When building an AR, wanting to get the most for your money is a natural inclination. Author/Gunsmith Todd Gimian gives us an overview of how to build a quality AR-15 while sparing your bank account.
A basic AR-15 inspection you can do at a gun counter to check if a new gun is worth buying, regardless of who built it or what reputation a brand may have. Taking an objective view of this process can help you avoid a poor emotional purchase based on flashy gimmicks designed to catch your attention and empty your wallet.
Alex Bohl from Trajectory Arms recently made a video for ARBuildJunkie about the importance of staking AR-15 Castle nuts. If you think it’s something on your build you can ignore, you should probably watch this brief video on the topic.
Chad Albrecht from School of the American Rifle highlights different methods for gauging your AR-15’s firing pin. He also explains why this proper firing pin protrusion is important to the function of your AR.
We recently reached out to Tactical Hog Eradication to discuss their success using AR’s chambered in 6.5 Grendel on feral hogs. As professional hog eradicators, performance matters, and with more and more AR builders going with 6.5 Grendel, we wanted to learn more about both the cartridge and their builds.
AR-15 gas system issues such as being under-gassed or over-gassed are quite common. To learn more about how to check your firearm to see if there are issues, we recently spoke with Chad Albrecht at School of the American Rifle.
Shooting ARs in competitive setting is a tremendous amount of fun. Requiring just a basic build and some gear, there’s little excuse for not getting off the couch and giving it go. For some motivation, we spoke with industry vet Adam Pini about his ongoing pursuit of excellence in the hobby and why it’s easier than you think to get involved.
Professional 3-Gun competitor Joe Farewell left the relative comfort of a full-time job in law enforcement to pursue a career in training and 3-Gun competition. We recently sat down with him to discuss that transition, his preferred AR-15 setups, and the mistakes to avoid when starting out in competitive shooting.
Ash Hess is a skilled competitive shooter and the individual who rewrote the Army’s Marksmanship Manual. He is also involved with sales at one of the world’s greatest firearms manufacturers, Knight’s Armament. We spoke with Ash about how we can best improve not only our shooting skills, but the firearms we build.
Jeremy Bedsaul of TacFix.com gives us an overview of AR-15 buffers, and how to choose the right buffer your your next AR build.