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Hi all, so I recently traded for another AR15. It is a Bushmaster XM15-E2S A2 style. My buddy told me it has a bull barrel on it. It is definitely a heavy barrel. I was wondering if anyone could explain how to tell the difference between a bull barrel and heavy barrel for the AR15? Thanks in...
Armed Citizens Making a Difference
The number of justifiable homicides by armed citizens has been creeping upward over the past several years, and according to an article at the Crime Prevention Research Center website, 2017 closed out with nearly two dozen incidents in which gun-toting private...
I had a sweet hunting load developed for 6.5mm 140 gn Hornaday SSTs but it sounds like, at least from the place I usually buy my stuff, that those are getting replaced with 143 gn ELD-Xs. So I've been trying to develop a load for those bullets and just having a devil of a time. To give you...
I've exclusively been buying Nosler custom comp 175gr bthp ammo and reloaded it afterwards. I might have bought 168 gr once. But I'm not sure since I don't have the box any more.
While checking the cases during the reloading process I found a 15gr difference in weight between 20 of the cases...
I'M LOCATED IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. ALL BRASS WILL HAVE TO BE SHIPPED!
I have a ton of brass I've been asked to get rid of. It all came from a private outdoor range some friends own. Given the yuppies with their tacticool guns I see every time I go there... and the pile of empty cardboard...
To shoot a rifle or carbine in the USA, or most anything else for that matter, you need -
1. Your driving license.
2. Hard cash or a valid credit card.
3. To be 18 for a long gun and 21 for a handgun in most states, and
4. To be a law-abiding [non-felon] citizen of the USA.
You can walk...
As reported by Fox News this Morning:
As the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi was unfolding, a high-ranking Pentagon official urgently messaged Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s top deputies to offer military help, according to an email obtained by Judicial Watch.
The revelation...
This thread runs in a similar vein as @Ironbar's thread here.
Though I've owned quite a few AR's over the years, my knowledge level doesn't extend far past basic cleaning and operation. I'd like to become more knowledgeable regarding the technical ins and outs of what makes components higher...