Changing From 5.56 NATO To .300 Blackout

If you’re up on recent developments in the AR community, you’ve likely heard of the new, interesting round, the .300 blackout. This new ammunition, its proponents will tell you, gives your AR some additional capabilities that make it well worth the money and effort to switch over from standard 5.56mm NATO. The great thing is…

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Not Your Grandaddy’s Puppy

Ghost Robotics and SWORD International have teamed up to create a rifle-toting “robot dog.” Called the Special Purpose Unmanned Rifle, or SPUR, the system adds a 6.5mm Creedmoor rifle from SWORD to one of Ghost Robotics’ quadrupedal unmanned ground vehicles, or Q-UGVs. The SPUR made its debut on the show floor at the Association of…

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The Ruger 10/22 Rifle: A Brief History Of A Classic Gun

Introduction In the mid-1970s, American firearms manufacturers began to see a dramatic increase in sales of rifles. In fact, by 1980, when Ruger introduced its first rifle chambered for .22 LR cartridges, the boom was well underway. The gun that would become known as the Ruger 10/22 rifle was one of the most popular new…

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