THE NEW STANDARD: SOLGW MK1 CAR The last two months have been abuzz with the news that Sons Of Liberty Gun Works (SOLGW) secured a prestigious SOCOM contract with their latest product, the MK1 series of AR-15 rifles. This doesn’t only herald SOLGW leveling up among its peers and competitors in the industry, but simultaneously…
ADULTS ARE TALKING: Magpul Straight 20s, EMAGs, R×M, Waffles, and more. I don’t remember the last time I was able to read a Magpul post anywhere on the internet without seeing a bunch of casuals that don’t know what they don’t know badgering the company with a tone of entitlement, making product demands or telling…
[AAR]: RESTON RESTORATION Author: Frank Woods It’s been a while, and I apologize for my absence. Late last year and carrying forward into the beginning of this year (and in some respects still continuing to this day), I was faced with a set of circumstances that had an extremely demotivating effect on me. I didn’t…
MAGPUL GRID: ROUNDED RECTANGLE RELIABILITY In the last twenty years, Magpul has earned for itself a reputation of trustworthy innovation that elevates the standards we expect of our hardware, be it by upgrading the benchmark or replacing the status quo with something better all together. Having introduced myriad firearms related products over the years, hearing…
[REVIEW] Trijicon RCR: One Year Later First impressions, findings, and a look inside the product development process over at Trijicon. It’s been exactly one year since I received my Trijicon RCR. When I got it, I mounted it to my Accuracy X Gunfighter 2011 using one of their RMR plates, and it has remained there…
[RANGE REPORT] GPR-K Author: Frank Woods I finally got the GPR-K to the range to zero its main optics. This report is long overdue because of an unforeseen problem that took a while to diagnose and solve. Fortunately, the issue has been rectified and I can speak both on the performance of the rifle as…
SHOT SHOW 2024 ROUNDUP Author: Frank Woods Here’s a quick look at some of the noteworthy things I saw between meetings during the week of SHOT 2024: 1.) Spiritus Systems: Low Vis Plate Carrier & Thing 4 The low vis plate carrier caught my eye because it’s one of the slickest among armored load bearing…
LAWFUL LENGTH Author: Frank Woods Amidst all the drama surrounding pistol braces relative to NFA status as of late, it can be hard to determine what the legal boundaries are or which accessories affect them as it pertains to AR-15 Rifle length and configuration, understandably so. Many were swept up in the banning of pistol…
[XMOD]: BRN-180 STOCK SLING LOOP Author: Frank Woods I’ve written about my BRN-180 and the modifications I’ve made to its configuration in the past. Now I’m revisiting it to focus on a particular experimental modification (hence “XMOD,” since it’s something we do with our guns sometimes) I made to the retro-style folding stock made by…
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