Canadian Ranger Rifles, 2007

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Question: Has the Valmet Hunter ever been used by the Rangers?

The reason I ask is that I have read in several places that the reason it escaped being prohibited was that some of them had been issued to rangers.

On the face of it it seems a good choice, it has the action of an AK..reliability in arctic conditions should be assured, well built with excellent sights and readily available scope mounts and it can be had in 223 or 7.62.

Now I am not recomending it for a current buy ( they are out of production after all ), but it would seem sound reasoning for anyone who may have been looking for a modern ranger rifle in the 90's.

Any of you rangers ever seen one in service or is this another myth.