We recently sat down with David Rybacki, owner of VKTR Industries, to discuss the VKTR Industries VK-1, a new short-stroke piston AR-15 that is creating a lot of buzz due to its minimal recoil impulse. The VK-1 very recently won the Triggrcon 2023 Golden Trigger award for the most innovative long gun. To learn more … Read more
We check out the AR-X2 LightFighter AR-15. Developed after close consultation with U.S. Special Forces, this rifle weighs in under six pounds and features a wide variety of patented enhancements.
Why Choose Sprinco springs for your AR-15? To find out, Last fall, we chat with Alan Dugger of Tactical Springs LLC/Sprinco USA. Dugger discusses his early involvement with firearms, the genesis of Sprinco USA, the Sprinco springs difference, and why, in his experience, no two ARs are the same.
The new individual weapon for the new Ranger battalions and elements of the Royal Marines Commandos has been selected by the United Kingdom as the Knight’s Armament Company KS-1. The KS-1 s KAC’s new dimple-barreled flagship rifle with an E3.2 bolt, with it replacing the next iteration of the SR-16. In September 2023, the British … Read more
With the impending launch of the AR-X LightFighter in early 2022, we sat down with Ernie Bray of X2 Development Group to discuss the rifle’s distinctive style, its impressive weight (5.8 lbs), and sub-MOA accuracy, and the internal and external changes that set it apart from other AR-15’s.
Just what is a “Special Purpose Rifle” or SPR and why are these sorts of AR builds becoming increasingly popular? To find out more we reached out to Alex Hartmann from Ridgeline. His company focuses heavily on long-range shooting, as well as producing high quality, ultra reliable Special Purpose Rifle (SPR) builds. We talk with Alex about what Ridgeline offers, precision shooting at distance, and what makes for a high quality Special Purpose Rifle (SPR) build.
The AR-15, a widely popular rifle, comes with specific stipulations in California. These requirements primarily fall into two categories: featureless and mag lock compliance.
While brass ejection CAN indicate something is wrong, it isn’t the end-all-be-all metric of determining an issue that people make it out to be. There are simply too many variables that can contribute to the ejection pattern for it to be a reason to trade out parts.
During our recent interview with Nick at Reptilia, we learned that a new stock would soon be on the way. Today, we got our first look at the new stock, as well as some concrete information about it. Designed at the request of a military end user, the RECC·E Stock features a constant cheek weld, … Read more
A few years back in a dark hotel room in Las Vegas, we got a sneak peak of something very cool from LAW Tactical…a bolt carrier that allowed the AR equipped with a LAW tactical folder to fire with it in the folded position. In the years since, we’ve seen brief peaks but nothing concrete…until yesterday. We knew that the wait would eventually be worth it, and now LAW Tactical has released new details about the ARIC (AR Internal Carrier).