Not sure this qualifies as vintage but pretty sure it's configuration is long out of use.
A few months ago a guy at our club listed a TA01 for sale @ I think $850 (recently recharged for $260 by Triji). I didn't need one but excellent glass to have as a floater so offered him $600. He declined but he also mentioned some wiz bang cool precision rifle SOCOM sniper clone variant from the early 2000s he wants to off for three grand. Never heard of make/model, not in my wheelhouse, and I didn't even have near that to make a counter offer if I was interested. We exchanged niceties but went on our way.
Fast forward to this weekend and he pings me asking if I still want the ACOG, that he'd take $500 for it. I'm all over it. So we agreed to meet and he says he'll bring that rifle along just to check out. Now, he says he'd take two grand for it along with a bit of match ammo. I figure, okay, I just made bonus last quarter so was does it hurt to look at. I tossed my borescope in the car and headed out.
Did a little Google surfing and turns out this is some kind of custom civilian variant of an M40A1 or 3 built by ROBAR in the early 2000s, complete with period correct Leupold Mark 4 10x fixed scope and McMillan stock. Virtually spotless with about 2,000 rounds down the pipe. Originally sold for around $4,500 with a guarantee of half MOA out of the box. Had ever so slight fire crackling at the throat with smooth transition to basically razor sharp lands all the way to the muzzle. I read that this is basically one of the early variants (ala M40) that Chris Kyle used in the early days of the Gulf War.
A quick Zelle transfer on the phone had me driving home with it, the ACOG, and 80 rounds of 175gr Federal Gold Medal Match .308 for $2,300 bucks.
$1,750 for the SR90
$ 500 for the ACOG
$ 50 for 80rds of .308 Match (and a couple little carry cases for the ammo)
Not a bad deal for a random Sunday that just dropped into my lap. Now I need to learn how to shoot for real.
If anyone knows any more about the history and legacy of this fine-built precision rifle I'm all ears and would like to learn.
A few months ago a guy at our club listed a TA01 for sale @ I think $850 (recently recharged for $260 by Triji). I didn't need one but excellent glass to have as a floater so offered him $600. He declined but he also mentioned some wiz bang cool precision rifle SOCOM sniper clone variant from the early 2000s he wants to off for three grand. Never heard of make/model, not in my wheelhouse, and I didn't even have near that to make a counter offer if I was interested. We exchanged niceties but went on our way.
Fast forward to this weekend and he pings me asking if I still want the ACOG, that he'd take $500 for it. I'm all over it. So we agreed to meet and he says he'll bring that rifle along just to check out. Now, he says he'd take two grand for it along with a bit of match ammo. I figure, okay, I just made bonus last quarter so was does it hurt to look at. I tossed my borescope in the car and headed out.
Did a little Google surfing and turns out this is some kind of custom civilian variant of an M40A1 or 3 built by ROBAR in the early 2000s, complete with period correct Leupold Mark 4 10x fixed scope and McMillan stock. Virtually spotless with about 2,000 rounds down the pipe. Originally sold for around $4,500 with a guarantee of half MOA out of the box. Had ever so slight fire crackling at the throat with smooth transition to basically razor sharp lands all the way to the muzzle. I read that this is basically one of the early variants (ala M40) that Chris Kyle used in the early days of the Gulf War.
A quick Zelle transfer on the phone had me driving home with it, the ACOG, and 80 rounds of 175gr Federal Gold Medal Match .308 for $2,300 bucks.
$1,750 for the SR90
$ 500 for the ACOG
$ 50 for 80rds of .308 Match (and a couple little carry cases for the ammo)
Not a bad deal for a random Sunday that just dropped into my lap. Now I need to learn how to shoot for real.
If anyone knows any more about the history and legacy of this fine-built precision rifle I'm all ears and would like to learn.
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