, I don't see why one of those couldn't be made for less than half that.
We could really use more PDWs. No, they are not meant to replace an AR in everyone's home, they're meant to complement what is already owned, but be smaller and more portable and have low recoil and greater range than a pistol.
There still isn't that perfect 9mm PCC tho, not unless you consider a $2000 delayed blowback PCC perfect, I don't see why one of those couldn't be made for less than half that.
We could really use more PDWs. No, they are not meant to replace an AR in everyone's home, they're meant to complement what is already owned, but be smaller and more portable and have low recoil and greater range than a pistol.
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I saw a factory made, ultra lightweight 10/22 written up in Guns magazine (I think?!?) that I would like to have.
I think this is it:
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I think this is it:
NEW Ruger 10/22 "Carbon Fiber" Very Lightweight
NEW Ruger 10/22 "Carbon Fiber" Very Lightweight. This new release Ruger 10/22 Carbon fiber is a collaboration with Ruger and Magpul. It is a beautiful and li...
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Other than quality of modern manufacturing , its funny little fundamentally changed. Bolt rifles decades basic desgn for AR15. Maybe there is no new way to go. I think using real pistil grips on bolts, might be another small advance someday. But we got get past, the past.
I am interested in 7 back country, because is something different. We have been the same cases material forever. I hope thing changes things up a bit.
I am interested in 7 back country, because is something different. We have been the same cases material forever. I hope thing changes things up a bit.
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For the lefty AR shooters(and righty) these are great
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Brass Goat is a revolutionary AR15 brass catcher designed to collect fired ammo from the AR15 firearm. Our unique 2-piece design allows you to use just the deflector, or the deflector and hopper together, based on your needs. Our proprietary mounting bracket easily snaps onto the lower receiver...
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Enhance your AR experience with the Brass Goat Brass Catcher. This innovative 2-piece unit includes a deflector and a hopper to efficiently catch and deflect spent casings, ensuring a clean shooting environment. Compatible with mil-spec AR-15 lower receivers, Brass Goat quickly snaps onto the...
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Kel tek sub 2000 generation 3 in 5.7 x28 FN ,
The foreend swivels so you don't have to remove the optic to fold it.(thus the gen.3 designation)
That seems like a handy little package to keep in a car or truck, I suppose there will be aftermarket bags for it .4.5 lbs I think
I've always thought the sub 2000 was an interesting rifle and new foreend caught my attention
The foreend swivels so you don't have to remove the optic to fold it.(thus the gen.3 designation)
That seems like a handy little package to keep in a car or truck, I suppose there will be aftermarket bags for it .4.5 lbs I think
I've always thought the sub 2000 was an interesting rifle and new foreend caught my attention
someguy2800
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That's probably the ideal round for a sub2000. I have one in 40 s&w and it's like getting hit in the face with a can of soup with every shot.
someguy2800
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You can have an AR9 with a Scheel roller delay buffer for well less than half that. I have one with a colt mag lower and side charging upper.
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I checked out a number of things mentioned in this thread. The Beretta BRX1 has some appeal. I have a Benelli Lupo (made by a Beretta company). It functionally awesome and totally practical but doesn't exactly turn me on. I imagine the BRX1 to be similar. The straight-pull with rotating bolt is great, but I'm not sure what it would do for me that a 60-degree bolt throw doesn't. With the Ruger American Gen 2 out there, I think a rifle really has to offer something compelling or why wouldn't I just get a Ruger? With the Ruger, I'd have an extra ~$1000 to put into the optic. I believe I would spend more than for a Ruger American, but not on a rifle that doesn't really turn me on. It is good that we have options for straight pulls other than the Blaser. The Beretta is another affordable option besides the Savage Impulse. I might have gone for the BRX1 if I didn't have a Lupo, but neither of those rifle models mean a lot more to me than an American Gen 2 -- they all sort of just get the job done. Since I already have several bolt action rifles that will do the same, I don't want any more.
I would give more attention to "civic duty" rifles and carbines if the threats to the 2A were more urgent because the last election had gone differently. Had things gone that way, I may not have bought any if prices had risen dramatically -- I would have been content with what I acquired in advance of the risk of that happening. Now that I can expect the environment for such guns to only get better for several years, it doesn't seem urgent to acquire them. While it may not be urgent, the next several years of low prices is the time to acquire them. The current administration at the Federal level presents a grave risk, not while it holds power, but with respect to retribution from its opponents when it leaves power. Unless it accomplishes something the hard way, through a Constitutional amendment, everything it's doing can be undone just as easily and quickly. While we may be having "our way" for a while, I don't see any evidence that more people are being persuaded that our way is better.
I'm not at all interested in all the blowback PCC's. I am interested in AR-15 and AR-10 alternatives, but that is really a tough roll to fulfill. The JAKL is amazing, but not enough so to persuade me. I want an AK, but the market for them and the ammo seems very bad right now. I'd get another Mini-14 before anything else. I want something smaller and lighter, but the PCC's suck. Maybe a Rattler Canebrake SBR with an optic and two tax stamps, but all that add$$$$ up. I also want something with longer range than 223/300 -- an M1A or AR-10 or maybe a bolt gun in 300 PRC, but anything like that with the optic(s) is also big bucks. The market conditions will be ideal sometime between now and 2028 to acquire black rifles, but I'm not eager to park $5000 to $15000 into a setup that I have a use for only in principle.
