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Last year I was talking with master barrel maker Paul Craddock of Craddock Precision about Projekt 457. He mentioned a new barrel and gas system he had created specifically for SBR length-suppressed AR-15s. It sounded perfect for the Civilian Defensive Rifle and I was intrigued.

Building, shooting, and enjoying this LRB/Colt M16A1 gun has allowed me to learn and experience a little bit of history.

Help him out with a thoughtful present selected from this Father’s Day Gift Guide. As usual, every item profiled in this article is something I either use all the time or have personally tested.

While there is a minimal amount of distortion that can be noticed while moving the optic around, it is in fact minimal and is what I would call “best in class”.

Child soldiers are a blight in low-rent hotspots around the globe. Kids lack judgment, and all little boys are stupid. That’s why, in most civilized locales, you have to be a certain age to purchase alcohol or a gun. However, the world has no shortage of heartless monsters more than willing to kit out children to go forth and kill on an industrial scale

Since their optics are not sold in stores and are only available direct to customers, many shooters and hunters don’t know that the Maven Outdoor Equipment Company is producing some of the best scopes and binoculars on the market today. Yes, some of the best.

The SFx RIVAL-S is optimized for competition shooting, with features that include an optic cut and ported slide, fiber optic sights, an enhanced flat-faced trigger, an enlarged magwell, ambidextrous controls, and forward indexing points.

Among the worst of problems when you start out in Night Vision Equipment is becoming accustomed to the oddity of wearing a helmet with what is essentially a heavy unicorn horn hanging off the front. It is in no way natural to have something heavy on your head to start with, and pulling one direction makes it worse. It takes time for the muscles in your neck to adapt, and it can be a painful experience.

Some folks are born into money while others work really hard or are incredibly lucky. John Walton wore his wealth well, possibly due to his hard times while in uniform.