300 AAC Blackout – Initial Impressions

I had the opportunity to test fire my new 300 AAC Blackout upper receiver for my AR-15 last Friday afternoon. Two different loads were tested. One was a 208gr (subsonic, traveling at 1,020 feet per second – per the manufacturer) and the other was a 125gr (supersonic, traveling at 2,325 feet per second – per…

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Who Really Needs An AR15?

This question has been bandied about by people who don’t know guns, as some sort of rhetorical trump. The answer is somewhat complicated for people not versed in the subject, but I’m going to have a whack at it. The ever so eloquent Michael Z. Williamson sounds off on the topic. http://www.michaelzwilliamson.com/blog/item/who-really-needs-an-ar15

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