#WindhamWeaponry

Windham Weaponry is back in business, with new, completed rifles now for sale as it reboots its production line in Maine.

Sadly, it seems that Windham Weaponry is closing its doors for good. They broke the news in a statement posted on their website on Monday, September 11, 2023. They will cease taking web orders on September 12th.

Windham Weaponry continues to add new rifles to its lineup, including an XM177 variant. The XM177 family was one of the first AR-style carbines to enter wide use. Several variants were used, including the XM177E2 and GAU5/A. Most original versions featured a ~4″ moderator attached to a 10″ barrel. The ATF decreed that the original moderator was a silencer and thus required a tax stamp.

It is March, and we all know what that means… you need to grab a green beer, pretend to be Irish (if you already are not), turn on some March Madness college basketball, and get those taxes filed. To most of us, if you actually get money back from your taxes it is not a “tax refund” it is only more “gun money.” Let’s be serious, here. So for the 5th installment of the Reader’s Choice voting, we are going to look at something we maybe already have and may not need, but would gladly spend a tax return on. We are looking for your feedback and votes on the Best AR-15 in a stock or factory configuration. So for the entire month of March, we are asking you… What is the Best AR-15?

Windham Weaponry recently began manufacturing pistols chambered for the .450 Bushmaster. The irony, of course, is that Windham Weaponry is run by many of the same people in the same location that Bushmaster left when it was acquired by the Remington Outdoor Group.

Windham Weaponry has entered a product onto the market, that is a reintroduction of a product that came out around eight years ago or so. It is also an expansion of their MCS1 upper receiver kits. The MGI Hydra was a proof of concept rifle that by changing out the bolt carrier, barrel, and magazine well, a shooter could switch from a number of calibers, from 5.56×45, 7.62×39, 9mm, and .45 ACP within literally minutes, by pulling out on a knob on the handguard, switching bolts, and then clicking in a new magazine well for the intended cartridge, with different adaptors for AK, Glock, AR15, and M3 Grease Gun magazines. There were a number of different versions as well, some in pistol form, and in more calibers. The product didn’t gain massive support, but it appears that Windham Weaponry feels that the company can make it work this time around, just in time for SHOT. They’ve added .300 BLK to the caliber availability and have expanded the types of packages that a customer can buy the conversion system in. The basic package comes with a 5.56x45mm and a .300 BLK barrel, that goes for $1738, called the RMCS-2. The RMCS-3 comes with a 5.56x45mm, .300 BLK, and 7.62x39mm barrel and goes for $2391. The RMCS-4 has all the above calibers, in addition to 9mm, and is going for $2971. All of these kits have the complete rifle in them.

Windham Weaponry announced new uppers that allow the shooter to quickly change calibers from 5.56 NATO to either 300 BLK or 7.62×39. The uppers are called MCS, or Multi-Caliber System. Currently, two are being produced: MCS1 and MCS2.

Windham Weaponry announced the company is now making an AR-style pistol chambered for 300 BLK.

At the 2014 SHOT Show, Windham Weaponry introduced the VEX (Varmint Exterminator) Wood Stock line of rifles.  These rifles are designed for long distance accuracy and come with laminated wood furniture.

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