Sunday, February 12, 2017

Insurrection!

NavyJack – Insurrection!

NavyJack – Insurrection!
It seems like everyone I speak with has an opinion regarding who is to blame for the violent protests against President Trump. Some think it’s the Communists. Others only see the Anti-Fascists. Some believe it is a race war, the rise of radical Islam or a war against police, and on and on. Let me end the speculation. The individuals responsible for the insurrection that is taking place in our country are the Globalists.
These are the same Globalists that overthrew the Ukraine, Egypt, Libya and Syria. The Globalists are intent on World domination. They are the 4th Reich. They are Fascists and White Supremacists that wish to dominate over people of color or eliminate them altogether. They already own most of the World’s wealth and resources and they want the rest.  They do not care what your individual or group politics are as long as you are willing to take the fight to the new administration.  They must end the Trump administration before the administration unwinds the Globalist’s control of our nation and our military.
Globalist Influence over U.S. Social and Political Movements (click here for a hi resolution image)
The Globalists will fund, support and embolden any group willing to enter the fight. They control the Main Stream Media (MSM) and the entertainment industry. They are forcing propaganda out to the public at a furious rate. Those who were opposed to one or another of the policies of the new administration have been whipped up into frenzy, thinking they are fighting against a fascist dictator. The irony is that they are merely puppets of the true fascists, the Globalist 4th Reich.
The RefuseFascism movement – A Clever Cloaking of the Revolutionary Communist Party
So let’s make this as clear as possible; if you are supporting the Revolutionary Communist Party, the Workers World Party, The IWW or any other communist organization inciting riots against the nationalist policies of the current administration, in reality you are supporting fascism. Those of you who have joined the Refuse Fascism movement have been duped into supporting the misguided efforts of the Revolutionary Communist Party. You are doing the dirty work for the Globalists and will be cast aside the moment the battle is won or lost.



Antifaschistische Aktion was proclaimed by the German Communist Party (KPD) in their newspaper Rote Fahne in 1932
If you have joined an antifascist or anarchist organization that is hell bent on bringing down the current administration, in reality you are promoting fascism. Most people that join these antifascist organizations have no idea what fascism really is or why the anti-fascist movement was originally founded.
The first movement to call itself Antifaschistische Aktion was proclaimed by the German Communist Party (KPD) in their newspaper Rote Fahne in 1932 and had its first rally in Berlin 10 July 1932. In May 1932 the communist paramilitary organisation Rotfrontkämpferbund had been banned and after a fight between Nazi and Communist members of parliament the Antifaschistische Aktion was created to ensure that the communists could have a militant organization to rival the paramilitary organizations of the Nazis.  Today, these “antifascists” think they are fighting NAZIs and white supremacists and until recently, many of them were. Relying on “fake news” from a myriad of sources, they have been brain-washed into supporting the rise of a 4th Reich, the very organization they are sworn to oppose. They too will be cast aside the moment this battle is won or lost.
If you are an anti-capitalist, a Global Warming adherent, a supporter of the occupy movement, a protester at Standing Rock or even a promoter of the Black Lives Matter movement, you too have been or will soon be enlisted to fight the Globalist war against the new administration.
Each and every one of you is motivated by a cause that you genuinely believe in. What you don’t seem to recognize is that the recent momentum you have gained is a direct result of forced propaganda and financing from the true NAZIs, the Globalists that are intent on not only controlling the United States, but using our military might to dominate the World. What you don’t seem to comprehend is that you are cannon fodder. You are being used and exploited. You are the useful idiots of a 4th Reich that was so close to their goal of World domination before the most recent election threatened to unwind all of the Globalist accomplishments. Every President since the assassination of JFK has either been on the Globalist payroll or has obliged their demands with the sole exception of Ronald Reagan.
Kennedy and Reagan both resisted the Globalist agenda. Both were stopped with bullets. While Reagan was not killed, his fight against the Globalists ended 69 days into his presidency with a bullet that almost killed him.
“If you are out there on the street engaged in violence against the current administration, you are no better than the gunman that shot President Kennedy.  This gunman believed he was doing it for his cause. He too was a useful idiot for the Globalists.” – NavyJack
Now I have no problem with protesters using peaceful and legal means to promote a cause or right a wrong. I despise identity politics, racism and real fascists as much or more than any of you. Get out there and protest. The people that are telling you that protests are not enough; they are the enemy of the people of the United States and of all people of color throughout the World. The people and organizations that are inciting riots, encouraging property destruction and violence are blind to the Globalist agenda. If you are one of them, you are helping the Globalists attempt to restore their control of our nation and our military. These Globalists have no ethical limits. They are NAZIs and they are using you to achieve their goal. They are using you to enslave people of color, control all wealth and eliminate opposition.  Do not be the person that killed President Kennedy. Stop this madness before the real anti-fascists, those who oppose the Globalist agenda, are forced to stop you.
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Wednesday, February 8, 2017

