Eureka Update #6 - Firing Pin Alignment, Stock and Lever Design 

Thank you mate!

Cheers mate!

thank you mate

Cheers mate, you are bang on, if we have multiple versions, you will be able to choose and also buy them aftermarket.

Thank you Ronan!

thanks good to know i'll put you in my contacts

Thanks mate! I agree, I think being busy helps keep the mind of the sadness. Jim is getting better every day but it will take a long time. He is hanging in there and the Eureka is certainly helping.

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Thanks mate!

yes indeed. This particular issue came from having different versions of parts and then over time it shifted. When we reviewed all the alignments, we found that it wasn't aligned anymore after all the changes were made. Always got to go back and test and check again. I am sure we will find a couple more before production....it never ends :)

Thank you mate!

We are in talks with NSW and QLD on this matter, when I have something concrete I will let you know. At this moment we are awaiting the first final lower receiver as the registries want photos of the completed gun, however we won't have those until next week. Stay tuned

haha thanks Greg

Thanks mate!

Thanks Brod! Yes if we offer different levers (tbd) we will let you choose which one you want and make them available for after market purchase. The lever that Jim showed in this video can be used LH or RH, the other one that Rick showed, can only be used on either side, which is due to the design. The non-coated version would look sick :)

Hear hear on the 308 version!

@@nunyabeeswax2575 Yes 308 will come too, already starting to design it now that the boys are 99% done with the .223

@@AustralianSportingAgencies I say "Hell Yeah!", my wallet says "Why do you treat me this way? "

Thanks mate

Thank you mate. Much appreciated! We are still looking into the possibility of making those magazines, it however comes down to the cost of the molds. If we can get those down and the unit numbers up, we can do it. It is likely my next project.

thanks for thinking of Lorraine

Thank you

Hey mate, yes we will be doing a 308 and are already starting to design it. The 6.5 is still open for debate. I would love to see one, lets get the 308 to market and then we will do a survey to see what's next.

@AustralianSportingAgencies yeah the 6.5 would pair extremely well with my Lithgow LA102

thank you very much

Hi mate, yes it is coming, I have almost all the costs together and are starting to program the website. In short, you will be able to customise the gun via our website or your local dealer. How and when will be announced in the next 3 weeks. Cheers

Thanks mate

thank you for your thoughts it was very hard for her brain cancer is Fu#cken nasty

@@jimcohen1956 thats horrible mate .. bless her. she is at peace now no more pain . just make sure your okay as well . keep busy she would be proud of you for what you have done and are doing . just know all of us are here for you mate . big family

Thanks mate. Yes if we offer different levers (tbd) we will let you choose which one you want and make them available for after market purchase. The lever that Jim showed in this video can be used LH or RH, the other one that Rick showed, can only be used on either side, which is due to the design.

thanks mate

We are hoping to take it to the IPSC nationals, but no promises have been made yet. Yes, it is totally available with collapsible and adjustable stocks, similar to the Chimera from CelikArms.au. I am unsure if the magazine falls out. There is a fine line between no movement of the magazine to increase pickup reliability and enough room for the magazine to fall out. I will test it when I have the final receiver. I am sure you can flick it out. We will offer a thumb rest lever, I believe. However, let me tell you from experience that the flip-down lever in the video is much quicker to use! Promise. You can just add a 45-degree offset adapter to your main Picatinny rail. Given the billet aluminum we use, there is no room to put an offset into the receiver without making the billet larger, which would make everything much more expensive. It is much cheaper to get an adapter. I will try to offer them as an add-on. The 9mm will be based on a blowback mechanism. My understanding at this point is that this is not compatible with the gas-operated receiver. But I will know more about that in the next month or so. Thank you. Yes, FDE will be available. Actually, the first few will be in FDE because black is scary.

Thank you very much! It has been and continues to be a tough time for Jim and his family, so thank you for your thoughts.

thanks mate for your thoughts

Unfortunately not if you live in Tas or NSW. The rest of Australia will enjoy adjustable length of pull options.

You are bang on with the mag release. Can't be done in the current design. If we release several levers, some will be swap-able. But all will be purchasable aftermarket if need be.

