James Burton

ARBuildJunkie Editor in Chief, James Burton is a writer and shooter, immersed in gun culture since before he could walk. His earliest memories were smells of musty military surplus stores, his father’s large collection of H&K rifles and stacks of Soldier of Fortune magazine. Throughout his impressionable youth, family vacations were wandering the grounds twice a year at the Knob Creek County Machine Gun Shoot. Please feel free to reach out to James for story ideas and more at [email protected]

Motorcycles and the AR-15 with HAVOC Shooting Solutions

Bob White of Havoc Shooting Solutions has found a unique niche teaching civilians and law enforcement the finer points of fighting around motorcycles. With the advent of the LAW Tactical Folding Stock Adapter and AR pistols and SBRs, motorcycles and the AR-15 is becoming an increasingly popular combination. To learn more about Havoc Shooting Solutions and the relationship between motorcycles and the AR-15, we recently sat down with founder, Bob Smith.

Building a Better AR-15 with Trajectory Arms

Studying the AR with some of the brightest in the industry has paid off for Alex Bohl of Trajectory Arms. His philosophy on high quality ARs for wide variety of customers is on-target, and well worth learning more about. We recently caught up with Alex to talk about what it takes to build a better AR, who has inspired him, and get some basic advice for builders that can lead to better firearms.

Dirty Bird RECCE & Dirty Bird MCF-A Ambidextrous Lower Receivers

For the past year, my go-to build has been a simple, reliable rifle put together using a Dirty Bird complete upper and lower I configured via the AR15Discounts.com website. It’s seen a lot of use as a complete rifle. The build features an accurate upper and a fantastic ambidextrous lower receiver that most certainly deserves … Read more

High Scope Mounts on the AR-15 – A Q&A with Mark Smith

If you are in the market for a new scope mount, you may have noticed the trend towards high scope mounts for red dot optics and LPVOs. I’ll admit to some personal confusion about the “why” behind these mounts and what I should choose for my rifles. To get a better understanding of high scope mounts for the AR platform, I reached out to Mark Smith of JBS Training Group.

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