Solutions for AR Rifle Upgrade Problems The main advantage of the AR10/15 is their adaptability, and the ease with which you can update and customize them. Unfortunately, that can also be their major weakness, as the sheer range of aftermarket parts can mean that sometimes you end up with a bit that doesn’t fit properly. […]
Why Your AR Overheats, and How to Stop It! There is little more annoying that an overheating gun in your hands; you want to try and zero in on another target but you end up playing ‘hot potato’ with it instead! What can you do about it? The AR was conceived as a […]
Getting The Perfect Barrel For An AR Rifle The main problem is that there are so many out barrels out there on the market that the sheer weight of information makes picking what is best for your set-up kind of tricky. It’s not helped by the fact that there is a lot of advertising dollars […]
Finding The Perfect Charging Handle If you have purchased you AR rifle off the shelf, rather than having created it from a pile of parts, then you will be at a bit of a disadvantage. The standard charging handle is a mil-spec model, but may not be up to the challenge if you are […]
Getting The Right AR Upper Here on this site, we talk a lot about lower receivers, and 80% lowers in particular because, if you are building your custom AR, that is where you tend to start, and all other parts build up onto it. We don’t, frankly, give enough air time to upper receivers, […]
Round Up Of AR Rifle Muzzle Devices With all the work seemingly happening way down the line, a lot of AR aficionados don’t consider the benefits of the muzzle devices, and in doing so do themselves a huge injustice. Well, we’re going to level that particular field. Muzzle devices have the potential to add measurable […]
Make Your AR15 California Compliant It has been said that, if it is fun, it’s banned in California. That’s possibly a little harsh, but they definitely have their own take on many things, including the build standard of your AR15 /.308 and what you can have on your gun. This means that the nice […]
Zeroing In Your AR Rifle If you are creating a custom AR rifle, many of the parts that you use will slot or bolt straight into place and will work properly from there. Other parts, however, require some setting up, and if you don’t do that properly, it can severely affect the performance of your […]
Deciding If You Should Buy or Build an AR-15 Or .308 Lower Receiver Because of their sheer adaptability, the AR range of weapons are understandably some of the nation’s favorite weapons. Whether you choose the AR15 or the .308/AR10, you have a huge number of replacement and alternative parts that you can use to build […]
How To Choose An AR-15 or .308 Rifle Bipod Unless you want your AR specifically for close combat operations, it always makes sense to get a bit of added stability to it by adding a bipod to the front end. Sure, some people will tell you that you can use anything in your environment – […]