Alamo Precision Rifles

By Tom Beckstrand

I certainly understand the desire to have a custom rifle. The ability to pick everything from the stock to barrel length to the cartridge means the customer gets exactly what they want in one high-­quality package.

The good news is that I finally found a custom rifle company that builds guns offering much more performance than the sub-­$2,000 price tag indicates. Everyone wants the best value for their dollar, and most talk about finding that one sweet deal where you make out like a bandit. Alamo Precision Rifles (APR) out of Hurst, Texas, is the only custom rifle builder I’ve found where the customer always gets a smoking deal. It’s a tough balancing act to pull off, but these guys are getting it done.

NO MAGICAL PIXIE DUST

One of my pet peeves is when you ask a detailed question about how a manufacturer achieves some performance goal, and the response is along the lines of, “… there’s a complex and proprietary process … .” That’s just another way of claiming to possess some special sauce to justify running the price through the roof.

I first heard about APR through an old U.S. Army buddy. We served in the …Read the Rest

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