Trump proven right: Media spinning terror stories

President Donald Trump has been severely critical of the news media for doing what he called a poor job of covering instances of Islamic terrorism not only in the U.S. but around the world.
The White House released a list late Monday of 20 terrorist attacks “executed or inspired” by ISIS, many of which Trump spokesman Sean Spicer said were not give sufficient coverage by the national media.
“You have seen what happened in Paris and Nice. All over Europe, it’s happening,” Trump told military leaders at the U.S. Central Command. “It’s gotten to a point where it’s not even being reported. And in many cases, the very, very dishonest press doesn’t want to report it. They have their reasons, and you understand that.”
One of the first news agencies to counter Trump’s allegations was the BBC, which on Tuesday ran a compilation of all its stories about the terrorist events on the administration’s list.
But as many terrorism experts told WND, it’s not the amount of coverage given to a specific event that counts but rather the type of coverage.
A classic example of that can be found by comparing and contrasting the coverage that two news agencies – WND and the BBC – gave to a brutal machete attack at the Nazareth Mediterranean Restaurant one year ago in February 2016 that left four patrons wounded, one critically.
In the BBC story, there is no mention of the words Islam, jihad, Muslim, refugee or immigrant. Every one of those words applied to the attacker, Mohamed Barry, who was a Muslim immigrant from the West African country of Guinea, as pointed out in the WND story.
“Trump is absolutely correct. The point is not that they ignore the stories, but they deliberately conceal and/or misrepresent the aspects of them that make it clear that they’re Islamic jihad attacks,” said Robert Spencer, editor of Jihad Watch.
One notorious example of this is the Orlando massacre, Spencer said.
“Mainstream news outlets claimed that he was a conflicted gay man lashing out at other gays,” he said. “This was outright disinformation: The FBI later announced that there was no evidence that he was gay, no gay apps on his phone, etc. Few outlets published his actual remarks, making it clear that he was killing for ISIS and Islam. The coverage of terrorist incidents in general in the establishment media deliberately misleads the public.”
One terrorist event not included on the White House list was the Chattanooga shooting in which Mohammad Abdulazeez killed five unarmed U.S. servicemen at a Navy recruiting center in July 2015. It took five months for the Obama Justice Department to declare the attack was an act of terrorism, and very little mainstream reporting was done to keep the attack in the national spotlight during those five months of silence by the DOJ. In other words, no pressure was placed on the administration to admit the obvious terrorism connections while the attack was still fresh in the minds of the news-consuming public.
Muhammad Youssef Abdulazeez (Photo: Fox News screenshot)
Muhammad Youssef Abdulazeez (Photo: Fox News screenshot)
Then came the University of California at Merced knife attack in November 2015 by a student there, Faisal Mohamed, whose parents emigrated to the U.S. from Pakistan.
The BBC did not report on the obvious jihadist markings in the attack, which wounded four people and would have been worse if a brave construction worker and officer had not intervened. The FBI waited four months to declare the attack an act of terrorism, disclosing that Mohamed had links to ISIS and had visited radical websites. Many national news agencies never covered the original attack. The BBC published a brief article on the incident after the FBI report came out, but by that time few Americans were paying attention. At least the BBC covered the FBI’s belated findings. Most establishment media companies did not.
Faisal Mohammad was an 18-year-old student at UC-Merced.
Faisal Mohammad was an 18-year-old student at UC-Merced.
The British-based BBC often provides more coverage of terrorist attacks than its U.S. counterparts, ABC, CBS and NBC, said Phillip Haney, retired Homeland Security officer who for more than 13 years screen immigrants and refugees for connections to terrorism.
“Let’s say that in terms of scope of coverage the BBC is actually correct that they were ahead of the others,” Haney told WND. “Even with the broader scope of coverage the BBC, as deficient as it is, it’s still better than the American journalistic coverage. During my time on the inside with DHS, it seemed like the Daily Mail, another British news outlet, would always come out with information within minutes if not hours, well ahead of American media, so why do we have to look into foreign media sources to find pieces of the story that you won’t find here?”
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When it came to the San Bernardino attack by Syed Farook and his immigrant wife, Tashfeen Malik, the BBC, like CNN and most of the other establishment media outlets, covered the story predominantly within the leftist meme of “gun violence,” glossing over or ignoring the more pertinent theme of Islamic jihad. The BBC, in its report Tuesday, linked back to its San Bernardino coverage, which included a major sidebar linking and comparing the San Bernardino event to other stories about “gun violence.”
