Unique AR-15 pump for IPSC Manual Open
At the First World Shoot Rifle in Russia there were some interesting firearms, some more unique than others.
All these pictures are from the shooting ranges at the Patriot Park, near Moscow.
In 2015, at the European Rifle Championship in Hungary, Peter Starley finished first in the Manual Open division. At that time the technical rules were different, and Lever-Released rifles were allowed – and used!
In 2017 Peter Starley finished first in the Manual Open Division, Super Senior, with the rifle pictured, manually pumped.
As it’s rather unique in its design I thought it would be a good idea to document and describe it.
Below: Peter Starley with his pump-action AR-15.
A pump-action, where the pump slides around the circular free-floating hand guard. Of if the pump is part of the hand-guard, it all depends on how you define things. There are no spring actions allowed in IPSC Manual Open, so you have to pump both back and forward. Grip tape around the pump handle.
Toni Systems Magwell and a custom pistol grip. The lower has a serial number and “England” machined out. The safety is the biggest one I’ve ever seen.
Vortex with 1-6 Power. Multiple Noveske K9 barricade supports at the front of the barrel.
“Smile – Wait for flash”
The bolt has “SGC” on it. as in Southern Gun Company (UK), makers of lever release and straight-pull rifles.
Atlas Bipod and Noveske K9 barricade supports all around.
Here you can see a modified Troy Defense PAR (Made in the USA) and a modified Kalashnikov KSZ-223. You can read more about the Kalashnikov here.
Below: From Russia World Shoot and the Patriot Park. As you can see the shooting ranges are equipped to the highest standards, with beds for sleepy Range Officers.
You can find Peter at Black Powder.
Ex-Arctic Ranger. Competitive practical shooter and hunter with a European focus. Always ready to increase my collection of modern semi-automatics, optics, thermals and suppressors. TCCC Certified. Occasionaly seen in a 6x6 Bug Out Vehicle, always with a big smile.
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Does he keep this thing in the UK? Because pump-action centrefire rifles are banned in the UK, bit of a puzzle. This is the legal definition of pump-action: "it is so designed or adapted that it is re–loaded by the manual operation of the fore–end or forestock of the weapon."
It is not correct that "spring actions [are not] allowed in IPSC Manual Open, so you have to pump both back and forward". The KSZ-223 uses a return spring, and it is 100% legal.