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Gun Review: Charles Daly AR 410 Upper Receiver

March 6, 2025December 23, 2021 by Travis Pike

You gotta love the AR-15 as a platform. Even if it can be a bit of a bore in terms of everyone making one, it’s such an adaptable, flexible, and ever-evolving platform. It’s one of the few designs I can actually call a platform without feeling a little cringey. That’s mainly because it can be … Read more

New From ODIN Works: OTR-15 Receiver Set

March 6, 2025July 3, 2021 by Jeremy S.

Over the years I’ve used a bunch of various ODIN Works parts, and they’ve earned a place as one of my go-to companies for high quality, highly functional AR components. They even make some really solid silencers. And, finally, AR receivers! New from ODIN Works is the OTR-15 receiver set. Build your rifle from a … Read more

CMMG Banshee 300 9mm and .22 LR Upper Receivers: Video Review

March 6, 2025February 2, 2021 by Jeremy S.

No question about it, CMMG is making some of the best “conversion caliber” AR-15 upper receivers and magazines on the market. In the video above, I hit the range with the Radial Delayed Blowback 9mm and the direct blowback .22 LR CMMG Banshee 300 uppers. Short version: they rock. Full, written review with photos and … Read more

Gear Review: The Device MK 1 Mod 0 Upper Receiver Fixture (M16/AR-15)

July 11, 2018 by Conner W.

Just about a year ago now I was in the back shop at C.a.r. Firearms, just south of Seattle, when a robust, blocky, yet sleek-looking item caught my eye. It consisted of two parts tethered together like makeshift nunchakus, the larger of which was firmly locked in the horizontal position in a stout 4-inch bench … Read more

Gun Review: Fulton Armory FAR-15 USGI A2 Upper Receiver Assembly

May 15, 2018 by Conner W.

With no prior military service and an affinity for wing shooting, it took a while for USGI builds to reach the top of my list. In fact, I was planning to build a new snow goose shotgun when the opportunity to start on an A2 build landed in my lap. Of course, I couldn’t pass it … Read more

Ammo Weight Contest Winners Announced

February 14, 2017 by Jeremy S.

Howdy y’all. I’m now a Texan. As our house won’t be move-in ready for a couple of weeks, one of the first things I did upon arriving was load precisely 547 lbs of ammunition into a storage unit… That’s right! 547 lbs means that two people (out of 1,206) guessed the weight dead-on in the … Read more

Gun Review: ArmaLite 16″ Flattop Upper

November 21, 2011 by ttag

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 idea how many parts and accessories you’re going to start ~~needing~~ buying for it. This is a review of a really big ‘accessory’: ArmaLite’s 5.56mm flattop upper receiver with a 16-inch barrel and an A2 front sight. If you’ve outgrown your off-brand, pencil-barreled M4 upper and want to move up to something more refined, comfortable and accurate, start here . . .

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