It’s exactly this type of broad contextual reporting, which the media are so good at when it comes to “gun violence,” that critics say is missing on the topic of Islamic terrorism.
An example of this came on Nov. 28, 2016, when a Somali refugee and student at Ohio State University goaded fellow students to exit a science building by pulling the fire alarm. Then he rammed his vehicle into them, got out and stabbed as many as possible. He injured 11 before he was shot dead by police. The obvious similarity of this attack and another just two months earlier in St. Cloud, Minnesota, were striking. Both attacks were carried out by a Somali Muslim refugee, both using knives against a civilian soft target. Yet almost none of the reporting by the mainstream media drew the parallels.
Rather, the BBC’s main article detailing the attack in San Bernardino on Dec. 11, 2015, starts out like a story about a “mass shooting” crime, not an Islamic jihadist attack. The word “Islam” does not even appear until the eighth paragraph.
The fact that Farook had recently traveled to Saudi Arabia was not mentioned until the 10th graph.
In the 14th graph, we find out that Farook and Malik had been “radicalized” for some time, but the BBC fails to inform its readers how or by whom this “radicalization” occurred. Do Muslims just wake up one day and decide to kill? Where does this inspiration come from? Silence on that issue is the unwritten code of conduct for mainstream news reporters.
And here’s the kicker. The reader must continue reading down to the 21st paragraph to find where the BBC has buried the most important news information. It is here that readers are finally told:
“U.S. officials have told the media Tashfeen Malik pledged allegiance to the leader of the Islamic State (IS) group on Facebook.”
Readers further learn that the U.S. government “did not pick up on extremist messages posted online when Farook and his wife began chatting.”
Haney, co-author of the book “See Something Say Nothing,” said it’s the point of emphasis that counts, not the volume of coverage.
“Look at what they choose to emphasize. It’s obvious the way they lay out the article on San Bernardino that they don’t really want to emphasize the Islamic aspect of the story,” he says. “Why didn’t they just put all that factual information into two or three paragraphs at the very beginning?”
As a former counter-terrorism officer at Customs and Border Patrol in DHS, Haney was involved in many of the cases on the White House list.
“I was there for the Boston bombing, Chattanooga shooting, Fort Hood massacre, Time Square bomber, and I saw the way these stories were reported,” he said.
He said it took him 10 minutes using open sources on his laptop to connect Orlando shooter Omar Mateen to a mosque in Fort Pierce, Florida, which has ties to the extremist group Tabliqui Jumaat.
Haney said the idea of “self radicalization” popularized in the U.S. media is largely a myth.
“I definitely agree with what Trump said, because I saw it first hand. I saw the way the coverage of these events was skewed by the ‘countering violent extremism’ narrative and the prevailing tendency to initially report that there was no link between mainstream Islam and terrorism,” he said.
And whenever someone in Congress wanted to get serious about Islamic terrorism, they were brutalized in the media, Haney said.
He cites the case of Michele Bachmann, Louie Gohmert and several other members of Congress who wanted to investigate the Muslim Brotherhood’s infiltration of the Obama administration in 2012.
“The way they covered that story, they reacted with the same level of political hysteria as they did when Trump issued his executive order temporarily banning travel from seven countries,” Haney said. “Mike Rogers [former Michigan GOP congressman], John Boehner [former House Speaker] and Sen. John McCain attacked the five members of Congress with hysterical fury. They were conspiracy theorists, they were biased, they were Islamophobic, racist, unnecessarily targeting wonderful people like Huma Abedin. And it was widely covered that way by the mainstream media. There was never any analytic, thoughtful, step-by-step reporting, I wonder if it is true, could it be true, and what is it the inspector general’s role to investigate?”
By contrast, Haney points to how quickly the inspector general lurched into action when Trump implemented his executive order.
“Within a day or two of the order being implemented, the inspector general launched an investigation,” he said. “Whereas, in 2012, they couldn’t find the wherewithal to inspect five members of Congress alleging deep involvement of the Muslim Brotherhood in the Obama administration. So, Trump is right; they are biased. The other thing they always say is, ‘Let’s be careful not to jump to any hasty conclusions,’ and then that’s it, they leave you hanging. And by the time they revisit the story, you forget what the plot of the movie has been and what you were watching to begin with.”
A familiar pattern
