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No self-respecting gun owner would ever call his AR-15 an assault rifle, but many who’ve never done their research think the “AR” in “AR-15” stands for “Assault Rifle.” In reality, the initials stand for “Armalite Rifle,” and this modern sporting rifle is just as deadly as a Ruger Mini-14. Both are rifles sharing the same .223/5.56x45mm caliber and both accept 30 round box magazines. They even have a comparable muzzle velocity of ~3,000 fps and, most importantly, a rate of fire of one per trigger pull.  The Ruger Mini 14. Not an assault rifle. The AR-15. Not an assault rifle....

By Firefield  America’s most popular modern sporting rifle, the AR-15, has advanced greatly over the past decade. The era of basic plastic handguards is over. Upgrading your AR-15 handguards to a rail system is in. With so many different accessories for ARs available now, handguards that do not offer mounting options just won’t cut it anymore. When rail systems and free-float handguards first hit the market, they were prohibitively expensive and mostly limited to military, law enforcement and competitive users. Today, a great number of manufacturers are making rail systems standard options on their rifles so customers can easily mount things...

Is Frangible Ammo viable for self-defense? I remember when G2 Research released its R.I.P. (Radically Invasive Projectile) in 2014. To date, the introduction video of the round has had well over 8 million views. G2 Research designed the round to “take out all your vital organs” and be “the last round you will ever need.” Indeed, it is a very mean looking bullet. The R.I.P. is an all-copper hollow-point bullet with eight petals each. These petals have a three-sided pointy tip called trocars made to fragment and create multiple wound channels. A lot of people saw it and exclaimed, “Holy...

By Firefield • March 26, 2021 We don’t know what’s in store for our country, but if you ask certain people, they’ll assure you we’re headed straight for serious disaster. Regardless of what type of disaster is on the horizon, there is no better tool to face impending doom than a firearm. We’ve been using firearms to survive since 1354—in war, for safety and to hunt for food. Owning a gun makes you a better survivor. Guns liberated us. Without them, we wouldn’t be free.  …the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed. Today,...