r/canadaguns • u/OnYourShield123 • Oct 04 '24

Sterling arms and Shooting Edge

With the news of The Shooting Edge closing doors, does anyone have any information or knowledge as to how this affect Sterling Arms operation in the future. Specifically the release of the r18 mk3 as well as replacement parts for the r18 mk2?

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u/HeftyAcanthisitta204 Oct 04 '24

SAI is separate and not impacted by TSE's closure. The two are owned by JR Cox whose track record is not the shiniest. To the guy's credit, he apologized for the Swiss Arms fiasco, but the apparent hiding of an impending bankruptcy and the muddy origins of the Mk3 do not inspire the greatest confidence. As long as the gun works properly I guess...

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u/lunchbawkz Pineapple is the best pizza topping fight me Oct 04 '24

The amount of people claiming the the R18 is a new design when it's so obviously an Akdas SEM 223 is just funny to me. I had someone tell me with a straight face try to say the SEM 223 was actually made first using SAI designs...

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u/HeftyAcanthisitta204 Oct 05 '24

Yeah that’s the official story, SAI supposedly commissioned the R18 from which the SEM 223 was derived. However the official story also says AKDAS developed the R9 alone before that. Now how both the R9 and the SEM 223 got the exact same design cues if SAI developed the R18 first, I don’t know. None of it makes any sense, but it’s still exciting to get a potentially reliable MCX-at-home option in this market.

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u/Loud_Possibility8956 Oct 05 '24

Yes it’s definitely all only relevant for law literature and keeping STANAG bs…

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u/Loud_Possibility8956 Oct 04 '24

lol wow that’s uncanny

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u/Loud_Possibility8956 Oct 04 '24

Gives confidence for reliability tho