Meet the FN Ballista
Published: January 23rd, 2012
Two years ago Remington jumped into the modular precision rifle platform with their MSR line, this year FN hit back hard with their Ballista rifle. Easily convertible from .338 Lapua, .300win mag, and .308. Swapping out calibers can be done under 1.5-2 minutes, and is done so by loosening 4 captive barrel screws, and uses a self-adjusting bolt for proper head-spacing. The gun utilizes a composite mix of aluminum, steel, and polymer stock, with folding stock (adjustable), and more rails then AMTRAK. Coming in around 17lbs this looks to be a strong competitor in the military precision platform market.
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Love the idea of being able to simply change calibers. Hate the idea of price. I think some are getting the wrong idea of caliber convertion here. No one is going to be changing calibers in the field. I wouldn't expect any rifle to maintain it's zero after removing it's barrel let alone firing an entirely different round from an entirely different barrel. The idea is to be able to take the right round for the job(ie. inside 1,000 yards=7.62 and so forth).
The Ballista is a german construction * -* Oh man