Tag: failure

1% of the cost of a rifle or upper receiver assembly. Maybe that's too much to ask. I do know that margins are pretty low in this business. What am I talking about? I'm asking manufacturers to spend 1% of the money they make from the sale of a rifle or upper receiver assembly on ammunition with which to test fire the weapon in question. Maybe spend .5% on ammunition and .5% on an extra employee to just look at stuff before it goes out the door. Poke it. Prod… Read More

Some of you may notice that this post is not filed under "firearms" or "reviews" or even "tests". It's filed under "Lies, Errors, and Omissions." Why is that, you ask? Well, this firearm is an error. The company that made it is an error. I might even go so far as to say that the ancestors of the people who founded the company were also errors. But first, the firearm. It looks just like this. Yes, I stole Auto-Ordnance's photo. I had a pretty hard time finding .30 carbine ammo… Read More

If you've been using magazine fed weapons for a while, you've probably loaded quite a few magazines. Steel and aluminum AR-15 magazines are not very well known for being easy to load, and while mag loaders are available, I've never felt the need for one - I've just sucked it up and loaded mags the hard way. This product isn't new, but it does address this issue in a unique way. The Cammenga EasyMag, which is produced in Michigan, features a "sliding body" design that allows the user to slide… Read More

As some folks have learned the hard way, A.R.M.S. throw levers sometimes fail at inopportune moments. LaRue mounts, on the other hand, are well known for their return to zero qualities and toughness. In this video, I demonstrate the difference between the two. The A.R.M.S. throw lever fails after four hits, while the LaRue is damaged, but still fully functional. The sad part is, a lot of companies get suckered in to using A.R.M.S. mounts for their products - such as the EOTech 553 and Elcan Specter DR - when… Read More

If you've read my Osprey Defense scuba "test" article, you probably picked up that I'm a little suspicious of the methods this company uses to market their products. Well, they've put out a half dozen or so videos since then, so I thought I'd address a few of them as well. Don't take me not addressing a particular video as a sign that it's a good test - I just don't have the time to wade through that much crap. First, their "sandblast" test. They start out by having a… Read More

There aren't any lies in this video. The guys clearly show what they did with the weapon. No shenanigans, unlike the Osprey scuba video. However, the omission made is that a standard AR-15 would do just as well during this test, as you can see in this video, which I made recently. Essentially, the Adams Arms rifle was laid ejection port down in some sand, shaken around a bit, and fired. The sand on top wouldn't have much of an effect. If the Adams guys want to market their system… Read More

Okay, if you've read some of my other posts, you'll know that I'm not the biggest fan of piston/op-rod conversions. But hey, if you've got a suppressed full auto rifle, you're getting closer to the zone of performance where the benefits outweigh the drawbacks. Some folks may have seen the HK416 OTB test, where it outperforms the Colt M4 - and while that video may also have issues, they aren't as glaring as this one. The whole point of this test is to show that the barrel can be full… Read More

I've only got a little time here, but I wanted to debunk a portion of this show. I've never watched an episode on TV, but was shown a link to this episode as "proof" that the AK-47 is more reliable than the AR-15. The important stuff starts at around 27:45 or so. Well, there are a few glaring problems that a lot of people have probably already figured out. Here, we see both rifles with mud on their sides. Note the mud on the top cover of the AK and… Read More

A few years ago, piston/op-rod conversions for AR-15s were all the rage. We were bombarded with propaganda about how unreliable the standard AR-15 was. We were led to believe that our rifles, which had worked just fine for years, were suddenly obsolete with the introduction of a spigot, op rod, and other parts to replace the gas tube, that we'd have the "reliability of an AK-47" as a result. Many conversions became available in a matter of months. And for a while, everything seemed fine. Until, that is, people started… Read More