Whether it was San Bernardino, Chattanooga, Columbus or Orlando, Haney says the “automatic, reflexive response, by the media was to say, ‘We don’t have any evidence of a foreign terrorist link,’ or they say upfront it is linked to ISIS, which allows people to come to a false conclusion, that there is either no foreign link to terrorism or it’s just those ISIS guys, so we must be OK because it’s just some kooks who got radicalized on the Internet and got affiliated with this nasty group called ISIS.”
The media over the last eight years have increasingly considered off limits any reporting on mosques and their involvement in terrorism.
“The radical message, it’s often affirmed here in the mosques. That’s the big question that is never asked or investigated, that maybe some of the mosques right here in the United States are really the source of some of the so-called radicalization,” Haney said. “That is the danger. Trump is right. He’s not always eloquent in the way he says it, but he’s right.”
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Below is the White House list of terror attacks it said were planned or inspired by ISIS.
white house list of 60 terrorist attacks
Patrick Kelly I did not write this but PLEASE READ....From the eyes/experience of a soldier - Afghanistan & Iraq. We in the United States know nothing.....I was asked to share this by the author: I don't typically go on rants or express my political beliefs here, but I just have to get this off my mind. As some of you know, I'm active duty Army. Aside from that, I am a medic. I've spent 3 years of my life overseas in both Afghanistan and Iraq. I've seen some pretty atrocious sites caused by war, from both sides. I've picked up blown up body parts of friends and I've saved the lives of guys who were trying to kill me and my guys right before I was keeping them from their 72 virgins or whatever they believe awaits them on the other side. Here is an unbiased truthful view to the Syrian refugee situation. My first deployment to Iraq, in 2006, my unit voluntarily ran a childrens burn clinic outside of the FOB. It was a constant target for attacks. You would think that people wouldn't shoot mortars or rockets at their own children, but you would be wrong. We saw hundreds of children, from infants to 18 year olds. The overwhelming majority of the kids we saw (90% or better) were clear cases of abuse. These parents were literally dunking their kids in boiling water, or throwing hot chai at their kids faces... Yes, we're talking about babies, toddlers, kids not even old enough to understand why their parents would do these things to them. HUNDREDS of kids... We saw quite a few of these kids that were sexually abused, both girls and boys. Their parents acted if nothing was wrong with this, even when confronted by our doctors. This is the mentality of their society, not the viewpoint of a few individuals... these beliefs have been accepted to the vast majority of these people. Many were educated, well dressed, well spoken men, but yet, they still raped their own children, and kept chai boys (if you don't know what that means, google it.) During that deployment, we also captured the 3rd largest EFP cache that had ever been captured. There were hundreds of copper plates, homemade explosives, fake curbs to house the EFP's, hundreds of mortars and rockets and howitzer rounds, even an anti-aircraft gun. All of these things came from one place, Syria. Almost every single IED or EFP we found or hit could be traced back to Syria... A lot of the terrorists we captured were from SYRIA... Imagine that. Fast forward a couple years, and I find myself in Helmand Province, in Afghanistan... We had a group of Afghani's that were paid to help guard our little mud hut in the middle of an Afghan village (I wasn't on a fob) These guys also kept a "chai boy" A boy, about 11 years old, who was there to serve these guys sexually. We heard him being sexually assaulted many times, but there was nothing we could do about it. We asked the police, the Afghan Army, and we were told the same thing every time.... it's their culture, and accepted as the norm.... Once again, we captured Syrian made explosives, weapons, and other items... We found Syrian passports during raids... And people out there want us to let these people into the US, with our kids, and near our wives. Near our schools, near our churches, synogogues, malls. Places where we should never have to fear being blown up, shot, kidnapped and tortured... Don't forget what they did to the Egyptian Coptic Christians, or the Jordanian pilot... Don't forget about what they do to rape victims! They stone these women to death for being raped! They behead their own people. Do you think they will show mercy to you? Look at the rape statistics in Denmark, Sweden, Belgium. Facts don't lie... 97% of rapes committed in Sweden were committed by Muslim immigrants... And you want 10,000 of these people here? Even if just 1% of these so called "refugees" were ISIS supporters or active ISIS terrorists, would that be acceptable to you? Chew on it... think about it. Take a good look at your kids or your wife and decide if the risk is worth taking. Feel free to share this if you want
By Dave Douglas

