Who doesn’t love America’s favorite rifle — the AR-15. For the last few years, the AR-15 has rapidly become the 1911 of rifles. There are options for customization so thorough that companies like Brownells now ship a special catalog just for the options available. And every time I think everything possible has been done, a company proves me wrong. This week, Cobalt Kinetics shipped two models of rifle for testing, and I was not disappointed.
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B.A.M.F. Cobalt Kinetics Team & Eclipse AR-15s — Full Review
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Army Looking for 7.62 NATO Interim Combat Service Rifle
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The Tech Behind the Record-Setting 2.2-Mile Sniper Kill
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Meet FN’s New California-Compliant Rifles
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Rimfire Resurgence: Savage’s A22 & B22 — Full Review
BY Clay Martin Updated: July 26, 2017There are few more iconic rifles than the .22. Many of us have spent our youth plinking at targets and eradicating the tin-can population with a trusty bolt-action in .22. If you are like me, you have probably had the same .22-caliber rifle for a very long time. Savage has stepped the game up this year with the A and B series rifles — they’re out of the box tack drivers at a price point that won’t break the bank.
A .50 BMG for Everyone: Serbu’s Lightweight, Single-Shot RN-50 — Full Review
BY Clay Martin Updated: July 26, 2017The .50 caliber in question was the RN-50 from Serbu Firearms, Inc. This Tampa, Florida based company is one that I have a great deal of respect for. The founder Mark Serbu is a mechanical engineer that is best know for producing the BFG-50: a .50 BMG caliber, single-shot rifle. Serbu Firearms produces high-quality firearms that are either: cool, unique affordable and specifically engineered to stick-it-to-the-man. The RN-50 accomplishes all four.