Texas sheriff to border farmers: ‘Arm yourselves’

You farmers, I’m telling you right now, arm yourselves. As they say the old story is, it’s better to be tried by 12 than carried by six. Damn it, I don’t want to see six people carrying you. Hudspeth County Sheriff Arvin West I wholeheartedly agree with the Sherrff’s statement. Things have gotten bad around…

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Gas Impingement vs Piston?

Cameron Hopkins, from the American Rifleman, talks to both sides of the gas impingement vs piston operation systems for the AR platform of rifles.  I have a barebones M4 style AR-15 rifle.  I’ve heard both sides of the debate, and like Cameron I run a gas impingement system rather than piston. A friend that shoots…

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The MilSpec Definition

In the first of a series on the AR-15 platform for American Rifleman, Cameron Hopkins answers the question ‘Can a civilian AR rifle be classified as MilSpec?’. Hopkins covers the issue fully, and taught me a few things.  I am eager to read the next installment in the series, covering lower-budget ARs. http://www.americanrifleman.org/ArticlePage.aspx?id=2259&cid=4

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