AUSTRALIAN shooters are by now very familiar with Turkish shotguns, some of which are fantastic and some not so much, but most are largely unaware of the quality hunting rifles also coming out of the nation’s ever-growing firearm export trade. Arttech is a fairly new name to us, and most of us haven’t had much to do with the Prima series of rifles.
When I took the straight-pull bolt-action Prima SP out of the box I was immediately impressed by the wood and the wood-to-metal fit of what’s a mid-price hunting rifle. It hefted well and balanced nicely just ahead of the trigger guard, making it easy to carry and manoeuvre. It made me very interested in trying it out in the field.
But first some background because, like me, you may not be familiar with Arttech as a company, and yet it has a lengthy history of making various