Monday, January 30, 2017

Armalite AR-10 PRC in .260

 Armalite AR-10 PRC in .260—Full Review.


The PRC 260 from Armalite delivers a high-end precision rifle in .260 Rem. ready for effective suppressor use.
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My introduction to the .260 Remington occurred about five years ago during a hog hunt with my friend from Mike’s Guns in Texas. Meeting up at his shop prior to the hunt, he let me spend some time with an AR-10 he built in .260 Remington. Using his rifles in .308 provided a solid comparison, and the .260 Remington was impressive. Especially when suppressed, it was softer shooting then some of my 5.56mm ARs.  Trimming the gas a bit made it reliable, quiet, clean, and incredibly accurate.  Testing a bolt rifle of his in the same round a bit later, the accuracy potential of the round became clear. Using some of his handloads, I produced several groups in the 0.20 inch range. But therein lay the problem; the need to reload. Factory match ammunition was all but non-existent at the time. Black Hills Ammunition loaded some in their premium line, but that was about it. Since reloading was not in the cards for me at the time, it was not something I pursued.

The rifle proved to be as capable with a suppressor as it did without, being reliable and accurate.
It was the introduction of the 6.5 Creedmoor and its surge in popularity amongst the precision competition crowd that brought the 6.5mm back onto my radar. Factory ammunition becoming available the 6.5mm all but eliminated the .308 rifle from my precision rifle inventory. It shoots flatter, softer, more precisely, and reaches out to much longer range. With a wide selection of factory match ammunition available for the Creedmoor it was becoming a favorite of many precision shooters unwilling or unable to reload. While the .260 Remington remained popular amongst reloaders and hunters, factory match ammunition remained scarce.  However, the .260 Remington was making huge inroads in the military, at least at the operational level.  Talking to Special Missions Unit members, they swear by the .260 Remington and have been requesting rifles for years. While it likely will not make a big splash on the main stage, at the smaller unit level they are starting to creep in. All of this combined has finally sparked a surge in precision rifles and factory match ammunition for the .260 Remington. Cost is still higher for .260 Match, but there are several commercial loads now available.

The author topped the 20-inch barrel off with an AWC Thor PSR suppressor.

ARs Chambered in .260 Remington

As evidenced by my early experience with an AR-10 in .260 Remington, it can be done. Most early rifles were custom built with a few factory rifles popping up on occasion. A few seemed to think it was harder to build an AR-10 in this caliber, but others never seemed to have the same issues, including Mike Brown of Mike’s Guns, or me.  Having assembled a few over the last couple years they were easier to tune than similar .308 models in my experience. In an industry chock full of mythology, it was dismissed in my case. More often than not they are excuses to “not” do something. It was only a matter of time before demand outstripped any problems (real or otherwise)  limiting rifle availability. Much of the demand was for an AR-10 that would work suppressed though, and that is problematic unless tuned solely for suppressed use. What we really needed was a rifle with a “shortish” barrel that allowed for use suppressed and unsuppressed without requiring re-tuning. It has been tried in the past with moderate success but it looks like Armalite has now taken that idea to a whole new level with the AR-10 PRC in .260 Rem.

The adjustable gas block sits underneath the hand guard. Note the short rail sections for accessories.

