Category: Reviews

Many thanks to Rainier Arms for providing me with this billet receiver set. I assembled the rifle as my version of an M16A5 prototype - an upgraded M16, if you will. More to come on that.

Click on the photo to view the video review. Thanks to Deliberate Dynamics for the trigger time with some of their equipment. Before anyone asks, the bag is a Blue Force Gear DAP pack - the Skye model.

Vltor Weapon Systems is probably best known for its excellent AR stock series: the original Modstock, the EMod (Enhanced Modstock), and the IMod (Improved Modstock). It's also known for the MUR and VIS AR-15 upper receivers and the CASV handguard. What many people don't know is that they make an astonishing variety of other products - to include PKM machine guns for foreign militaries, handguards, components, and stock adapters for other weapons, and so on. I considered myself familiar with their product line before a recent visit, but was, frankly,… Read More

Aberdeen Proving Grounds 1960 AR-15 Test Linked above is a PDF report from February, 1960, about some early AR-15 testing. I've had it for a while but don't believe that I've discussed or posted it in the past. There's a large amount of technical data, to include precise gas port diameter and location, distance the bolt travels before unlocking, precise travel of the front sight post per notch moved, and so on. It also includes multiple 10 shot group accuracy testing, 6000 round endurance testing, extreme heat and cold testing,… Read More

I had intended to make a longer review, but I'm unable to do voiceovers at the moment, so I'm just going to go with an "at the range" overview that I filmed last weekend. In my opinion, these sights are less than functional, and the reasons why both the front and rear sights have major problems are very obvious. The front sight's release latch doesn't always return to the "forward and upright" position, meaning that some of the time you want to fold the sight down, you have to physically… Read More

Same ammunition, same shooter, same day...I was too far from the camera with the RFR, so it may appear to have less movement than the X7. I'm going to Vegas to marry the Geissele S3G trigger in the X7 later today. Full report to follow (on the rifle, not the wedding).

Ah, the dreaded "double feed" - something you need five hands, special tools, and a blessing from Odin to clear quickly, right? Watch as this shooter clears and fires 8 rifles in just over 3 minutes - 4 of them while blindfolded. Two each of the following malfunctions: - Bolt override double feed - "Dead man's chamber" - Stovepipe - Empty case override

Much more to come.