Tag: m16

  • Brownells Releases Retro M16A1 Furniture

    OH SHIT, this is awesome: Daaaaaaaaaamn, I’m really feeling that olive drab colorway.  And to think I was saying I’d never build another AR 🤔🤔🤔. I highly recommend you purchase an AR-15 Builders Club t-shirt first, then go pick up the retro components at Brownells.  I try not to shoehorn product mentions in too often, but…

  • History Of The M16 Rifle

    Xbox Ahoy with another history lesson: Adopted by the US Army in 1962.  Definitely ahead of it’s time… and still today doesn’t look dated at all consider its basic form is 53 years old (almost 60 years considering its design cues are from the AR-10). I have a whole bunch of AR-15 / M16 related…

  • ARES-16 Belt Fed AR System Been Trill

    Larry loves this thing like he loves cake: We see belt fed ARs pop up every now and then, but then quickly disappear for whatever reason.  The one people reference most often as vaporware is the “shrike”… what I found curious was that looking at the product page for the gun shown in the video…

  • Siamese M16 If You Please

    Tromix brings the heat: From the Tromix projects section of the website: The latest and most insane creation by Tromix is this Siamese 223 for LAW Enforcement only. The synergistic exchange of gas tubes forces the expanding gasses from the lower rifle to the top rifle allowing it to cycle a cartridge into the top…

  • Auto AR-15 In 18000 FPS Slow Motion

    The Slow Mo Guys took a vacation from their oppressive country and got a taste of ‘Merica: Mmmmm that 3rd receiver pin.  Really great footage… I like the audio too. Wow that mag dump really tossed the little guy around. Thoughts?

  • MK12 Mod. 1 SPR – The Lone Survivor Breakdown

    Richard Ryan builds a MK12 mod. 1 and shoots it at some dueling trees: I still haven’t seen Lone Survivor.. but it looks great and I’ve heard good things. As always Richard’s slow motion footage is great.  Looks really cool when the round his the steel and fragments into a million pieces.  I should ask…