r/canadaguns • u/Dill_Pickle_Tears • Mar 01 '26

Buy recommendations Backland Hunter Elite - Thoughts??

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Yeah yeah I know it’s likely just another cope garbage rod…but let a man dream lol. Anyone think it could be decent?

Sounds like the elite features a heavier buffer and spring, as well as some changes to the bolt carrier. Could the improvements make this thing at least somewhat reliable out of the box?

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u/P-Potatovich Mar 01 '26

Is this.. thing semi auto? I honestly don’t think I’ve seen a more cursed gun for sale for civilian market. A Turkish (I think if I’m not wrong) semi auto Alabama offspring of m4 and ar

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u/Ustauk Mar 02 '26

I hope they finally got it right, because the concept is cool. It is semi-automatic, using the "DI" internal piston pushed by gas from a gas tube method. The front end is an AR 15 gas tube , barrel, barrel nut and handguard. The receiver contains a standard AR-15 bolt on a bolt carrier modified to be attached to a shotgun style recoil harvesting system.

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u/HappyCan7250 Mar 03 '26

That sounds like enough AR in it to get it slapped with the "variant" label sadly, although maybe not since the Renegade and Troy SAR and PAR have about the same number of AR parts, but they're strictly straight pulls or pump. 

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u/Ustauk Mar 03 '26

Hopefully it won't get banned, but one never knows. It is less likely to be banned as an AR-15 variant, and more likely to be banned when they inevitably go after all semi-auto shotguns :-(