New AR upper, lever action lower - Fight Lite herring 2024 rifle

[grayfox]

HERRING® MODEL 2024 - ADVANCED LEVER ACTION RIFLE (HLR-556-BK) (fightlite.com)

Uses a standard bolt but special bolt carrier, lever action rifle lower but AR uppers...

I can see a lever action Grendel coming!!!

[mtnlvr]

That's just weird. I like it.

[Csitt]

Evil looking lever gun. I love it!

Chuck S.

[LR1955]

How strange!

Lever gun, under barrel tube magazine. Complicated operating mechanism. Must use flat tip bullets.

Should prefix it with the word "Red".

Something tells me this good idea will not be around long.

LR55

[CJW]

That is one of the ugliest guns I have ever seen…..it hurts to look at it.

[dpete]

How strange! Thats for sure!

Lever gun, under barrel tube magazine. Nope! Standard AR15 magazine, box not a tube.


Complicated operating mechanism. Maybe.


Must use flat tip bullets. Why? They don't sit end to end in a tube. They are in an AR15 mag.

Should prefix it with the word "Red".

Something tells me this good idea will not be around long. You might be right.

[LRRPF52]

Fightlite makes some other cool stuff though:

[LR1955]

How strange! Thats for sure!

Lever gun, under barrel tube magazine. Nope! Standard AR15 magazine, box not a tube.


Complicated operating mechanism. Maybe.


Must use flat tip bullets. Why? They don't sit end to end in a tube. They are in an AR15 mag.

Should prefix it with the word "Red".

Something tells me this good idea will not be around long. You might be right.

DP:

Sorry. Flash backs to my lever gun days. I shudder to think about them. This one has much better ergonomics so it won't beat your shoulder apart and yes, magazine fed means spitzer tip bullets.

Kind of a weird mixture of designs.

Not for me.

LR55

[grayfox]

??? The picture I see there is of an AR upper, an AR mag, and lever/buttstock of a 30-30 type.
No tube mag below...
Doesn't require flat-tip bullets...
O wait, '55 must be satire!

I saw something like the bolt carrier/rear extension, similar to their SCR type I think?
Look in the parts/accessories tabs.
Nut I don't know why an articulated lever/mechanism couldn't move a pretty standard-type bolt carrier, straight back into the (empty) buffer space, then back forward. Uintah's bolt action rifles do that, just with a simple bolt-action bolt.

Only thing I don't like about this one is the rear stock setup... should be more like a straight AR type rear, so you can bring the butt stock you want to it.

[LR1955]

??? The picture I see there is of an AR upper, an AR mag, and lever/buttstock of a 30-30 type.
No tube mag below...
Doesn't require flat-tip bullets...
O wait, '55 must be satire!

I saw something like the bolt carrier/rear extension, similar to their SCR type I think?
Look in the parts/accessories tabs.
Nut I don't know why an articulated lever/mechanism couldn't move a pretty standard-type bolt carrier, straight back into the (empty) buffer space, then back forward. Uintah's bolt action rifles do that, just with a simple bolt-action bolt.

Only thing I don't like about this one is the rear stock setup... should be more like a straight AR type rear, so you can bring the butt stock you want to it.

GF:

Yes and no. When I saw 'lever action' my critical thinking stopped and memories of beating my shoulder apart with a lever gun took over.

Yes, it takes a magazine so no need for flat tipped bullets.

It would be great for a Grendel, I am sure. Would be great for anything that can be chambered in a short action.

It looks like it was designed by a committee to appease the crowd that wants to ban semi automatic firearms.

Wish them luck with their idea.

LR55

[grayfox]

My 30-30 did that to my shoulder too in "yesteryear" - your comment brought back the memories.

[LRRPF52]

I think this is for States that have violated their people’s rights with unconstitutional provisions passed in the State legislatures.

A good mechanical enhancement of this design would be a gear-ratio’d ratcheting mechanism where you squeeze a lever in the grip to cycle the action.

[LR1955]

My 30-30 did that to my shoulder too in "yesteryear" - your comment brought back the memories.

GR:

Mine was a .44 Magnum carbine. Skinny stock with sharp toe. Shoot it and it would torque out of position while dealing the shoulder a real sharp and unpleasant blow.

Ugh.

I also had a reproduction of a Henry 44-40 made by Uberti if I recall correctly. It was heavy and the 44-40 was not exactly a magnum so it didn't hit real hard. Neat rifle but otherwise unimpressive. At the time, 44-40 brass was real hard to get and was super thin so it would get damaged easily.

LR-55

[Essayons]

John Pedersen (designer of the Pedersen Device for the '03 Springfield) solved the problem of shooting non-flat-nose bottle-necked bullets from a tubular magazine without primer strikes. See https://www.chuckhawks.com/rem_14_141.html on the Remington Model 14 and 141.