Spotted: Global Defense Rhineland R3000 .308 AR10 Bullpup System
Florida-based Global Defense has teamed up with the folks at Rhineland Arms of Texas to give a bullpup option to AR10 owners.
We ran across the R3000 .308 at SHOT Show late last month and were impressed. With styling that evokes the classic Walther WA2000 bullpup, the R3000 is constructed using full-size AR10 parts compatible with SR25-pattern magazines.
At its heart is a custom monolith extruded T7075 aluminum receiver married up to a Shilen match grade barrel with a stainless steel barrel nut, a low-profile gas block that fits under a full-length M1913 top Picatinny rail designed for top or side-mount bipods, a CMC match grade trigger pack, HK pattern push pins, and an American walnut thumbhole bullpup stock. (Photo: Chris Eger/Guns.com)
Note the side-charging bolt carrier group. (Photo: Chris Eger/Guns.com)
If you ever thought, hey, I'd love a WA2000 clone in .308 with AR10 compatibility, then the R3000 could be for you (Photo: Chris Eger/Guns.com)
Noe the stainless Shilen barrel, low profile gas block, and full-length Pic rail, this one with a topside mounted bipod. (Photo: Chris Eger/Guns.com)
The R2000 5.56 kit, is shown with a Beta C-mag. (Photo: Chris Eger/Guns.com)
Rhineland has been around since 1999 and has marketed a wide array of kit guns over the years, including FN FAL parts and Mauser kits. Speaking of which, the R3000 .308 and R2000 5.56 will be offered initially as kits with a $1,300 price range sans bolt group, trigger, barrel, and recoil spring/buffer, although full-up rifles are supposed to be on the menu as well.
