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).
With the re-publication of Black Rifle II, now called America’s Rifle: M16/M4 late Cold War through Global War on Terror, by author Chris Bartocci of Small Arms Solutions, we wanted to reach out for some AR-15 buyer’s advice, what companies stand out to him in today’s competitive market, and more. Along the way we learned … Read more
More than 4.5 million ARs. AKs, and similar rifles were bought by American civilians since the last time their circulation was estimated, according to a new report. The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), the gun industry’s trade group, found there are now at least 24,446,000 of the guns in civilian hands.
We recently sat down with Gabriel Cabrera at Cobalt Kinetics to discuss the company’s recent rebirth and its focus on high-quality ARs. We learned about some features that make Cobalt Kinetics rifles different from the competition and the recent launch of its A5-CK buffer system, which was developed in conjunction with VLTOR.
After our recent article we did on the Riflespeed gas system, Kyle Lynch from Riflespeed was kind enough to send us one of his complete upper receiver assemblies. We took the upper to the range and shot a few different types of ammo at different settings suppressed and unsuppressed.