The SIG 716 is the new piston operated 7.62x51mm / .308 Win. rifle from Sig Sauer. The rifle will be offered in four configurations: Tactical Patrol (12.5″ barrel, almost certainly only on offer to law enforcement and military) Patrol (16″ barrel) Precision [Read More…]
I am impressed with the answers to yesterdays guess-the-gun. I thought I had made it to hard but many of you got very close. Both sadlerbw and Advocate were right on with their answers. With no further ado …
It was announced earlier this year that Lewis Machine & Tool’s 7.62mm AR-10 style rifle was selected by the British Army as their new marksmen weapon. They had the L129A1 on display at SHOT.
The long-awaited 7.62x51mm PMAG has finally been given a name and is now in production. At $19.95, Magpul are going to be selling truck loads of these mags. The PMAG-LR holds 20 rounds of 7.62x51mm or .308 Winchester rounds and is compatible with the following rifles [Read More…]
The AR-7 was designed by Eugene Stoner for the US Airforce in 1958, a couple of years after he designed the AR-10 (which went on to evolve into the AR-15). This Henry AR-7 Survival Rifle, I am sure, would have put a smile on Stoner’s face. “bronco” [Read More…]
I was very surprised when a reader email me about this new rifle from Winchester. The poor Browning BAR hunting rifle has been through yet another evolution and rebranding. In early 2008 FN announced a tactical sniper rifle, the FNAR, based on the Browning BAR (FN owns [Read More…]
The LaRue Tactical OSR has been a long time coming but LaRue are nearing shipping the rifles that are currently on order. The OSR is an AR-10 type rifle styled after the Knight’s Armament SR-25 and M110. It is built from high quality components and shoots sub-MOA [Read More…]
Wyn Boniface who blogs at Boniface’s Treatise (previously called Kaiservontexas’ Musings) has been blogging his progress his first AR-15 build. Parts: Spike’s Tactical Stripped Lower MagPul CTR Stock *dark earth* MagPul Enhanced Trigger Guard *black* [Read More…]
The captain held in a lifeboat by pirates off the coast of Somalia has been rescued by the US Navy after snipers took out his captors. CNN reports: U.S. Navy snipers fatally shot three pirates holding an American cargo-ship captain hostage after seeing that one of the [Read More…]
We have seen some cool iPhone applications come out for shooting sports. But nothing comes close to the sheer awesomeness of the Knights Armaments M110 iPod Touch mount and accompanying ballistics software. The M110 is the 7.62x51mm semi-automatic sniper system which [Read More…]
LMT (Lewis Machine & Tool) have developed an AR-10 version of their AR-15 CQB MRP rifle called the MTP MRP 308. Click to expand. Photo Copyright Ken Lunde. Used with permission. It uses the LMT Monolithic Rail Platform which is a one piece upper receiver and free [Read More…]
Remington, and sibling Bushmaster, have announced a new cartridge designed for the AR-15. The 30 Remington AR is a .30 caliber cartridge the length of a .223, allowing it to be chambered in AR-15s rather than AR-10 style rifles. John Snow has the details: The big [Read More…]
The POF-USA P-308 is a interesting rifle. It is a gas piston operated rifle, based on the AR-10/AR-15 design and requires no lubrication. 14.5″ version They achieve this by plating the upper receiver with silicon nickel and chroming and heat treating the bolt and [Read More…]
FN have a new 7.62x51mm (.308) autoloader called the FNAR. It is only available in 7.62x51mm and comes in two models Light barrel and Heavy barrel. It uses AR-10 magazines. (UPDATE: Owners report AR-10 magazines CANNOT be used). FNAR Light The FNAR puts autoloading [Read More…]
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