The AR platform has been popular since its creation more than 50 years ago, and although there are quite a few components on the market for them, the importance of certain parts is sometimes minimized. One part some shooters don’t worry about is the trigger guard, [Read More…]
Bae Systems has a credit card sized thermal mono-sight. This thing is tiny. Here it is with an Aimpoint micro. It is about the same size as a magnifier. It can be yours for a low low price of $11,500, according to this website.
Like a true professional, Katelyn Francis had a slight slip on a roof top 3Gun stagel but maintained positive control on her AR. She recovered and continued the stage. Katelyn Francis is well known for her infamous video a couple years ago, when she was 13 and shooting [Read More…]
Brownells has come out with their own .308/ 7.62x51mm twenty round magazines for the AR platform. They have the brown anti tilt followers as well. They are retailing for $19.99 from the standard website and $16.97 if you have a dealer/discount account on their website. [Read More…]
Released at the SHOT Show 2015, Minox USA introduced their new tactical line of optics and among those is the new ZP8 1-8x24mm model. For those that have never heard of the brand, Minox is a very old German optic maker and it has recently acquired Optronica, [Read More…]
This video was posted on Facebook. If you look for the best training in South Africa and you serious about your safety and your family or you law enforcement or close protection officer, Then I can give you what you look for. I serve in one of the top unit in Israel [Read More…]
West sent us info on his new AR-10 build which includes a … * Palmetto State Armory AR10 16″ stainless barrel. * JL billet 12″ M-lok free float rail. * Surefire Pro Comp * Magpul gear, afg, pmag, k2 grip * Aero precision light weight scope mount * [Read More…]
Alamo 4 Star makes a muzzle brake that advertises 50% recoil reduction. It is made in .223/5.56, 6mm, 6.5, 6xc, .308, and.300 Winchester Magnum. The brake retails for $139 and is available on their website.
The end we knew would come has finally begun. Colt Defense, LLC is set to file chapter 11 bankruptcy protection tomorrow, according to insider sources, reports marketwatch.com: Gun maker Colt Defense LLC plans to file for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection by Monday, [Read More…]
Rufus writes: This is a picture of my original Armalite AR-180 manufactured in England by Sterling. I saw it in a shop next to one of the new ones produced by the current Armalite (which is the same company in name only) with the polymer lower. I fell in love with [Read More…]
Writing for ShootingIllustrated.com, NRA editor and author Jim Wilson raises the topic of the lever-action rifle’s role in civilian and law enforcement shooting. On Facebook, author, instructor, and gunsmith Grant Cunningham concurs with Wilson’s [Read More…]
Rome107 writes … Choose your side! On top is my Izhmash Saiga in 7,62×39 with folding stock, Surefire L4 flashlight and AK74 muzzle brake. Folded length is 60 cm what is the minimum required length here. Internals are modified to use all AK mags. As coming [Read More…]
Berger has announced that development on its long-awaited 6.5mm 130gr AR Hybrid OTM bullet has completed and the new bullet is entering production. From Berger’s blog: We are thrilled to announce that our recent tests were successful and our new 6.5mm 130gr AR [Read More…]
In 2013, TFB reported on the latest developments of the Taiwanese next-generation rifle program, then called “XT-97”. It is now being reported that the latest variants are called “XT-105”, and that the rifle, developed by the 205th Armory of the [Read More…]
My hat is off to Kenetic Development Group for their rapid pace of product launches. While originally focusing on some great enhancements to the SCAR, KDG has turned their attention to the AR with the MREX-AR, an M-LOK free-float handguard. Currently, only one length [Read More…]
Kinetic Development has made a rather sweet M-Lok QD rail called Kinect. They are spring loaded to lock onto the M-Lok holes. There is a release button that you push to quick detach the Kinect mount from the M-Lok handguard. Kinect rails/mounts are available on [Read More…]
Black Hills Ammunition released an improved version of their famous 77 grain long range precision 5.56mm round. The new version features a green color polymer ballistic tip Sierra boat-tail projectile calls the Tipped MatchKing (TMK). It’s the first ballistic tip [Read More…]
Freedom Printing 3D (a channel I recently discovered) posted up a video early last month of a 3-D printed fire control group for the AR-15. I was surprised to see it, as my currently industry affiliation has always used metal parts – which prejudiced me against [Read More…]
Kramer Defense has released a new round for the AR-15 that they are calling the “6.8x45mm Urban Combat Cartridge”. The round is based on the 5.56mm case, necked up to .277″ caliber: Las Vegas, Nev. – -(Ammoland.com)- After four years of research and [Read More…]
John sent us a photo showing some Sunday shooting on the farm in Southern Ohio. The AR-15 is a Daniel Defense DDM4V7 w/ EOtech EXPS2 and Magnifier and the M1A is a Springfield M1A Socom 16 w/ Aimpoint PRO. Thanks John. I appreciate you sharing these beautiful photos [Read More…]
A smooth light weight trigger can make a big difference, it’s usually what I upgrade first with all my ARs. Check out this budget friendly replacement trigger from ADK Arms. They’re currently running a special on their new trigger at just $59.99. The [Read More…]
In late 1963, photographer Arthur Rickerby snapped photos of a Colt demonstration of its new AR-15 rifle. The photos appeared TIME Magazine, and their focus was on more than just the rifles themselves: Present at the shoot was 1962 Miss America pageant winner Maria [Read More…]
Andy Greenberg, of Wired, wrote an article about his experience using the Ghost Gunner CNC milling machine by Defense Distributed. Andy tried three types of AR lower gunsmithing. He started with the traditional 80% lower and tried to use a drill press. His results were [Read More…]
An answer to a question I haven’t thought to ask, Freedom Printing 3D tested two of the most common materials used for 3-D printing, ABS and PLA. Using a simple hammer, the ABS lower receiver was able to stand up significantly better to impact. Comparatively, the [Read More…]
Way Of The Gun posted this video on how to swap out the rear takedown pin of an AR-15 lower receiver. Normally you would need to loosen the castle nut and back off the receiver end plate, thereby easing the tension off of the takedown detent and spring. However this [Read More…]
I was surprised to see that TFB has never run a review of the Akdal Mka 1919 shotgun. After all, I’ve had one in my safe for over a year now, and they had been around in the US for years before that. But they’re not a gun in the limelight. Originating in [Read More…]
Arik, a reader from Israel, emailed me this photo of a XEM16E1 rifle he was issued. He wrote … I was issued this rifle for a month, belonged to the Nahal infantry battalion and was still in full active service and firing rounds. The XEM16E1 was produced [Read More…]
How light can an AR-15 made entirely with off-the-shelf components be? Guns & Tactics sought to answer that question with their ultralight black rifle build project detailed in a recent article: Two years ago, it would not have been possible to build a functioning [Read More…]
The Small Arms Defense Journal website have published an article written by Leszek Erenfeicht describing the history and function of the MSBS Radon rifle, one of the major dark horses of 21st Century rifle designs. The Radon was designed from a clean sheet, ignoring [Read More…]
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