Every company wants to make a splash during SHOT Show. 5.11 really knocked it out of the park this year, not only debuting some excellent looking new products, but also hosting a media event where we got to meet some of the product designers and hear their thought process on design features. One such impressive […]
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The HK 416 Short Barreled Rifle
The Army 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta has been using the HK 416 weapon platform since early 2004 to replace their M4 carbines for a, particularly good reason. The piston driven system design prevents combustion gases from entering the weapon’s interior. The reduction in heat and fouling of the bolt carrier group increases the reliability of the weapon […]
CMMG RipsStock: Shortening your SBR
Short Barreled Rifles or SBR’s are all the rage. A recent series of articles from Loadout Room writer Rex Nanorum dives into just how short you can go with barrel length. On the other end of the rifle is the buttstock. One of the three main interfaces with a shooter’s body. And CMMG has a […]
Ultra-short 300 Blackout barrels | Round-up Part 3
In the third part of this ongoing series detailing as many commercially available ultra-short (sub-7″).300 Blackout barrels as possible, I’m only adding one more barrel to the lineup, a 5″ slinger from Veritas Tactical, assembled into an impressive upper in conjunction with SLR Rifleworks, utilizing their 4.25″ Helix forend. I was also able to acquire […]
Suppressed 5.56 Short Barrelled Rifle Velocity Test Data: 41 Factory Loads from 10.5″, 11.5″, 12.5″ & 14.5″
There is much confusion about the effects of these short barrels on velocity. It makes sense that a shorter barrel will produce lower velocity, but how much less? Since the Army rolled out the 14.5 inch barrelled M-4 in 1992, there have been a lot of people shooting shorter barrels. The SEALs developed the Mk18 […]
Watch: MK18 Mod 1 short barreled rifle setup
There are multiple ways to set up a short-barreled rifle. What comes into play is the amount of rail space you have and prioritizing that based on mission requirements. In the following video I take some time to describe why I have my rifle setup the way I do after having used the MK18 Mod […]