THE Outback combines two of Australia’s most prominent home-grown shooting products: the Lithgow Arms LA102 centrefire action and the Southern Cross Small Arms TSP X aluminium chassis, creating a rifle that’s as rugged and long-wearing as the remote country it is named for. It’s made to be a hardworking, practical firearm that farmers might carry in their utes, professionals might shoot from a tripod or serious enthusiasts might snipe with over a bipod.
All Lithgow had to do to create this new model was forge a short little 46cm (18”) sporter-weight barrel to fit to its well-known action, then do a deal for the chassis that Southern Cross (SCSA) has been producing in its NSW factory for a while now. Add the LA105’s steel 10-round magazine and ship ’em out.
It was an obvious thing to do, according to the factory’s recently reinvigorated management, and it’s one of a series of new rifles just released by the
