Based upon the famous Austrian design and made here in the United States, the new 5.56x45mm AUG offers U.S. shooters an irresistible bullpup. Many readers may already be familiar with the Austrian AUG rifle (Armee Universal Gewehr, or universal army rifle). However, many may not yet know about the new and improved Steyr AUG-A3,
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Building an RPD-like gun from scratch The RedNeckEngineer has blogged about his modern RDP-like rifle build. He opted to make a hammer fired mechanism instead of the original striker mechanism. The striker mechanism works fine in the original fully automatic open bolt RDP, but is unreliable in semi-automatic builds that have to fire from a
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It makes sense after all; the purpose of a tactical rifle is identical to a varminter—to place very accurate shots at longer ranges. This is precision field shooting at its best, and it isn’t done from a hasty offhand or slinged-up position. Nope, this rifle is typically shot from as rock steady a position as
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Designed to replace an existing AR-15 upper assembly, DPMS’ blowback-operated, .22 Long Rifle-chambered flat-top uppers are offered in A3 and varmint configurations with 16-inch barrels featuring 1:16-inch twist rifling. The A3’s barrel has a fixed A2 front sight and A2-style flash hider, which is attached via 1/2×28 threads; the second variant’s barrel is left full-diameter
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FN USA has begun selling a Tactical Box Magazine (TBM) Conversion Kit for the FN SPR rifle. The kit can be easily installed, no gunsmith required. The kit replaces the internal/hinged-floorplate magazine. “We are pleased to offer this new TBM Conversion Kit,” said Ken Pfau, FNH USA Senior Vice President for Law Enforcement and Commercial
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A “Chin Stock” for AR-15: No Shoulder Needed Halix Innovations1 has developed a “chin stock” (for lack of a better phrase) called the NSN (No Shoulder Needed). It is designed for use with rifle-style pistols and regular pistols with carbine kits. Because it is not a shoulder stock, it can be used on a pistol
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As with the receiver, the one-piece bolt is machined from a 4140 steel casting. It has dual-opposed locking lugs, the right of which has a groove that corresponds to the anti-bind rail, and six length-wise grooves both reduce surface area—for smoother cycling—and capture debris that could cause galling. Extraction is provided by an AR-style extractor,
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Magnum Research Re-engineeres Magnum Lite .22 WMR Rifles Magnum Research has apparently re-engineered their Magnum Lite .22 Magnum rifles. The Magnum Lite are high-end clones of the Ruger 10/22 and chambered in .22 WMR. I am not sure what is new, but here is the press release … The graphite rifle barrel utilizes uni-directional graphite
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Microtech Small Arms Research (MSAR) STG-E4 Rifle Microtech Small Arms Research went out of business a while ago, but their website is back online and the new owners are bringing an updated version of the STG rifle to market. The STG-E4 is patterned after the Steyr AUG. It will be available with either .223 or
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S.I. Cobra Tactical Fore Grip Strike Industries latest accessory is the Cobra Fore Grip. The design allows it can be held in a number of different ways. The MSRP is $25.
