The Griffin Armament MKII falls into an interesting place for me as a reviewer. I’ve heard a lot about Griffin over the years, but haven’t come across one professionally. While their online presence in social media and advertising has been a bit contentious at times, more recently Griffin Armament has settled into a more professional … Read more
If you do any AR building, you know how it is when you have spare parts. Anything can be the impetus to do a new build. I mean, if I have a spare grip, I may as well build another rifle right? Well, this time I actually had a spare lower, so I definitely had … Read more
POF has just released the P-15 BASE Rifle and as the name implies it has everything you’ll need to get started and nothing you won’t, like a big price tag. With an MSRP of $999, you might think the P-15 BASE is your everyday run-of-the-mill forged receiver AR-15, but you’d be wrong. While the rifle … Read more
Another day, another assassination attempt on former President Trump. Have you ever predicted something, prayed you’d be wrong, then begrudgingly found out you nailed it? That’s what it feels like to see two deranged trash buckets try to take Donald Trump’s life in as many months. Fortunately, the picture being painted is that nobody who … Read more
I had a chance to shoot a suppressed Gen II Ruger American Rifle in Winchester’s .400 Legend at Industry Day at the Range during the SHOT Show and was impressed. It’s a big .40 caliber round getting tossed down range with 20% more energy and greater penetration than a .30-30, putting it on par with … Read more
I actually have a lot of buddies who are lefties so, while I do poke fun at them for living in a right handed world, I do try and keep an eye out for products that work for them. Rock River Arms (RRA) just announced their latest AR the BT-2 Ambidextrous Tactical Rifle (ATR),which should … Read more
Smith & Wesson just dropped their latest AR pattern rifle, the M&P Sport III. It’s a 5.56mm rifle with a 16-inch barrel and mid-length gas system. It has a free-float handguard with tons of M-LOK slots. It also features a 16-inch, 1:8 Twist 5R rifled barrel and A2 flash hider. Luckily, the press release explained … Read more
I’ve done a fair bit of AR builds and mods over the years culminating with a flurry of them this summer. I’ve used an old plastic clam shell upper receiver block, and for the most part it’s been fine. I’ve occasionally run into an upper profile that doesn’t fit the block though, and more recently … Read more
[ED: This is the last in a three-part series. Read the first article HERE.] Although most of my summer was spent doing retro or retro-inspired AR builds, I had enough time for a few more modern builds as well. Something New My first build started a little before the summer actually, and was the result … Read more
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