I would give more attention to "civic duty" rifles and carbines if the threats to the 2A were more urgent because the last election had gone differently. Had things gone that way, I may not have bought any if prices had risen dramatically -- I would have been content with what I acquired in advance of the risk of that happening. Now that I can expect the environment for such guns to only get better for several years, it doesn't seem urgent to acquire them. While it may not be urgent, the next several years of low prices is the time to acquire them. The current administration at the Federal level presents a grave risk, not while it holds power, but with respect to retribution from its opponents when it leaves power. Unless it accomplishes something the hard way, through a Constitutional amendment, everything it's doing can be undone just as easily and quickly. While we may be having "our way" for a while, I don't see any evidence that more people are being persuaded that our way is better.
I'm not at all interested in all the blowback PCC's. I am interested in AR-15 and AR-10 alternatives, but that is really a tough roll to fulfill. The JAKL is amazing, but not enough so to persuade me. I want an AK, but the market for them and the ammo seems very bad right now. I'd get another Mini-14 before anything else. I want something smaller and lighter, but the PCC's suck. Maybe a Rattler Canebrake SBR with an optic and two tax stamps, but all that add$$$$ up. I also want something with longer range than 223/300 -- an M1A or AR-10 or maybe a bolt gun in 300 PRC, but anything like that with the optic(s) is also big bucks. The market conditions will be ideal sometime between now and 2028 to acquire black rifles, but I'm not eager to park $5000 to $15000 into a setup that I have a use for only in principle.
AlexanderA
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I keep seeing, in this thread, a sense of comfort that there won't be federal antigun legislation in the next few years. (Hence, the pressure is off to buy guns that might be banned.) However, that doesn't apply for state level antigun legislation. Here in Virginia, we're on the cusp of some truly draconian things coming down the pike. The dilemma, then, is this: do we stock up on "AW's" (assuming there's a grandfather clause in whatever is passed), or do we prepare to move whatever we have out of state (assuming no grandfather clause)?
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Not if you install a real recoil pad on it like I did to mine.
My shoulder is not the problem, its my cheek bone.
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I see what you mean. I suppose that the relaxation concerning federal infringement and the lack of concern at the state level is coming from people like myself who have little concern about our own state. The things that have happened and are happening in other states do concern me. Unfortunately, the most practical thing I could do about it would be to move to such a state. That is decidedly unpalatable, but if people like us abandon those states, they will surely fall to the antis. The other hope we could have would be for the (Federal) judiciary to overcome the will of their legislatures.
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I would have worded that as "another go AT it" as it's far too soon to see if it will be a successful attempt. I love the contenders but have everything I want in them. The encore's are not as well loved by me and I also have everything I want in them. I have always been a single shot rifle lover but there are not many among the younger shooters so I have my doubts about the new Thompson Center's success and hope I'm proven wrong. Only time will tell if it's a success or another bust.
I haven't found anything new that sets my heart to fluttering. I get confused trying to remember which new offering is the new have to have thing because there is such a sack full of loadings and rifles that shoot them that basically do about the same thing. It appears there is a caliber of the month arriving now and I have given up on keeping score.
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Honestly there isn’t a single solitary rifle that came out in 2025 that does anything for me in the slightest. I was excited about he new Tikka T-3X in 7PRC. Then I noticed that the stock does not fold, and then saw the weight 8.2 lbs or so naked! Tikka ARE YOU GUYS STUPID? Why can they not give us what we want in a hunting rifle in 7 PRC? And that is 7 lbs ish naked and a folding stock or heck just give us a standard T3 series in 7 PRC. I was excited about the Sig Sawtooth magnum in 7 PRC with a folding stock yet again they made it in target weight not hunting weight. I was hoping Sako would offer something cool in 7 PRC or 300 PRC, but nope, same nice rifles in the same boring chamberings. If I’m going to drop the bucks on a Sako 90 it’s going to be a caliber that I’m interested in. Heck at least give me a faster twist rate! But nope it almost like Sako is not interested in selling new rifles.
I feel like the people designing these “hunting“ rifles have either never been off a rifle range, have never hunted or have never carried a rifle further than 100 yards, why they make these hunting rifles that weigh in at like 10lbs to 12lbs dressed simply escapes me. And Sig has the audacity to claim the Sawtooth a “light weigh rifle“, give me a break!
The 7 Back Country caught my eye for about 30 seconds until I really started looking into what it offers. And at this time that is absolutely nothing I need. It’ll be interesting to see where this case technology is headed though.
I feel like the people designing these “hunting“ rifles have either never been off a rifle range, have never hunted or have never carried a rifle further than 100 yards, why they make these hunting rifles that weigh in at like 10lbs to 12lbs dressed simply escapes me. And Sig has the audacity to claim the Sawtooth a “light weigh rifle“, give me a break!
The 7 Back Country caught my eye for about 30 seconds until I really started looking into what it offers. And at this time that is absolutely nothing I need. It’ll be interesting to see where this case technology is headed though.
someguy2800
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Yep, I've always said T/C's biggest competitor is their own used market. They have made so many for so long and I think their owners are dying as fast as they are attracting new customers. I traded in contenders for many years as seen in my profile picture but at the moment don't own any anymore. After T/C went under there was a blip for a few years in prices but that actually went back down to about the same price as when they were in business, so I don't really see that there is a big unsatisfied demand in the market. I agree, the encores never did it for me.
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