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7 Affordable Rifles You Can Actually Put on Your Christmas Wish List

Photo courtesy of Tactical Life Adding firearms to a holiday wish list can get expensive and leave most disappointed. But there are affordable rifles out there that are realistic wish list items. Every year sees a bumper crop of great new firearms, and 2017 was no exception. From classic bolt actions to modern sporting rifles, […]

Ultralight AR15 version 2.0 | 2 pound upper (part 1)

Last year, I started Project Icarus: to design a very accurate, ultralight AR15 using off the shelf parts. My goal was a sub-6lb rifle, with the suppressor and optic included in that weight and I wanted to keep the parts as durable as possible, so I shied away from the use of plastic receivers. Since […]

Aero Precision M16A4 Build | Initial Impressions

Aero Precision M16A4 rifle build

Modern builds are lightweight, and modular with thin handguards that are both strong and easy to grip. Barrels range from 16 inches but tend to hover around the 14.5 inch to 13.7 inch mark with many opting for short-barreled rifles. In all your time blasting 55 grain slugs through paper you may have felt a […]

EF88 Austeyr Gets Thumbs Up After First Operational Deployment

Photo by Australian Defence Force Back in the late 80s, the Australian Defence Force (ADF) adopted the F88 “Austeyr”—an Aussie version of the Austrian Steyr AUG bullpup—to replace its L1A1 self-loading rifles. Fast forward a couple of decades, and defense contractor Thales has developed an updated version for the ADF called the Enhanced F88 (EF88). That […]

Is the Savage MSR 15 Recon a Serviceable Combat Rifle?

BY FRED MASTISON The gun world has been witness to several large government contract dramas recently involving the choice and purchase of new guns. It has been raw fuel for internet speculation and suggestions. One area of discussion that gets revived in times like this is “combat rifles.” The opinions about the critical tools of war […]

Axelson Tactical 10.5″ .300 BLK upper receiver

Axelson Tactical is a business I hadn’t heard much of until eight months ago. At that time, I was sent one of their competition muzzle brakes for review. During my research period for that article, I realized I had heard the name Axelson before, with regard to Operation Red Wings: Matt Axelson was a Navy […]

Watch: Larry Vickers fires the interesting Russian AN-94 weapon system

Russia puts out some interesting weapons. One of those interesting designs is the rapid fire two round burst AN-94. The system is odd, everything from the magazine to the complex operating system to the felt recoil. In the following video Larry Vickers gets some hands on time with the Russian AN-94 weapon system. Photo courtesy […]

CMMG MK47 Mutant | A 7.62×39 AR-15 done right

We’ve all been listening to the AR-15 vs AK-47 debate for years. Rather than being content with producing quality AR’s, CMMG has thrown their hat into the hybrid ring and has produced the MK47 Mutant: a heavily modified rifle based on the AR-15, chambered in 7.62×39 and adapted to use AK-47 mags. Based on CMMG’s […]

New Zealand Defence Force to Buy Barrett M107A1, MRAD Rifles

Originally published on Tactical Life Photo by New Zealand Defence Force The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) has announced it is buying the .50 BMG BarrettM107A1 anti-materiel rifle and the Multi Role Adaptive Design (MRAD) sniper rifle in .338 Lapua Magnum. RELATED STORY: Barrett Fieldcraft Rifle – Tactical-Life’s ‘Gun of the Month’ for June 2017 The contract with Barrett calls for the […]

300 meter AR-15 run, stop and shoot (In the rain)

I’m sure you’ve all heard the saying, “Train how you fight!” Here is a short clip of me and a Ranger brother on the range challenging and pushing each other to sharpen our skills. Having a partner with you on the range who will push you beyond what you are comfortable with is always a plus, […]