The US Presidential Election may still be up in the air, but the results for Build of the Week’s Set 1 are in! (too soon?) The Build of the Week Winner Is… With 36% of the vote, the winner is…….Clay P’s “The Hulk”. Congrats! For [Read More…]
Now that we have had a solid four weeks of submissions (and time to digest them) it is time for you all to vote on your favorites. How to vote Voting is simple–use the below form and pick your favorite. Also, tell us why. The best comments will be featured in the [Read More…]
The fourth entry named “Corona Light” by Doug is the lightest (and quietest) build of the bunch. Stuck at home under quarantine, he wanted to make a lightweight, suppressed rifle suitable for training and plinking. Three and a Half Pound Corona Light At 3.5 [Read More…]
The third build is our first pistol caliber carbine of the reboot. In lieu of waiting for (I presume) a preferred B&T GHM9, Charlie decided to build his own PCC, patterning after Noveske’s Space Invader. Warning: if you are a delicate flower, some of the [Read More…]
Welcome to the second installment of the reboot of Build of the Week. This week, we have the aptly named “Now you see it, now you don’t” by Wolfgar. The second build, while an AR-pattern rifle, is strong. Thought has gone into it, and the components are quality. [Read More…]
We are off to a great start and have our first volley of submissions. First through the gate is Clay with his big game hunting build named “The Hulk”. I am very impressed that the first build is not YAAR (Yet Another AR). Note: I’m not hacking on AR [Read More…]
A little over two years ago, we started a little series called Build Of The Week. Many of you readers enthusiastically participated and we had a ton of submissions. Enough that we turned it into a contest with a chance to win real prizes – culminating in the [Read More…]
What happens when companies like Strike Industries, Primary Weapons Systems, Holosun and The Firearm Blog collaborate? Cool things like the Build of The Year giveaway! Today, we announced the winner at a live social media stream from the Strike Industries booth at SHOT [Read More…]
UPDATE: 1600 PST, Jan 23 Winner of the Build: Jim R, with the Higgens Shotgun with 45% of the votes 2nd Place ($100 GC to Brownells): Tony R, with the 300BLK PDW with 20% of the votes Random Winners (swag packs from Strike Industries): Daniel S Erin C Congrat [Read More…]
Drumroll…..And the winner for the sixth set was Jim’s Higgins Build with an overwhelming 45% of the votes (Kevin’s AR9 build came in second with 27% of the votes). The randomly picked winning voter was Zach C. I think Jim’s build won because of the [Read More…]
We just saw our 24th installment of Build of the Week and we have plenty more submissions to go. As we mentioned, we have a plan in mind for some interactivity with this series to keep it a little more fun and lively. As is our process, after every four posted Builds, [Read More…]
The 24th Installment of Build of the Week was contributed by Jim. So basically this is the Craftsman Tools of shotguns… Pretty interesting collector’s piece (with a little bit of the history), and even more interesting that Jim modded it (there is always [Read More…]
The 23rd Installment of Build of the Week was contributed by Kevin. I really like the look of that hand guard. If you all can’t tell by now, I really set this series up to get good ideas for the stuff I want to do. Pete finally convinced me to em-brace PCC [Read More…]
The 22nd Installment of Build of the Week was contributed by Matt. Thank goodness it is not another FDE gun. Honestly the hottest thing I like about this build is the Rail-Rap (see what I did there?). How did I not know about this product. You’d think by this point [Read More…]
Drumroll…..And the winner for the second set was Michael’s Predator Hunting AR with just over 43% of the votes (Jodie’s Rebel Scum came in second with Noshpatu and Valorius at a dead tie for 3rd). The randomly picked winning voter was Todd W. I would [Read More…]
The 21st Installment of Build of the Week was contributed by JG. I believe this is the first build that has been submitted where one of the components was actually 3-D printed by the builder. While everything else was off the shelf as JG mentions it is not bad [Read More…]
Last week saw our 20th installment of Build of the Week and we have plenty more submissions to go. As we mentioned, we have a plan in mind for some interactivity with this series to keep it a little more fun and lively. As is our process, after every four posted [Read More…]
The 20th Installment of Build of the Week was contributed by Jodie P. This build is pretty straightforward. It has a decent optic, a Faxon barrel, and Strike should be happy to see a build with one of their stocks. What makes this build stand out is the paint scheme [Read More…]
The 19th Installment of Build of the Week was contributed by Valorius. I only called it “Glorious” because it was kind of poetic. Overall a pretty clean build, and good integration of the Cobalt Linear Compensator—it looks good here. Valorius has been a long [Read More…]
Drumroll…..And the winner for the second set was the 6.5 Grendel Pistol Build by DJ with 32% of the votes (I’ve noticed that the votes are getting much closer; I’m assuming because the individual builds appeal to some segments of all of you. It could [Read More…]
The 18th Installment of Build of the Week was contributed by Noshpatu. I think this submission beat the whole “Space Force” announcement a few months ago so Noshpatu may have something. That said, anything with the Hera CQR is going to look science-fictiony. The [Read More…]
The 17th Installment of Build of the Week was contributed by Michael G. This is one of the most complete submissions to date and includes prices. Keep the submissions coming in! We are publishing them in the order in which they were received (with the exception of a [Read More…]
Two weeks ago (my apologies for not getting this out last week) we saw our sixteenth installment of Build of the Week and we have plenty more submissions to go. As we mentioned, we have a plan in mind for some interactivity with this series to keep it a little more [Read More…]
The sixteenth Installment of Build of the Week was contributed by BKKSW. I have just recently embraced the 300 BLK (after constant hounding and derision from Pete). I went with a very much “off-the-shelf” SIG MCX Rattler PSB, and now that I am part of the [Read More…]
The fifteenth Installment of Build of the Week was contributed by DJ. I personally have no experience with 6.5 Grendel. One of the things I am enjoying about this series is seeing the variety of not only modifications but platforms. DJ has provided one of the more [Read More…]
The fourteenth Installment of Build of the Week was contributed by M Bear. Any mention of “Project Nemesis” immediately brings up visions of Milla Jojovich and a genetically engineered zombie apocalypse. This build would probably serve well in putting down [Read More…]
The thirteenth Installment of Build of the Week was contributed by Steve. This is Steve’s FINAL submission. Submit early and often and you too can showcase your works. Honestly I like most everything on this build–it is pretty clean and has a nice [Read More…]
Drumroll…..And the winner for the second set was William C with his AR “In All It’s Glory” build. The randomly picked winning voter was R C. William C will receive a gift card to a retailer where he can acquire more parts for his next build (and be entered [Read More…]
Last week saw our twelfth installment of Build of the Week and we have plenty more submissions to go. As we mentioned, we have a plan in mind for some interactivity with this series to keep it a little more fun and lively. As is our process, after every four posted [Read More…]
The twelfth Installment of Build of the Week was contributed by Woodrow. I have personally not had any experience with Aero Precision components, but I have generally heard good things. The Faxon barrel is a solid choice–can’t really go wrong there. That [Read More…]
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