SHOT Day 1-Sabre Defence Industries

[JShirley]

Sabre's here showing their products.

New for this year is a semi-automatic .50 BMG, the Leader LSR 50. I find it oddly reminiscent of an over-sized Bushmaster M17 bullpup. The LSR 50 is 17 pounds and 39" OAL with a 24" barrel. I found the trigger hard, but since this is a pre-production model, that will hopefully be resolved. MSRP is currently set at a very reasonable $6800.

A shot of the Sabre LEO rifles...

including a competitively priced piston gun.

 

[Derek Zeanah]

Options on the competition rifles include offset sights for close-in shooting even with a mounted higher power optic.

The Precision Marksman Rifle with 24" barrel.

 

[Zak Smith]

That's our silencer on the Stealth

 

[Derek Zeanah]

More stuff:

They are selling bags that look really good, designed by Rick Rardon who has some experience using three day packs. The color you see is a SHOT only scheme, but I believe they said they'll be available in black and OD. Price is $100 or so, and it's made to hold a laptop comfortably and safely in addition to normal stuff.

John and I both ended up buying some and find them extremely comfortable. For what it's worth.

 

[Two-Gun Lady]

JShirley:

"New for this year is a semi-automatic .50 BMG, the Leader LSR 50. I find it oddly reminiscent of an over-sized Bushmaster M17 bullpup."

You have a good eye, sir! You've recognized the characteristic style of the designer of both the original "M17S" (Art30 in Australia 1986) & the new Leader LSR 50 (plus the Australian Leader T2 5.56 in 1980): Charles St. George.

It is a pretty new 'baby' .50 isn't it?

Designed and developed by Charles St. George (and as also stated on the brochure, 'Patents Pending. Leader 50 and LSR 50 are registered trademarks of C2JS Holdings, LLC')

 

[JShirley]

Ah, thanks for the clarification.

Welcome to THR!

John

 

[Zanad]

oddly enough, I found one of their rifles at the pawn shop for about $950...

did I mention it was a NICE rifle?

 

[Two-Gun Lady]

Thanks for the welcome, John

Zanad:

oddly enough, I found one of their rifles at the pawn shop for about $950...

did I mention it was a NICE rifle?

Are you referring to the original Leader 5.56 from the '80s or Bushmaster's M17S? They were both very popular; the Leader 5.56 is getting harder to find now under $2,000.