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Palmetto State Armory 7mm-08 AR-10 Uppers
Budget AR makers Palmetto State Armory recently released a new AR-10 upper receiver chambered in the long range 7mm-08 cartridge. Their new upper features a 20″ stainless steel barrel, 1/9 twist rate,...
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Daniel Defense Releases DD5V1 7.62 Rifle
Daniel Defense has released its highly anticipated 7.62mm rifle, the DD5V1. It features a 4-bolt mount for the front handguard that is integral to the upper receiver forging, and a cold-hammer-forged...
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Charging Handles: Location, Location, Location…
Whether you’re a hunter or a dedicated target shooter, you understand the importance of being on target. Shot placement isn’t just important, it’s everything, and if you’re working on groups, the last...
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Tactical Sh*t’s Best-Selling Charging Handle (And Stuff)
If you’re a fan of aftermarket parts for your rifle, you just might want to take a look at what Tactical Sh*t has to offer. Just keep your sense of humor handy and remember, we’re all friends...
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[SHOT 2016] Daniel Defense’s Lightweight 7.62
Earlier this year, Daniel Defense announced their new entry into the thirty-caliber AR-15 market: The DD5V1, a lightweight, direct impingement 7.62x51mm/.308 Winchester rifle using a shortened rear...
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The 1950s Embodied: The AR-10 Converted to Belt-Feed
The mid-late 1950s… Could there be a more optimistic time in United States history? I feel there’s no better rifle to illustrate the industry, innovation, and unbridled optimism of that time than the...
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NRA 2016: Awesome American Flag Guns by Nevada Cerakote
Sometimes you see a Cerakote finish so impressive or flat-out awesome you simply cannot pass up the opportunity to share it. Such was the case at this year’s NRA Annual Meeting, which was held in...
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Operating Systems 201: Ljungmann vs. Stoner Direct Impingement
In this 201-level post on the devices and mechanisms that automatic firearms use to do their work, we’ll be discussing a distinction between two very similar types of gas systems. These are what’s...
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The Canadian Non-Restricted “AR-10”& AR-15 – Albert Tactical “Modern” Series
As politicians pass laws, its inevitable that ingenious people with a passion will do everything they can find the limit of the letter of the law. Latest up is a company not based in the United States,...
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Modern Intermediate Full Power Calibers 015: The 7.62x51mm NATO
Shouldn’t “Modern Full Power Calibers” be its own series? No, because then there would only be two episodes! So instead, we’re rolling today’s two most popular full power .30 cal rounds into the series...
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LAV Blasts Away with Dutch AR-10 (With Gratuitous Slow-Mo)
Often overlooked due to its smaller-caliber sibling, the original AR-10 was a fantastic weapon systems. In fact, if not for the thin barrel (later fixed), it may have likely supplanted the M14 within...
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“Controllable” vs. “Low Recoil”– What Do We Really Mean?
We hear a lot of talk about how some firearms are “controllable”, while others are not. The word “controllable” or “manageable” is often used in gun reviews to describe the recoil characteristics of a...
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Review: LaRue MBT Trigger
LaRue Tactical, a high-end manufacturer of resetting target systems, Quick-Detachable optic mounts and AR precision rifles, began producing their own 2-stage trigger design in 2015. Named the MBT-2S,...
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Full Auto Controllability, Continued: How Do We Define Useful Fully Automatic...
Previously, we talked about the word “controllability”, and what it means in relation to the recoil and ergonomic characteristics of a firearm. If you haven’t already read that article, I recommend you...
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Mechforce Enforcer Muzzle Brakes
Mechforce USA based out of Texas are newcomers to the firearms accessory market, they actually started out in the aerospace and energy business. Being gun enthusiasts they decided to use their...
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Savage MSR: AR-15 6.5 Creedmoor and .308 Rifles
Savage teased us about the MSR-10 and MSR-15 last month, and now the actual product has been announced and the particulars are out in the public. The MSR rifles will have what you have come to expect...
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2A Armament’s XLR-20 in 6.5 Creedmoor
The 6.5 Creedmoor seems to be getting a lot of love going into 2017 with a variety of guns and ammunition products being introduced for the caliber (such as this and this.) One of the latest is the...
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Armalite AR-10 .243 Win.
Tactical Life has the skinny on the reintroduced Armalite AR-10 chambered in .243 Win. I think the .243 would be an ideal cartridge for the AR-10 platform. The post Armalite AR-10 .243 Win. appeared...
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New Brit Sharpshooter Rifle is “Hoofing”
I have no idea what hoofing means, but it is apparently what the British Army’s new AR-10 style L129A1 is, as described by Commando Sergeant Baz Evans in a UK Ministry of Defense Press Release (via....
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Photos of the British Army LMT L129A1 rifle
Photos of the L129A1 deployed in Afghanistan. Defense Review has more photos of the rifle at SHOT Show. [ Many thanks to Brent for emailing me the photos. ] The post Photos of the British Army LMT...
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