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Magazine insert from Haley Strategic
Haley Strategic Partners, LLC has just released a magazine retention insert that can be inserted in a single 30 round magazine pouch, in addition to being able to be inserted in a .308 magazine...
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L5AWM Magazines Shipped With Bad Followers; Lancer Offering Replacements
Lancer has released a statement pertaining to its L5AWM magazines manufactured in the month of March 2015, which may be defective: Notice of possible L5AWM Compatibility Issue May 29, 2015 To Our...
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New BUIS From LMT – Defense
I have always very much enjoyed the wider hood on the H&K sights and finally, Lewis Machine and Tool has stepped up to manufacturer a set of standard-height sights that fill the market void, but...
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Lego Brick AR Stock
As a fan of Lego and firearms I am not sure if it is a good idea to make a hybrid of both. Alloutdoor posted this the other day. Feinstein Gewehr Werke, LLC, is a plastic brick kit manufacturer. They...
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50-Year-Old XM16 Still In Use In Cambodia
Earlier this week, we blogged about an AR-15 that had seen half a century of service; a weapon originally made by General Motors between January of 1969 and the end of 1971. Recently, pictures were...
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Shooting the Can Cannon by X Products
I had the pleasure to shoot the Can Cannon, a new fun product from the folks at X Products. It’s a modified AR-15 upper that allows you to shoot 12 oz soda cans using .223 blanks. The pressure in the...
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SADJ On Poland’s MSBS Radon Rifle
The Small Arms Defense Journal website have published an article written by Leszek Erenfeicht describing the history and function of the MSBS Radon rifle, one of the major dark horses of 21st Century...
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A Four-And-A-Half-Pound AR-15
How light can an AR-15 made entirely with off-the-shelf components be? Guns & Tactics sought to answer that question with their ultralight black rifle build project detailed in a recent article:...
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POTD: An Even Older M16 Still In Service
Arik, a reader from Israel, emailed me this photo of a XEM16E1 rifle he was issued. He wrote … I was issued this rifle for a month, belonged to the Nahal infantry battalion and was still in full active...
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Gun Review: Akdal Mka 1919-XN 12 Guage Box Mag
I was surprised to see that TFB has never run a review of the Akdal Mka 1919 shotgun. After all, I’ve had one in my safe for over a year now, and they had been around in the US for years before that....
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Gerber Short Stack AR Grip Tool
The Gerber Short Stack is a compact AR-15 maintenance tool. It has 15 functions and fits inside a Magpul MOE/MIAD grip. Windage Elevation Site Tool Firing Pin Scraper Buffer Tube Wrench Cleaning Cable...
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AR-15 Rear Takedown Pin Swap
Way Of The Gun posted this video on how to swap out the rear takedown pin of an AR-15 lower receiver. Normally you would need to loosen the castle nut and back off the receiver end plate, thereby...
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For 3-D Printed Firearms, Go with ABS over PLA
An answer to a question I haven’t thought to ask, Freedom Printing 3D tested two of the most common materials used for 3-D printing, ABS and PLA. Using a simple hammer, the ABS lower receiver was able...
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Wired.com Writer Makes A Ghost Gun
Andy Greenberg, of Wired, wrote an article about his experience using the Ghost Gunner CNC milling machine by Defense Distributed. Andy tried three types of AR lower gunsmithing. He started with the...
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Blast From The Past: Miss America Shooting A Cutting-Edge Rifle
In late 1963, photographer Arthur Rickerby snapped photos of a Colt demonstration of its new AR-15 rifle. The photos appeared TIME Magazine, and their focus was on more than just the rifles themselves:...
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ADK Arms Budget Priced AR Trigger
A smooth light weight trigger can make a big difference, it’s usually what I upgrade first with all my ARs. Check out this budget friendly replacement trigger from ADK Arms. They’re currently running a...
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POTD: A little Sunday shooting in Southern Ohio.
John sent us a photo showing some Sunday shooting on the farm in Southern Ohio. The AR-15 is a Daniel Defense DDM4V7 w/ EOtech EXPS2 and Magnifier and the M1A is a Springfield M1A Socom 16 w/ Aimpoint...
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Kramer Defense Introduces New 6.8x45mm UCC Round
Kramer Defense has released a new round for the AR-15 that they are calling the “6.8x45mm Urban Combat Cartridge”. The round is based on the 5.56mm case, necked up to .277″ caliber: Las Vegas, Nev. –...
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Not Just Metal Anymore: 3-D Printed Fire Control Groups
Freedom Printing 3D (a channel I recently discovered) posted up a video early last month of a 3-D printed fire control group for the AR-15. I was surprised to see it, as my currently industry...
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Black Hills 77 grain Tipped MatchKing Precision 5.56mm Ammo
Black Hills Ammunition released an improved version of their famous 77 grain long range precision 5.56mm round. The new version features a green color polymer ballistic tip Sierra boat-tail projectile...
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