A short-barreled rifle or SBR is legally defined as a “shoulder-fired, rifled bore” firearm with a barrel shorter than 16 inches or a firearm that has an overall length of fewer than 26 inches. An SBR is considered a Title 2 restrictedfirearm. It falls under the 1968 Gun Control Act ...
Attach a cleaning patch soaked in bore cleaner to a jag and push it through the barrel from the chamber end to the muzzle. Never pull a dirty patch back through the bore, as this can redeposit fouling. Repeat this step with new patches until they come out clean. For heavy carbon build...
He places his spotter scope so that it is as close to looking down the rifle barrel as possible. They work together to range the target, read the wind, and angle and adjust for other variables that may affect the shot. They wait for the target. And in the words of Army Ranger Sniper...
Building an AR-15 is one of the best ways to get a custom rifle and familiarize yourself with the platform.
To do this, open the chamber and look through the barrel from back to front. Confirm that no round (bullet) remains inside, either in the chamber or stuck in the barrel. You just can't say that a particular gun is unloaded unless you have looked through the barrel thoroughly. ...
There are references to some gene gun applications at the end of this article. A Brief History The gene gun was developed by Dr. John Sanford and his graduate student, Ted Klein, at Cornell in 1987. In the first successful prototype, they used a .22 caliber rifle barrel equipped with a...
If you have a second spirit level, use it on another flat part, such as the action, above the chamber or on the rib. Tighten the rifle in place when you reach level. Place the scope in the rings. Tighten the scope snug, but loose enough to be able to shift it slightly. Place ...
A few years before I retired from the Marine Corps, there was an initiative at headquarters calling for a wholesale replacement of the M16A2 rifle with the M4 carbine, which would have reduced the rifle’s 20-inch barrel to the M4’s 14.5-inch tube. At the time I was operations officer...
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The wads should be cut for a tight fit to prevent leakage and produce a good noise. I use a MEC reloader to push the wadding tight against the powder then crimp down the crimp into the shell. The smaller gauges as well as the 10 gauge can be made the same way. Clean Shot also ...