SPECS

  • Chambering: .260 Rem.
  • Barrel: 20 inches
  • OA Length: 41.3 inches
  • Weight: 11.4 pounds
  • Stock: Magpul PRS
  • Sights: None
  • Action: DGIS
  • Finish: Dark brown Cerakote
  • Capacity: Variable
  • MSRP: $3,560

Armalite AR-10 PRC 260

Armalite designed this rifle from the ground up to be a precision semi-automatic rifle. It’s not just a standard rifle with a precision barrel and chamber. Along with a match quality 20-inch stainless steel barrel, it includes a new gas block allowing for reliable transition between suppressed and unsuppressed fire. Working together with Surgeon Rifles and AWC Silencers, the AR-10 PRC 260 is a well-integrated purpose-built rifle designed with some serious thought.
The rifle I received for testing was a very early production model and the company asked me to give them feedback on it. It starts with Armalite upper and lower receivers forged from 7075-T6 aluminum. The upper includes a forward assist, dust cover, and brass deflector. It houses a coated bolt carrier group using an AXTS  Raptor Ambidextrous Charging handle. The barrel is 20 inches, heavy contour, stainless steel, and includes a Surgeon/AWC PSR thread-on muzzle break designed for the .260 Remington. It operates as a standalone break or an AWC Silencers THOR PSR can be added.  Using a 1:7 twist rate better stabilizes bullets at distance given the relatively short barrel length. A proprietary gas block with a two position lever runs the rifle-length gas system. It is optimized for use with the PSR suppressor and can be accessed through the 15-inch hand guard without tools.  Short rails sit at the front and back of the hand guard with a continuous top rail. Slimmer in the middle, it shaves weight and provides for comfortable hand holds. Threaded holes sit at the front of each short forward rail for sling stud use.

The rifle features a Cerakote dark brown finish that keeps it very low profile. Note the ambidextrous safety.
Armalite uses a “B” series lower receiver that accepts SR25-patterned magazines. It has a Magpul PRS stock attached using a rifle length buffer and spring. It houses a Timney single stage trigger using an AXTS Talon ambidextrous safety. The pistol grip is a Magpul MIAD. Sling loops sit on the right side of the PRS stock but can be moved to the other side if needed. Production rifles will be shipped with one 10-round PMAG.

Testing

Burris Optics provided a new  XTR II 5-25x 50mm FFP (First Focal Plane) scope for testing.  Utilizing their SCR Mil Lined reticle provides ample lines for holding elevation or wind. It was mounted in a Larue Tactical PSR20 mount. Clarity on the glass is excellent and the reticle is comparable to any simple Mil lined reticle on the market. The vertical line has 20 mils graduated in half mil increments below the horizontal line. There are 5 mils above with the last two graduated in .10 mils. Extending on either side are 10 mils graduated in .2 of a mile for the first five where another .10 mils section sits for ranging calculation. The center section is lighted for 3 mils on either side and 6 mils below the center line. Dialed up to 15 power there were 11 mils available for holds with the entire horizontal line visible. Knobs are tactile with audible clicks at .10 mils per click and 10 mils per revolution. Numbers are easy to read. The XTR uses a zero stop that is easily adjusted. Loosen the screws, slip the knobs to zero and press firmly and re-tighten. Parallax adjustment sits on the right along with lighted reticle activation. There are 11 settings with “battery saver” steps in between each setting and a hard “off” setting at both ends. Scope covers that flip flat against the scope when open are included.

Burris Optics provided a new XTR II 5-25x 50mm FFP (First Focal Plane) for testing.
Since this rifle was designed to be used both suppressed and unsuppressed, my AWC Thor PSR suppressor was used. Designed to meet the original PSR contract it is a Titanium suppressor designed for multiple calibers up to and including .338 Lapua Magnum. Threading over the muzzle brake it means no shift in impact when removed and reinstalled.  It’s also very quiet and as rugged as it gets.

Tuning Your AR

With my having tested hundreds of ARs over the years, I have found that the vast majority are over-gassed. It’s required to allow base line customers the ability to use whatever ammunition they can find (often of very poor quality) and still have it run.  The problem being is that when precision match ammunition is used, often loaded to higher velocities, these guns are harsh to shoot. It can also affect accuracy and reliability. For a weapon designed for “battlefield pickup” drills using whatever trash ammunition found on the ground that is fine.  But precision ARs, especially those using DI (direct impingement) gas systems, benefit hugely from tuning. Having tuned dozens in various calibers, it makes a huge difference. It encompasses matching the gas delivered to the bolt carrier group with the mass of that group, coupled with proper spring tension and buffer use. It results in a softer shooting, cooler running, and more accurate AR. It means you cannot throw whatever reloaded ammunition you find on the ground in it though and expect it to work. You will need to stick to quality ammunition with similar pressure curves.

