Tag Archives: AR-15

Gun Review: ArmaLite 16″ Flattop Upper

Posted on November 21, 2011 by Chris Dumm

The ubiquitous AR-15 lower receiver is the Trojan Horse of the gun world. When it quietly insinuates itself into your gun safe beneath a pencil-barreled M4 upper (or in my case a dedicated .22 rimfire upper), your spouse has no … Continue reading →

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Gear Review: NCStar Handguard Rails

Posted on October 15, 2011 by Chris Dumm

If you’re looking to hang some bling from your M4 clone, you’ve already noticed that its stock carbine-length handguards aren’t exactly bristling with M1913 rail space. You could go with a hand-milled titanium free-floated quad-rail by Daniel Defense or Troy … Continue reading →

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Gun Review: American Tactical Imports VK-22

Posted on September 7, 2011 by Chris Dumm

It seems like every major gunmaker–and several dozen lesser ones– is now selling a .22lr version of their AR-15. The American Tactical Imports VK-22 gives you an M4-styled flattop .22lr upper mated to a fully equipped mil-spec AR lower at … Continue reading →

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Question Of The Day: Would You Build Your Own AR?

Posted on July 19, 2011 by Chris Dumm

I’ve never been a huge fanboy of the AR-15. My ambivalence isn’t based on the comparative hypothetical merits of gas guns versus piston guns, or the teething pains of the M16 in Vietnam. Nope: my decidedly “meh…” attitude toward Eugene … Continue reading →

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Gear Review: Timney AR-15 Triggers

Posted on May 12, 2011 by Nick Leghorn

I was walking down the aisles at the NRA Convention when the Timney Triggers booth caught my eye. A gigantic banner above their booth proclaimed that they produced “The World’s Finest Triggers.” I couldn’t resist. “You make the best triggers, … Continue reading →

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Sunday Funnies: “This is Your Semi-Auto. This is Your Semi-Auto on Red Bull”

Posted on April 3, 2011 by Brad Kozak

The headline pretty much says it all.

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Just In Time Policing: Border Protection Nabs Gun Smuggler At Texas Border

Posted on February 4, 2011 by Brad Kozak

“Border officials say they caught a Fort Worth woman trying to smuggle more than a dozen assault rifles into Mexico in the trunk of a BMW,” kdfw.com reports. “The 22-year-old woman, who is a U.S. citizen, was turned over to immigration … Continue reading →

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