Back to Basics: Building Yourself an M16 A2 Rifle…Just Because You Can
I didn’t feel hampered by a lack of aftermarket add-ons or accessories. I even remembered how to use iron sights.
I didn’t feel hampered by a lack of aftermarket add-ons or accessories. I even remembered how to use iron sights.
As I was writing a different article, the subject of gun cleaning, maintenance, and properly lubricating firearms popped into my
“And now for something completely different” was a Monty Python film and I recall growing up hearing that line on
Revisiting the stuff-that-gets-pushed-to-the-top-of-the-feed-on-our-socialist-media file, this seems like a good time to consider what’s really practical and prudent in the arena
I shot two rifles that are set up to accept bayonets; a Springfield SA-16, a near perfect clone of the M16A2 and a Century Arms BFT-556.
After the drill was over and my adrenaline came back down, I was able to take it all in. My epiphany was, “Damn, that sh*t really works.”
There’s an old saying about how you can’t polish a turd. When I called Bill Laughridge of Cylinder & Slide
I decided to engage in a personal celebration and build my own AR-15 rifle to celebrate our semiquincentennial.
Is the 15-round G48 a “G19 killer” that all the big-brain GunTubers claimed it would be? Only time will tell.
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