I have often though that the Kickstarter crowd funding revolution would work well for small companies or individuals in the gun industry. Damien Gibb, the man behind Project Titan, is looking for funding to continue his project to completion. Damien wrote … Dear [Read More…]
NEMO Arms made a .308 AR-10-style rifle out of titanium. The upper, lower, handguard, buffer tube, gas block and compensator are all titanium. They are selling the [TI]ONE for $95,904. [ Many thanks to jdun1911 for emailing me the link. ]
The New Zealand Army has adopted the Lewis Machine & Tool LMT .308 AR-10 rifle as their Designated Marksman Rifle. Last year British Army also adopted the LMT 308 as a designated marksman rifle. The rifle looks to be a similar configuration to the British L129A1. [Read More…]
Later this year DoubleStar will be introducing a .308/7.62mm NATO chambered AR-style rifle to the market. The below photos are of a prototype. The prototype is so new that it was not available to DobleStar’s SHOT Show staff when they were setting up the booth. It [Read More…]
This time last year Bushmaster introduced the Bushmaster .308 ORC, an entry level AR-10-style rifle chambered in .308. This year they have expanded the .308 line and added the Bushmaster MOE.308 Mid-length (fitted with Magpul Original Equipment). Also added is the .308 [Read More…]
New for DPMS for 2011 is the Panther REPR1 (or Rapid Engagement Precision Rifle) chambered in .308 Win. 7.62mm NATO. This AR-10 style carbine is capable of sub-MOA accuracy from its 18″ barrel. The quad-rail handguard has had all excess metal cut away, almost [Read More…]
Armalite is once again selling the AR-10(T) Carbine. This .308-chambered gun has been designed to be light and compact for hog hunting. It features a short 16″ stainless steel barrel.
Last month Bushmaster was awarded a patent (#7810271) for an AR-15 (or AR-10) compatible modular rifle system. The patent proposes using a mag well that can be removed from the lower receiver. The mag well could be any conceivable length in order to accommodate special [Read More…]
The Armalite AR-10 is now available chambered in .260 Remington.
David Crane of DefenseReview has confirmed the existence of the Colt CM901 (7.62mm Battle Rifle) whose existence was first revealed by Solider Systems a few days ago. David said in a comment on TFB … I test-fired the CM901 on both semi-auto and full-auto about two [Read More…]
Guy shows us the rifle he is taking Elk hunting next month. I look forward to reading about his experience in Shoot Illustrated.
Photos of the L129A1 deployed in Afghanistan. Defense Review has more photos of the rifle at SHOT Show. [ Many thanks to Brent for emailing me the photos. ]
I have no idea what hoofing means, but it is apparently what the British Army’s new AR-10 style L129A1 is, as described by Commando Sergeant Baz Evans in a UK Ministry of Defense Press Release (via. Kit Up blog ) … “I have fired over 1,000 rounds on [Read More…]
Tactical Life has the skinny on the reintroduced Armalite AR-10 chambered in .243 Win. I think the .243 would be an ideal cartridge for the AR-10 platform.
Buffer Technologies are now selling a hydraulic buffer designed for .308 chambered AR-10 rifles. More info @ Down Range TV Blog.
Defense Review has posted article about the Iron Ridge Arms’ new IRA-10 rifle (… a somewhat unfortunate acronym!). The AR-10 style weapons come with Magpul stocks and Daniel Defense rails.
Real Guns has published a tutorial on a AR-10 style lower receiver. [ Many thanks to Mik for emailing me the link. ]
I think Bushmaster is on to a real winner with their new AR-10 style carbine. Priced at just $1395 it is a fantastic entry-level rifle. It features a A3-style receiver and premium 16″ heavy profile chrome lined barrel, mid length gas system, A2-style flashhider, [Read More…]
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…]
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.
I have to admit that I have long fantasied about going hunting with high vision goggles and scopes. The idea probably fills most hunters with disgust, and rightly so. There cannot be even be a pretense of fair chase. AR Guns & Hunting has published a brief article [Read More…]
Guy Sagi, the Editor in Chief of Shooting Illustrated, has written about his experience hunting antelope with an AR-10. It is great to see semi-automatic rifle hunting going mainstream.
During the Iraq War the Marines urgently ordered 180 of the Mk11 Mod 0 Sniper Weapon System’s, but with the Army M110 Rifle Upper Receiver. This Mk11 / M110 hybrid was known as the Mk11 Mod 1. Later, the Marines began ordering the Mk11 Mod 2, a SOCOM / Navy [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…]
Federal have produced two new loads, under the American Eagle brand, for the M1A (M14) and M1 Garand rifles. The cartridges have staked primers and the powders used were chosen with the rifle’s specific gas system design in mind. The M1 (.30-06) load pushes a 150 [Read More…]
CMMG are taking pre-orders for their new stripped lower reliever that is compatible with DPMS Panther Arms .308 AR-10 style upper receivers. The lower uses H&K G3 magazine which can be bought for under $5! G3 lower (top) Some minor modifications are needed to the [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…]
ArmaLite has their new AR-10T chambering 7mm-08, a very popular hunting round. Interestingly they are also offering it in the the relatively obscure .260 Remington. The .260 is now 11 years olds and gaining popularity as a flat shooting and low recoil 6.5mm cartridge. [Read More…]
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