The rifle came with an AXTS Raptor ambidextrous charging handle.
Adding a suppressor generally adds to the complexity. Over gassed ARs dump excess gas into the action and magazine along with your eyes and lungs. Many will just quit working after a couple of magazines they are so covered in gunk. Tuning for suppressed use helps a ton, but most won’t run if you remove the suppressor. There are some adjustable gas blocks out there that facilitate that, but most clog up, shake loose, or flat-out break under hard use. The simple solution for some rifles is a two-position block that is robust and tuned to the rifle’s use. Few pick up a $3,500.00 AR in .260 Remington for battlefield pickup drills, making it easier to tune it for match grade ammunition. Given a collaboration between Armalite, Surgeon, and AWC, they were able to make this work very well.

 Range Testing

I expected this rifle to be accurate, what most interested me was how the gas block worked using various bullet weights suppressed and unsuppressed. I have often abandoned testing .308-based ARs with a suppressor since they just don’t always work, no matter the suppressor. A bit to my surprise, this rifle worked well, very well in fact!  Starting with some Nexus 136 Grain Lapua, it was fired without the suppressor. Loud, as expected, recoil pretty well mitigated, significant dust signature and brass was ejected smoothly at four o’clock.  Moving the lever over and attaching the PSR, the exercise was repeated with the same results. Excess gas was minimal, brass ejection was in the same place, only this time no muzzle blast. First round push was minimal and it was softer to shoot than a couple of recent 5.56mm rifles tested. The same process was repeated using Federal Gold Medal Match 143 grain SMK, Gorilla 123 Grain SMK and Nosler 120 Grain Ballistic tip yielding the same results. Using controlled fire, the brass ejection was consistent with no failures to eject or return to battery. Rapid fire strings (five rounds rapid fire) using the suppressor saw ejection walking forward to about two o’clock but remaining reliable.

The Nexus load did extremely well, turning in groups as tight as .60 of an inch.

The Nosler load also did quite well, with a tightest group of .64 inches.
Accuracy was as good as it gets with an AR-10, at least for me. My best groups came from the Nexus 136 Grain Lapua at .60 inches. Nosler’s 120 Grain Ballistic Tip was only slightly larger. Every rifle tested so far has grouped the Nosler either the tightest or a very close second. Groups were all under an inch, most between .60 and .75 inches. Since grouping at 100 yards does not always mean it will hold at range, the PRC was tested out to 1,000 yards on steel. Using data from the Kestrel, five rounds of the Nexus 136 Grain Lapua were loaded up and fired at 1,000 yards just after dawn, so no wind, perfect conditions. Target is 12-inches wide by 16-inches tall. All five hit home with a group about the size of my hand ( a tad under 8 inches) measured through the scope. Groups shrunk to fist-sized at 500 yards. All of this was completed using the suppressor, mostly because it was such a pleasure to shoot suppressed. Timney’s trigger was crisp and there were no light primer strikes. My guess is the 1:7 twist is a strong contributor to accuracy at range. There are some strong advocates for faster twist barrels on long range cartridges when they are shortened, and it seems to work here.

The stock that came on the test rifle was a Magpul PRS unit.

Other Considerations

The contour on this barrel is about as big as you can get and still get it to fit under a hand guard. Accuracy is the result, along with minimal recoil, but its no lightweight. Listed weight is 11.4 pounds, unloaded, with no scope. The barrel tapers so most of the weight is back towards the receiver, but it’s about the same weight as most precision bolt rifles. Remove the suppressor and it’s pretty handy. Most of my personal builds in 6.5mm use a 20-inch barrel and it’s the best compromise. Adding the suppressor does not make it unwieldy, but it does add about 7 inches after attachment of the PSR brake. Attaching the suppressor shifted the point of impact 3 inches low. Removing it returned to zero every time.

The PRC 260 rifle really held its own under testing by the author. It is expensive, but it really delivers.

Final Thoughts

Armalite built this rifle to be strong, accurate, reliable, and repeatable. They did an excellent job; not sure it has been done any better outside a straight-up custom build. There were no failures to function using PMAGS, DPMS and my Larue Tactical magazines. It’s billed as a precision rifle that “offers consistency in suppressed and unsuppressed configurations,” and that it does. I have tested custom rifles with similar consistency, but nowhere near as simple, nor likely as robust.
To learn more, visit https://armalite.com/shop/ar-10prc-260308/.

