Rifle

Gun Test: Black Dawn Armory’s BDR-10 7.62mm AR

Courtesy of Tactical Life After I fired my second shot, I looked through my spotting scope and muttered to myself, “Damn, there’s no way I could have missed that target.” After firing three more rounds, we walked up to check the target and found one of the bullet holes had an oval shape, indicating I […]

This Tricked-Out Sharps Bros. Jack10 Turns Heads at the Range

Courtesy of Tactical Life Let me start by saying that although I built this Sharps Bros. rifle purposely for a review, it was destined to be a keeper. Therefore, all of the components were carefully chosen for their quality and utility. Additionally, I wanted to make sure they enhanced the badass appearance of the Jack10 upper and […]

Stag Arms Model 9 Carbine Review

Since its inception in 2003, Stag Arms has been manufacturing quality, mil-spec modern sporting rifles at an attractive price point. When I learned that I was going to be able to spend some quality time with Stag’s innovative and market-ready, 9mm carbine, the Model 9, I shouldn’t need to describe my excitement and anticipation to […]

Know Your Lower Receivers – Forged, Billet and Polymer

The AR world is just a blooming with different types of lower receivers. The three main categories are forged, billet, and polymer. Forged and billet are made from aluminum, and I’ll give you three guesses what polymer lower receivers are made of. We are going to take a look at each one and go over […]

Are Bullpup Weapons Officially a Thing of the Past?

Courtesy of Tactical Life Bullpup rifles will never displace the AR as the modern American gun nerd’s go-to iron. Now that you can land a conventional low-end utility black rifle for around $500, no amount of whiz bang awesomonium is going to convince rank and file American shooters to bin their inexpensive Stoner guns in […]

Soviet R&D: The Many Experimental Weapons of the USSR

Courtesy of Tactical Life Service handguns were among the first indigenous small-arms developments in the Soviet Union. In the mid-1920s, the Red Army was armed with a mix of obsolete Nagant M1895 revolvers and some Mauser C96 pistols purchased from Germany. Thus, the military needed a new service pistol, and the late 1920s saw a […]

Watch: Daniel Defense MK18 CQB Setup

The MK18 is a 10.3 inch short barreled AR-15 made by Daniel Defense. It’s grown in popularity in large part due to its utilization by Special Operators wielding it in the global war on terror. It will do most anything your typical AR-15 can do but better – with a couple of caveats. When you […]

Meet The All New Gunwerks RevX

The new RevX rifle was designed from the ground up with affordability and performance in mind, including entirely new custom action and stock designs. Each rifle is hand built and live fire tested to confirm precision and gather individual ballistic data. We’ve worked tirelessly to streamline and improve product design, supply chain, and component manufacturing […]

Watch: Building the MK18 Block III

Now there isn’t officially a Block III variant of the MK18, but many sources show various groups using the Geissele MK8 rails. The name is part tongue in cheek and part reality. Other rifles are currently being evaluated but Geissele MK8 rails may very well be the future of the MK18. In the following video […]

Ultimate Sheep Rifle – a Lightweight Hunting Build

Courtesy of Breach Bang Clear What came first, lightweight hiking or lightweight hunting? We’d like to think it was lightweight hunting. Man has been hunting since the beginning of time. And the lightweight aspect was probably a thing before it was a coined term. Ultimate Sheep Rifle Why a Professional Hunter Chose PROOF Research Breach-Bang-Clear […]