Photo of the day: Classic
These guns were designed 46 years apart, and built 45 years apart.
Category: AR15
Is “New” really better?
I met my first plastic AR this week! ok, polymer, whatever! …No, It wasn’t Solo cup plastic, but it was so very plastic! It wasn’t one of thos...
Shopping for AR Parts
When I told my friend, back in December, that I was ordering my AR receivers, he laughed and said, “Good luck finding a lower parts kit!” Another fr...
AR-15: A Brief History Concluded
On Monday we learned that AR-15 was not automatically accepted by the US army when it was invented. The rifle was too new in concept for the conservative milita...
AR-15: A Brief History
In order to do a better job on my own AR-15 build, I figured it might be handy to learn the history of this coveted weapon system. Having studied architecture i...
CNBC takes on the AR-15
Last Thursday I was glued to my TV for an hour while CNBC Prime showed “The Rise of the AR-15“. The only thing pulling my attention from this show, ...
My Blue (Turquoise) Gun
As I mentioned on Monday, I have begun collecting parts for my AR build. The lower parts kit has arrived and the lower receiver is on the way, but every other d...
Gratuitous M4 Picture
This is one of my favorite AR builds of all time.
What does this shortage mean to you?
A day or two after the Connecticut shooting, when I was still working at the gun range, the conversations swirled about how such an event would affect the gun-l...
AR15 quality tiers
The post on “buying the right gear once” has raised quite a few questions about how we break ARs down into quality tiers, with several people pointi...