Skill Set: AR Lubrication

The AR is like an internal combustion engine. There’s a lot of friction – and associated heat and wear – that occurs during a shot. Even more so when firing multiple rounds. The key to having a smooth running, reliable AR is lubrication. Compared to most rifles and carbines the AR doesn’t have a lot…

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Snapshot: Majority in U.S. Now Oppose Ban on Assault Rifles

Americans’ support for a ban on semi-automatic guns in the U.S. has dropped eight percentage points from a year ago, when opinions were more evenly divided after the mass shooting in Las Vegas. Last year’s measure was unusually high for the trend over the past several years; the current 40% is back to within a…

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ATF & .50 Caliber AR Uppers

Our friends over at The Firearm Blog have reported another odd direction with regards to a specific manufacturer’s implementation of .50 BMG bolt-action upper receivers. Read the article: https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2018/07/30/breaking-news-atf-is-classifying-50-cal-bolt-action-ar-uppers-as-firearm/

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V Seven Weapon Systems .308 Magnesium Hyper-Light Handguards

V Seven Weapon Systems expands their line of Magnesium Hyper-Light Handguards to now include MLOK and KeyMod handguards for .308 (AR10/SR25) rifles. With most .308 rifles weighing quite a bit more than their AR-15 counterpart, end users have been looking for ways to shed some weight wherever possible. The Hyper-Light family of hanguards are manufactured…

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Science Commands You To Own An AR

It must be nice walking through life believing that the paradise the founders built here in North America is the natural state of man, and that we can therefore forgo the difficult and dangerous tasks associated with defending it. But some of us don’t have the luxury of illusions. We know that peace and civilization…

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