Welcome everyone to the TFB Armorer’s Bench! As mentioned in the little blurb, this series will focus on a lot of home armorer and gunsmith activities. In this article sponsored by Wheeler, Tipton, Caldwell, and Frankford Arsenal, we’ll show how to completely [Read More…]
Welcome to TFB Weekly Web Deals 2! If you are thinking bout starting another AR build, then having a good set of core parts is pretty essential to the process. While there are a lot of great companies out there that make great high-end parts, Aero precision has what I [Read More…]
According to Primary Arms, their aim is to provide firearms enthusiasts, professional shooters, and servicemen and women with the highest quality optics at affordable prices. Over time this goal grew to include a broader selection of products like the Expo Arms upper [Read More…]
Matador Arms has released a new AR lower receiver compatible 9mm monolithic upper receiver assembly called Montgo-9. One of the key features of Montgo-9 is that the recoil spring mechanism is contained inside the receiver itself and it does not require an AR buffer [Read More…]
Back at SHOT Show 2020, North Dakota-based Roam has introduced a family of lightweight AR-10 pattern rifles called R-10. Shortly after the introduction, in May 2020, these rifles became available for purchase. What sets R-10 rifles apart is the Roam magnesium alloy [Read More…]
It’s become quite difficult in the last couple of months to find in-stock firearms parts and sometimes even accessories. One company that I have noticed that has kept up with the high demand is Bear Creek Arsenal. Bear Creek makes everything from stripped firearms [Read More…]
The new BCM MK2 Upper is the latest offering in firearms technology from Bravo Company Manufacturing. This new, optics and suppressor minded upper receiver seeks help shore up some of the inherent weaknesses of the standard AR platform. In comparison to the older style [Read More…]
Lage Manufacturing has been developing the MAX-11/15 upper receiver for several years. Earlier we talked about the progress of this project. Recently, they announced that this 5.56/223 upper receiver designed for M-11/9 submachine guns lower receivers is now available [Read More…]
In this episode of TFBTV, James talks to Clint with Ballistic Advantage at #TriggrCon2019 about their upcoming complete AR upper receivers. ««« PATREON GIVEAWAYS »»» PLEASE check out our Patreon page if you enjoy our program, and consider helping us at TFBTV out! We give away hundreds of [Read More…]
For those of you who are veterans of the Clone Wars – building visually and technically correct military rifles – or are just getting started, the previously announced Geissele USASOC upper receiver groups are starting to show up in the wild. For the moment, [Read More…]
In one of recent Vickers Tactical YouTube channel videos, Larry Vickers talks about his current BCM training carbine. He runs the T&E parts and accessories on this weapon. Some of these parts are prototypes and among them, there is a BCM prototype upper receiver. [Read More…]
Sharps Bros, the manufacturer of Warthog, Hellbreaker, Overthrow and The Jack lower receivers, has introduced a new AR-15 upper receiver. It is specifically made to perfectly match the mentioned lower receivers although it will also be compatible with any mil-spec [Read More…]
One of the items Mark Larue brought to show at the Big 3 East Media Event was his Ultimate AR-15 Upper Kit. The kit is basically like IKEA furniture. You buy it and assemble it. The only thing you need are the tools and a stripped lower receiver. The Ultimate AR-15 [Read More…]
I was at Keith’s machine shop and saw this oddity. It is an AR-15 upper receiver with picatinny rails built into the sides. Both sides. Keith is borrowing it to take measurements off it but does not know who makes it. I was unable to find anything online about [Read More…]
Burst Review spends time explaining the Wolf A1 Upper in detail. At last Big 3 East Media event, Wolf Ammo unveiled their Wolf A1 upper. Check out the post I wrote last October to refresh yourself. Having shot the Wolf A1 upper myself it works very well [Read More…]
While Adam S. covered the BCGs and AR barrels made by Faxon, he did not mention the Glock barrel nor Faxon’s AR upper receiver. Faxon will be making drop in Glock barrels for the 19, 17, and 34. They are skipping non-threaded and jumping right into making them [Read More…]
This subject has come up in my comments recently, and I thought I would explore it in a post proper. To adopt the 6.5 Grendel (or, as we’ll see, something like it), the US Army would need to develop and procure new complete upper receivers, magazines, buffers, and [Read More…]