{"id":215374,"date":"2025-04-30T10:17:35","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T15:17:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/?p=215374"},"modified":"2025-10-16T06:51:32","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T11:51:32","slug":"rock-river-arms-380-ar-sbrs-nra-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/rock-river-arms-380-ar-sbrs-nra-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Wild &amp; Retro: Rock River Arms Shows Off .380 AR SBRs &#8212; NRA 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We\u2019re on the floor at NRAAM 2025, and Rock River Arms just dropped two of the strangest\u2014and most interesting\u2014AR builds we\u2019ve <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rockriverarms.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"rock-river-arms-380-ar-sbrs-nra-2025\" title=\"Wild &amp; Retro: Rock River Arms Shows Off .380 AR SBRs -- NRA 2025\">seen all show<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First up is a 10.5-inch retro-style AR chambered in 5.56 NATO. It sports old-school triangular handguards, a fixed carry handle, and a shortened stock, which means you\u2019re looking at an SBR (<a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/search?keyword=short%20barreled%20rifles\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"rock-river-arms-380-ar-sbrs-nra-2025\" title=\"Wild &amp; Retro: Rock River Arms Shows Off .380 AR SBRs -- NRA 2025\">Short Barreled Rifle<\/a>) setup. It\u2019s classic, compact, and oozes Cold War-era cool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\".380 AR? 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