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Bond Arms is known for producing high quality derringers .... having toured their factory and purchased one of their derringers, it came as a surprise to me that they have come out with a "modern" lever action rifle .... the video below pretty well tells the story and fills in many details

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0NQVAFrtQI

JEBar wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 10, 2023 10:48 am

Bond Arms is known for producing high quality derringers .... having toured their factory and purchased one of their derringers, it came as a surprise to me that they have come out with a "modern" lever action rifle .... the video below pretty well tells the story and fills in many details

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0NQVAFrtQI

Sorry, yuk, not a fan.

Guess Im to old fashion. I wont be a customer

Not what I expected. I will also pass.

It's a very interesting concept especially in the ability to change calibers.
Jake

Shakey Jake wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 10, 2023 12:57 pm

It's a very interesting concept especially in the ability to change calibers.
Jake

being able to switch calibers by switching barrels is standard with almost all Bond derringers so I wasn't surprised to see that feature in the lever action rifle they are coming out with

BigAl52 wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 10, 2023 11:57 am

Guess Im to old fashion. I wont be a customer

understood on "old fashion" .... even though they do offer some solid advantages, I haven't warmed up to Henry's X-models .... its abundantly clear that a great many folks really like their looks and performance

Traditional lever gun lovers will probably side step this, but I can see it's appeal to many other shooters. I think Bond will find the right market for this rifle.

Paul

It seems well thought out and engineered. I like more traditional levers but from a practical standpoint it is great. With a 300hamr barrel you could have a rifle that is lighter and shorter than a traditional 30-30 with the same ballistics. I believe the ballistics would even be better than the 30-30 with the use of pointy bullets and it is designed to attain its velocity with a shorter barrel.

Interesting. I was thinking that it would be more compact. Well, it may appeal to some. It is good to have options.

Not my style, looks like one of those terrible black “assault rifles”.

A Big fat NOPE!

RP

Yuk. No interest here.....At all.

To my eye that thing is unforgivably ugly.

UPDATE from Jan 2023 :

anticipated sale price $1,500 .... quote from link below : "To be clear, this rifle is still in a pre-production prototype phase, but Bond Arms tells us they've been testing and refining it for more than a year already."


https://www.offgridweb.com/gear/new-bon ... ion-ar-15/

Here is the range test:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6KNJ0nadTo

Yes, it's not pretty, but it looks very functional and will meet the needs of those where semi-autos are NOT permitted, like the UK. If you read the comments they are very excited. I don't know that I would add it to my collection, I have my Henry's for the lever gun class, and other guns to fill the other needs, but I can certainly see where this would fit the bill for a LOT of folks. I can see them selling as fast as Bond can get them out the door. Especially when they start adding additional calibers to meet customer demands. To be able to have the gun in .223 for plinking or piggies, and step up to a larger caliber for deer, and higher for bigger game by changing uppers and mags... Yup, they will probably sell very well.

I bought my Ruger American Ranch Bolt action in 556 over other options BECAUSE it would accept the AR mags. It came with a 5 round mag. I had a number of 10, 20, and 30 round mags from my two careers. Nice to go looking for the coyotes with an AR mag in the gun and have PLENTY of ammo in case a need appears. Or to simply walk down to the range to plink with 20 rounds in the gun.

My Henry Long Ranger in .223/5.56 with 5 round mag is much nicer looking.

GeoBoy wrote: ↑

Sat Mar 11, 2023 9:35 am

Not my style, looks like one of those terrible black “assault rifles”.

Agree.^^^ I wish the gun companies would leave the "old style" lever action rifles alone and not make them to resemble something that certain elements will want to ban. Wrong direction.

Rifletom wrote: ↑

Tue Jul 18, 2023 12:50 pm

GeoBoy wrote: ↑

Sat Mar 11, 2023 9:35 am

Not my style, looks like one of those terrible black “assault rifles”.

Agree.^^^ I wish the gun companies would leave the "old style" lever action rifles alone and not make them to resemble something that certain elements will want to ban. Wrong direction.

Its all about the mighty buck. Which isnt so mighty anymore. Trying to lure the punks of the world with the tacticool look. Guess for me It aint cool to be tacticool