GunsAmerica Product Reviews – Rifles

When it comes down to it, the AR is a highly established and popular design. But, that does not mean there is no room for improvement. And if you can do that and still make it affordable, then all the better. The new an improved M-Lok MMR might just fit that bill.

One of the most popular replacement AR triggers on the market comes from the good folks at Geissele. They have been building some of the best triggers available since 2004 and show no signs of letting up, and one of their more popular (and affordable, priced at $165) triggers is the G2S.

Called “The gun that won the West”, the Model 1873 remains an iconic rifle of the American West some 143 years after its debut. And today you can have your own recreation of this classic rifle that you can shoot without the fear of damaging a valuable collectible.

Based on sales figures and some good, old-fashioned SWAG math, there are somewhere in the neighborhood of 10 million AR-15 rifles floating around the country, give or take a couple of million. And guess where all that AR popularity started? Armalite.

Jeff Cooper began experimenting with carbines as early as the mid-1960s. His work with these reduced rifles led to his conceptualized solution to the one rifle question—Steyr’s Scout Rifle. What is very often overlooked is the practical application and friendliness of the rifle Cooper was trying to create.

The Advanced Armament Corp. is launching a new standard for their in-house handguards called SquareDrop, based on the open-source KeyMod standard.

This MasterPiece Arms (MPA) rifle is impressive. When I opened the box of this puppy at my FFL, I floated into a state of rifle euphoria. And, the fact that it is from a company that made its name producing semi-automatic versions of stamped sheet steel SMGs makes it all the more impressive.

Streamlight’s got a handy lineup of small, versatile and light flashlights and weaponlights that run off multiple power sources called the ProTac series.

An AR chambered in .458 Socom!