@@AustralianSportingAgencies Are we getting a LRBHO?

thanks mate

@@rvrski1 as of right now the mag will hold open the bolt. But you would need to pull the charging handle back to bring it back into battery before taking out the mag otherwise the action would close. I suggest counting your rounds if you are doing it in a competition scenario.

@@AustralianSportingAgencies I think that’s a missed opportunity, for all facets of usage. A couple of comments, to my knowledge Pmags aren’t designed to have the bolt group stop on mag polymer follower under spring pressure. With the bolt group resting on the follower I’m surmising from my Taipan that the mag won’t drop without the pressure released through pulling back the charging handle or physically pulling the mag down sending the bolt into battery. Given most people will be using the legal 10 round mags when engaged with a mob fast and effortless mag changes would be a great benefit. As always, appreciate the reply. T

Great idea. We will likely design one and make it aftermarket. Cheers for the feedback!

thanks Brad I suggest you keep watching this space

That's what I am working on, you are bang on. It is great to see people giving feedback tho, helps us heaps

thanks mate i have pushed up hard on the mags to make sure they don't contact the bolt or bolt carrier the mags do have the ledge under the mag catch and we have very little vertical movement

OP seriously re Finnish Brutality? Very cool man, are you going to film your stages for YT or something? 🤟🤟

​@jimcohen1956 Thanks for your work Jim.

​@nunyabeeswax2575 Yeah bro, I have a ticket for next year reserved. I may get my daughter to film it if I bring her. The goal is to do all 3 brutality matches in the next couple years.

I have one of those, worst gun I ever bought. Will probably just destroy it! I hear what you are saying, we will have different versions, but from experience the flip down lever is the best but it is hard to explain the benefits without actually showing footage. I will do a video specifically on it as it seems to be a big debate.

@@AustralianSportingAgencies awesome, i do understand that if your thumb rested on it it could cause issues if the mechanism is pulled during the ejection process, my A22r would sometimes jam if i pulled the release lever too soon.

@@novusrex2639 I can't tell you out of the top of my head what happens when you hold the lever down and the trigger, need to check.

Yes there will be left handed levers for sure!

and thank you for your comments.

Likely, but we won't know until we have registered the first one which should happen in the next 4 weeks.

Yes you will be able to swap the lever and safety around. However there will not be a true left hand extraction version. Better than nothing hey :)?

We hoping to get to a few ranges and give people a go with them. Stay tuned, first I need my 5 units, then they will make the rounds.

Yes two different length 20 and 16inch. check out eurekaguns.au

Hi Sam, it was Jim's wife that passed. She passed last month.

hi Samuel it was Lorraine my wife of 48 years 17/4/2024 of Glioblastoma (brain tumor)

Thanks mate, it would complicate the design of the receiver, would add additional parts that can break and would require a redesign of the forend. Overall it would make the gun a few hundred bucks more expensive, so we opted for the side charging handle.

You are spot on, FDE it is for the first few firearms we are making for testing. Fingers crossed

They said the fluting in the match barrel takes out so much material that the barrel isn't overly heavy. Personally I'm tossing up the idea of getting a custom barrel for it but I'd have to get my hands on the rifle to feel the overall weight and the balance (as well as the accuracy) to see if that's a path worth considering. FWIW I'm thinking about an 18" medium tapered fluted stainless barrel. Should make it nice and handy while retaining most of the ballistic performance of the 20".

@@Hiraeth91537 we're not worried about the weight. We're interested in the velocity gains particularly when using the heavy 223 bullets, which make the cartridge more suitable for more occasions. Everything straight-pull so far has been 16" that we ever see locally (happy to be proved wrong), I can only assume people are looking for AR15 looking firearms. A few 100fps makes a huge difference to the killing power of the diminutive 223 in variable primary production use.

@@gw5436 Oh, I misunderstood what you meant. From what they've said the stockade will have the option of a 20 inch heavy profile fluted barrel

@Hiraeth91537 that'd be awesome. Now if only a 308...

​@@gw5436I hear you. Hoping this results in a 308 Win too!