r/canadaguns • u/OperatorBadger • Jun 17 '26

Gun and gear reviews New NR UTAS Straight Pull 556/308?

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I've seen some posts from a firearms retailer in Alberta social media and website and a couple private sellers online selling UTAS 556/308 AR10/AR15 straight pulls.

The rifle from what I'm reading is essentially an AR10/AR15 without a gas port in the upper and proprietary sized pivot/takedown pins to make it incompatible with normal AR10/AR15 but is otherwise it's an AR10/AR15.

Does anyone have any more information on this rifle? I can't find much online and there's no public FRT, I would imagine there's a private one that has not been released yet as it would be needed for importing the rifle from Turkey. Seems odd RCMP would've allowed this to pass as NR.

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u/iNeedAdivorce Jun 17 '26

Can someone explain to me why I would buy one of these instead of just buying a nice bolt action rifle? I don't get the attraction.

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u/uber_poutine Jun 17 '26

If you've already got accessories and/or parts that you can't use anymore, this could be a way to use them again.

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u/Dootbooter Jun 17 '26

That's like throwing a corvette body on a Nissan ultima

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u/iNeedAdivorce Jun 17 '26

Right? So because you don't have a Corvette anymore, but you still have Corvette wheels. You should buy a different type of car that's not a Corvette like a piece of shit chrysler 300 and put those Corvette wheels on it.

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u/uber_poutine Jun 17 '26

When the powers that be have banned "zoomy cars" and you've got the some really high quality wheels sitting in your garage, maybe you want to use those wheels, or your special steering wheel, or the custom suspension that you've got. Doesn't make the car into a Corvette, but maybe it's better than letting those parts collect dust.

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u/No_Reveal_7886 Jun 20 '26

I really don't get the appeal either.  If I want to run & gun I'd get a lever or pump. If I'm bench shooting I'll get a turnbolt. 

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u/OperatorBadger Jun 17 '26

It's an AR and you can't get them anymore, it's interesting.

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u/iNeedAdivorce Jun 17 '26

That's not an Armalite 15 rifle.

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u/OperatorBadger Jun 17 '26

It's a straight pull AR15, it's an AR15 without a gas system and with proprietary takedown/pivot pins, other than that it's identical to the average milspec ar15

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u/alexorange178 Jun 17 '26

You meant a straight pull that looks like an ar15.

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u/iNeedAdivorce Jun 17 '26

I really hope that you're being sarcastic with me.

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u/OperatorBadger Jun 17 '26

I'm not, please explain to me what I got wrong.

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u/iNeedAdivorce Jun 17 '26

A Prius is car. It's not a sports car.

That is a rifle. It's not an AR 15.

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u/OperatorBadger Jun 17 '26

Built on a AR15 chassis, AR15 Parts. Just because it wasn't manufactured by armalite doesn't mean it's not a ar15.