#Brownells

You know that awesome stock you have been eyeing? That one that only comes in Mil-Spec diameter, but your rifle has a commercial diameter buffer tube? This week’s Modification Minute tackles that very problem by replacing the factory commercial buffer tube with a high-quality Brownells Mil-Spec buffer tube. Enjoy!

Back in April of 2015, the Magpul Hunter X-22 Stock for the 10/22 was introduced to the shooting community and shooters loved what it had to offer. The stock had the potential to be a very good option for just about any 10/22 build.

Instead of bringing mountains of parts to NRA’s Annual Meeting in Atlanta, Brownell’s partnered with some of the best gunsmiths in the industry to show consumers attending the show what someone can do with the Brownell’s catalog.

This week’s modification minute features the MGW Sight Pusher, used by professional gunsmiths to adjust and replace handgun sights, rather than potentially damaging hammer/mallet/punch approach. Enjoy!

I am very excited to launch the first Modification Minute video. These 1 – 2 minute Facebook videos will cover a range of gunsmithing and firearm maintenance subjects. I have been wanting to do a series like this for a long time but was unable to do so due to the tight budgets we operate under. At SHOT Show when I met with the Brownells team and I told them about my idea and asked if they would be interested in sponsoring it. They loved the idea (and a few other ideas I had, which will be revealed in time) and so Modification Minute was born.

Brownells, known for their extensive firearms and gunsmith catalog, has announced that they are issuing an “open casting call to gunsmiths for the cover of the next ‘Big Book’ catalog to celebrate the 70th year of its publication.”

I just received an email that some Brownells AR-15 barrels are being recalled due to a small error in the manufacturing process. It appears that when drilling the gas port, some barrels may show signs of the drill bit contacting the rifling on the opposite side of the barrel.

We all love shooting and hitting our targets. Some of us have gone beyond shooting cans behind the barn to hitting targets far, far out. Others go all in in practical shooting, with IPSC hangdun/rifle /shotgun or 3 Gun.

A company called Smith Tactics manufactures an AR-15 bolt catch accessory – the Battle-Bar. It mounts on the lower receiver over the AR-15 bolt catch/release button extending it to the rear, to an area above the safety selector. The idea behind this accessory is to make bolt catch button manipulations faster and easier using the thumb of your primary/shooting hand.

Ok, there is is nothing earth-shattering buried within TFB’s seventh day of Christmas. But no matter how many magazines you have collected over the years, it’s always fun to be gifted more. Or, if you are looking for last minute or Secret Santa gifts for the special shooters in your life, mags are a safe bet.

TFB’s second day of Christmas may not be the most exciting category, but receiving tools as a gift has can be extremely satisfying. Whereas it is easy enough to drop $500 on ammunition, spending $20 on a single hand tool for yourself seems outrageous – even though we already know paying for quality tools is a wise investment. So why not put gunsmithing tools on your holiday gift giving (or receiving) guide to family and friends. Some are small and inexpensive enough to be stocking stuffers, other’s can be the main event.

Brownells has been a trusted source for gunsmithing supplies, gun parts and more recently ammunition. Brownells has been serving the shooting community for over 75 years. Earlier this year they dipped their toes into the gun market when they opened their 7,000 sq. ft. retail store in Grinnell, Iowa which sold guns alongside the gun parts and accessories they sell online. When that store was announced we should have predicted that they were getting ready to sell guns online. Today they launched Brownells.com/Guns which has an incredible amount of firearms listed for sale. There are 1,337 handgun models, 1,513 rifle models and 688 shotguns models.

Battle Arms Development is now offering a new clamp on style front sight for the AR pattern rifle. The new sights, called the Architek, is designed to be placed as far forward as possible on the barrel to provide the maximum potential sight radius. It will fit on barrels with an external diameter of 0.735″ – 0.750″. This includes government profile barrels which are frequently used in AR builds.

The Brownells Dream Guns Project began back in 2011 with a goal of showcasing the myriad products available from the company for aftermarket upgrades and custom work. Since 2011 more than one hundred guns have been built as part of the project and now Brownells has asked Apex to participate.

Brownells have finally updated their awful website and said in their own words that it “no longer sucks!”