POTD: An AR-15 Inspired By Our Cousins Across the Pond
Todd, who lives “behind enemy lines”, built a 100% New York compliant AR-style rifle by building it without any gas system and so creating a manually operated bolt action rifle rather than a...
View ArticleRuger AR-556 Modern Sporting Rifle: Ruger AR-15 on a Budget
Ruger’s first entry into the AR-15 market was the Ruger SR-556 introduced in 2009. Selling at the premium price point of $1995, it was a solid addition to the AR-15 market, but it was never going to...
View ArticleDifferences Between Canadian C7 and US M16
According to user “RebelRouser” on AR15.com, the Canadian C7 rifle is a markedly different from the standard M16 issued to US armed forces. While the C7 is built off of the Technical Data Package from...
View ArticleA Brief History of the .375 Reaper
I have written a couple articles now on the .375 Reaper round in development. If you want to look back at those, you can find them here and here. This afternoon I spoke to John Culpepper of Whisky 3...
View ArticleAR Pistol Muzzle Flash Slow Mo With iPhone 6
Thanks to Almon Benton for sending this into us here at TFB. He got a new iPhone 6 and tested out the slow motion feature of the video camera. He was able to capture an impressive fireball out of his...
View ArticleAres Armor’s New DPMS LR308 Billet Upper
Ares Armor now has a billet DPMS patterned upper for sale. At an intro price of just $135 you will not find a better deal out there for a billet upper. The Ares Armor upper also comes with the...
View ArticleMG Industries 5.45×39 Rifle
MG Industries is now shipping a version of the Hydra MARCK-15 rifle chambered in 5.45×39. These guns, called the AK-74 model, use a standard AR-15 configuration, but are able to change barrels and...
View ArticleGhost Gunner DIY CNC
Defense Distributed has come out with an inexpensive miniature CNC for milling 80% lowers. Similar in size to a Makerbot, the Ghost Gunner CNC can easily sit on a desktop. They have pre-orders up now....
View ArticleATI Omni Polymer Hybrid Lower
A while back one of our writers, Sam Cadle, had a chance to review an ATI Omni Polymer Lower and his review was less than flattering. Well Maybe someone at ATI was listening because they brought out a...
View ArticleFaxon ARAK-21 Upper
Faxon Firearms has been generating quite a lot of buzz on the net with their ARAK upper in the last year or so, and I was thoroughly excited that Bob Faxon showed up at the Blue August Gun Conference...
View ArticleDolos Quick Change Barrel For AR-15
Huntertown Arms makes a quick change barrel for the AR-15. Military Arms Channel dubbed it the Dolos after Greek mythology. Tim of MAC even took it a step further and added the Law Tactical folding...
View ArticleHoulding Precision Firearms: High Performance Beauty
Self described boutique AR manufacturer Houlding Precision Firearms showed up at the Blue August Gun and Outdoor conference with plenty of nice toys for us media folks to play with. While I have grown...
View ArticleWeekend Photo: Noveske N4 upper with 12.5″ barrel
Eddie sent us this photo of his AR-15 featuring the following components … * Noveske N4 upper – 12.5” crusader barrel – silencerco trifecta flash hider * Ares armor 7075 lower, geisselle trigger, Bad...
View ArticleQuarter Circle 10 Lowers: AR-15 + Glock Magazines
Quarter Circle 10 is now producing AR lowers that accept Glock magazines. The lowers can be had as a small- or larger-frame receiver. The smalls are for the 9mm, 40 S&W, 357 SIG and 45 GAP...
View ArticleDRD CDR15 Pistol
DRD Tactical announced the release of the new CDR15 pistol. Similar to the company’s Brief Case Rifle line, the CDR15 pistols use a rapid take-down barrel design. The CDR15 pistol will be available in...
View ArticleBattle Rifle Company
Earlier this month, I took part in firing ten thousand rounds through an AR-15 in one day. Here’s why: At the 2013 NRA Annual Meetings in Houston, Texas, I came across a number of new products and...
View ArticleMGI Offers AR-15 Using Glock Magazines
MG Industries (MGI) is now selling a 9mm Hydra rifle that uses standard Glock magazines. The Hydra, or MARCK-15, rifle is designed to easily convert – without tools – between calibers using swapable...
View ArticlePOTD: A .300 BLK Pistol
Andy sent us the photo of his .300 AAC Blackout AR-15 pistol fitted with a stock arm brace. Bonus points for an original background (not a sofa or grass). Submit photos you have taken to TFB’s Photo Of...
View ArticleM&P 15-22 Free Float Adapter
Tacticool22 makes an adapter that you can put on your S&W M&P15-22 so you can use any normal AR-15 free float handguard. The adapter is only $27. They even have a faux gas block so you can...
View ArticlePOTD: Stolen in Sacramento
Chris had his favorite rifle, a high-end AR-15, stolen from his vehicle in Sacramento earlier this week. Chris wrote … They smashed out two windows, took this 4K rifle, an Eberlestock backpack full of...
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