Saturday, January 28, 2017

12 GAUGE AR 15

  MKA-1919 Semi-Automatic 12 Gauge 18.5" 3" 5+1 Synthetic Black Stock Black Receiver

The MKA1919 MATCH is a magazine-fed semi-auto AR-style shotgun. Feeds and functions with 12ga 3 inch or 12ga 2.75 inch. The MKA1919 Match series received many improvements from that of its predecessor. Upgrades and Improvements Include: Ambidextrous Safety, Extended Bolt Release, Extended Magazine Release, Redesigned (Bolt, Locking Block and Action Block), Metal Floating Feed Ramp, two Gas Rings (Heavy Loads or Light Loads) and an easy take down system. Each shotgun comes with two magazines and three internal chokes.

Action: Semi-Automatic
Brand: European American Armory (EAA)
Capacity: 1-10 Rounds
Gauge: 12 Gauge
Action: Semi-Automatic
Barrel Description: Plain
Brand: EAA
Capacity: 5+1
Chamber: 3
Chokes Included: C,M,F
Gauge: 12 Gauge
Hand: Right
Metal Finish: Black
Metal Finish Group: Blued/Black
Model: MKA 1919
OAL: 39.5
Purpose: Personal Protection/Law Enforcement
Recoil Pad Type: None
Series: Match
Sights: A2 Style
Stock Description: Synthetic
Stock Finish Group: Synthetic
Unit of Measure: GN

Thursday, January 26, 2017

SAINT™ 5.56

SAINT™ 5.56

Like those who are unapologetic about protecting their legacy, the SAINT™ makes no compromises when it comes to features, engineering, and operator experience.  As the ultimate refinement of the AR-15 form, the SAINT™ combines innovations like the Accu-Tite receiver mating system with the relentless execution of core features.
The SAINT’s flat top design is optics ready and includes a flip-up rear aperture sight and fixed A2-style front. The 16-inch Chrome Moly Vanadium barrel features a 1:8 twist rate to handle a wide range of bullet types. The operation of the M16 bolt carrier group is managed by a mid-length gas system paired with a heavy tungsten buffer, resulting in an exceptionally smooth action. A good shot starts with the trigger, so that’s why the SAINT™ features micro-polished and Nickel Boron treated components. While it offers the right pull weight for defensive use, you won’t feel it.
Unlike most defensive rifles in its price range, the SAINT™ includes top notch furniture designed to improve both shooting experience and operator performance. An all new, exclusive Bravo Company PKMT KeyMod handguard packs heat shields and flexible attachment points into a slim and easy to handle form factor. The Bravo Company buttstock is rattle-free and complemented by a Bravo pistol grip designed to improve defensive performance.
Built for the free and independent, Springfield Armory®’s SAINT™ represents the next generation of America’s personal defense rifle. Built with relentless dedication to reliability, it’ll be ready when you are because you can always trust the SAINT™.
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Specs


Caliber 5.56x45mm NATO (.223REM)

Length 35.5" Fully Extended / 32.25" Collapsed

Weight 6lbs 11oz

Upper Receiver Type III Hard Coat Anodized Aircraft Grade 7075 T6 Aluminum Flat Top, Forward Assist and M4 Feed Ramps​

Lower Receiver Type III Hard Coat Anodized Aircraft Grade 7075 T6 Aluminum, Accu-Tite™ Tension System​

Barrel 16" Chrome Moly Vanadium, 1:8 RH Twist, Melonite®

Gas System Direct Impingement Mid-Length Gas System, .750 Diameter Gas Block

Trigger Springfield Armory® Proprietary, Nickel Boron Coated GI

Sights Springfield Armory® Low Profile Flip-Up, Dual Aperture Rear, 1/2 MOA Windage Adj.

Trigger Guard Bravo Company

Pistol Grip Bravo Company Mod 3

Handguard New, Exclusive Bravo Company, KeyMod, PKMR

Butt Stock Bravo Company 6 Position

Buffer Assembly Carbine "H" Heavy Tungsten Buffer

Receiver Extension Mil-Spec Carbine Receiver Extension, 7075 T6 Type III Hard Anodized Aluminum

Charging Handle GI Style

Bolt Carrier Group M16 BCG w/ Carpenter 158 Steel Bolt, Shot Peened & Magnetic Particle Inspected

Magazine 1 - 30 Round Magpul PMAG Gen M3