Live from the shop

My friend Andre at Notes for Robots was at the shop recently and decided to take some pictures. They turned out pretty fantastic. It’s a nice (if contrived) peek at my day job. More »

Your old Mosin has a new scope?

Fire Field, a company with a large range of optics type products (and a bunch of nice people whom I have had the privilege of talking to) has announced a new scope More »

Saturdays on Prepperbroadcasting.com

Hey be sure to check out Josh and I, as well as Ebbs from Haus of Guns as we talk this Saturday about Scout Rifles, Shotguns, and training. Also be sure to More »

Rifle Drills!

Had an amazing time running drills with my brother Adam today. Did some advancement with (poorly)simulated cover. Hey, you use what you got! More »

US Palm Quad Stack magazine preview at HoG

Quick shout out to Ebbs for getting a sneak peak at the new quad stack magazines coming out from US Palm. This is a product I’ve been wanting (or thought about doing More »

 
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Ares Armor Effin-A Review

Traditionally I haven’t been a huge fan of muzzle devices, usually opting for a simple birdcage or phantom. There are a lot of products out there that don’t offer significant advantage while taking a serious chunk out of your wallet. Some devices perform well, and also take a serious investment. This however, is better than both of those options.

Live from the shop

My friend Andre at Notes for Robots was at the shop recently and decided to take some pictures. They turned out pretty fantastic. It’s a nice (if contrived) peek at my day job.

IO AK-47 Base Builds

Things are picking up!

I am about to start building our first total flattop “Main Battle Rifle” AK, designed to be used with AR style backup sights and optics. I’ll do a preliminary build report soon with more details but for right now, I want to talk about the base gun we’ll be using.

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Coming soon – EFFIN-A from Ares Armor

Ares has come up with a unique tuneable compensator for the AK-47 and AR platform rifles. I’m working in the shop today and am finally able to install it. Its beefy and a big chunk of solid metal, with closeable gas ports all around, we’re pretty excited to get out and shoot and see how well it does.

Snake Hound RLTW – Recon Lightweight Tactical Weapon

Let me start out by giving a little background. My name is Owen Martin. I like to build AK’s.

I’ve been customizing and working on AK’s since sometime around 2004, and after being asked enough, I’ve finally opened a shop and started building them for you. I’ll do whatever custom work you want, but this rifle we’re going to look at is a specific design built to showcase a particular need.

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Chicks dig SCARs

 

This Saturday we had the opportunity to spend a little time with a friend’s new Fabrique Nationale SCAR 17S—the civilian-legal version of the SCAR-H—in 7.62×51 NATO. On days like that, it pays to be the only one of your friends with a shooting range in your back yard. We had a few hours to try it out, enough time to form a very positive opinion.