When building a custom AR-15 upper receiver, installing your barrel is actually one of the easier things to complete. Make sure and read the article that covers what tools you will need to build your AR-15 upper receiver and then grab the following items: your barrel, your barrel nut, torque wrench, barrel nut wrench and […]
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How to Build an AR-15 Lower Receiver: Pivot Pin
Following our step-by-step AR-15 lower receiver build? If you’ve left off from installing your bolt catch, let’s go through installing the pivot pin (like these). If you’d like a visual reference, check out this video. The time stamp below will skip you straight to the corresponding content in this post. If you need more detail on […]
What Do I Put on my Hunting AR-15? – AR Accessories
Any AR can be converted into a great hunting AR-15 with a few well-chosen rifle accessories. But, if you own an AR-15 you already know that there is a seemingly-endless amount of options available. It can be overwhelming to figure out what you actually need. If your goal is to configure a hunting AR-15, hopefully […]
Cobalt Kinetics Unveils New AR-15 Accessory Lineup
Courtesy of Tactical Life Utah-based manufacturer Cobalt Kinetics, best known for its rifles, is getting into the accessory game by releasing a range of gear for the AR-15. Up until this point, Cobalt has kept its proprietary furniture and accessories exclusive to its own rifle builds. Due to popular demand, however, the company is now […]
Suppressing the AR-15: Save Your Hearing, Win the Fight
I pulled the trigger on my MK18 with a surefire suppressor mounted and looked back at Jason, an active duty military police officer, “That’s actually still kind of loud” he exclaimed while replacing his Peltor headset onto his ears. And it was. An AR-15 chambered in 5.56 is never particularly quiet due to a variety […]
Hunting AR-15s 101
The AR-15 rifle is a popular choice for self defense and shooting sports, but in recent years, the rifle is being embraced by a new demographic: hunters. A standard AR rifle, that is, the civilian equivalent of the US military’s M16/M4 rifles, will generally perform sufficiently as-is for hunters, but just a few adjustments could […]
How to Build an AR-15 Lower Receiver: Magazine Catch
Building your AR-15 lower receiver? If you have all the tools and components, I’ll walk you through the process, starting with installing the magazine catch. I have included a video (see above) of me showing and explaining how to build your AR-15 lower receiver, and I will be placing time stamps with each step in this […]
Springfield Armory Introduces Free Float Handguard on the SAINT AR-15
Springfield Armory® is proud to announce the newest edition of the SAINT™ series: the SAINT with Free Float Handguard. Like the original model, the new SAINT proves once again that high performance and upgraded features do not have to mean high price. To further add value the latest version of the SAINT starts with a […]
Field Stripping, Cleaning and Lubricating Your AR-15
In my experience, the AR-15 style of rifle is one of the easiest firearms to clean and maintain. I actually know AR-15 owners that bring their AR-15 to a gunsmith for cleaning, or rely on others to do it for them. I have always wondered why. Maybe the person is new to the AR-15 platform and is not sure what the process consists […]
How to Build an AR-15 Upper Receiver: Getting the Right Tools
In this article, I will be covering certain tools that will be needed to make your building experience easier and faster. These are the tools that I use, and the tools that you will see me using in almost all of my how-to YouTube videos. I always find that it is easier to have the […]
