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The Scar 17, the epitome of efficiency for a rifle chambered in .308, it light weight and low recoiling. It's been referred to as the Ferrari of rifles, exception to the rule, or even the .308 freak of nature because of it's lightweight, barrel profile and still maintaining long range accuracy.
You've probably seen the spec's for the Scar 17 but here they are; it's chambered in 7.62x51 NATO or .308 Winchester, it has a hammer forged barrel that is chrome lined with a 1 in 12 right hand twist rate with a length of 16.25", the upper receiver is a hard anodized monolithic extruded aluminum upper, it is operated by a short-stroke gas piston system, it has a folding and telescopic stock that allows the weapon to be fired even when the stock is folded, it comes with a proprietary 10 or 20 round aluminum magazine, and all the controls are ambidextrous except for the bolt catch and release. On FNH's website they list the weight of the Scar 17 as 8lbs but I got 7.4lbs on my scale.
I am not going to go over the history of the Scar platform and series of rifles, because it been done hundreds of times, the information of how it was developed and it's adoption by the US Special Forces is readily available.
Today we are going over the issues that the Scar 17 had and how they are corrected to make the ultimate battle rifle. This really is just my opinion but FNH would have been better off with making some of these changes themselves.
The first and biggest issue with the Scar 17 is its trigger module (a.k.a lower receiver) and the magazines that it uses. I have no fucking clue why FNH would opt for proprietary magazines or why the US Socom wouldn't make them change the mags from that bullshit to the more reliable, less expensive and already in service SR-25 style magazine.
So when I bought my Scar 17 the first thing I bought and changed was the trigger module. As of now there are two manufactures that make SR-25 compatible trigger modules for the Scar 17. The first and most well known is Handle Defense, they make a few trigger modules from aluminium and magnesium. Then there is X Products, there trigger module is newer to the market, and it is the one that I went with. X Products trigger module is made from aluminium and is far more aesthetically pleasing than both the stock trigger module and the Handle defense trigger module.
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| On the left the standard trigger module and on the right the X Products X-17 trigger module |
Having the ability to use SR-25 magazines makes the Scar 17 more efficient, compatible and interchangeable with most of the other .308 chambered rifles I own. I use Magpul Pmag 25 LR/SR magazines 25 rounders that brings me to a few more benefits, the first is its a Pmag, Magpul makes probably the most reliable and battle proven magazines in existence. And the next benefit is Pmags are far more cost effective than the proprietary mags that FNH chose to use, the standard Scar 17 mags cost around 40 to 60 dollars if you can find them for sale, while Pmags cost around 18 to 20 dollars. So the choice for me was easy and Pmags fucking rule.
The next change I made was that ugly, rattly, Ugg boot looking piece of shit buttstock. I ended up going with the Vltor VSS-11 Scar stock, Kinetic Development Group make a good Scar stock but I like the angle and feel of the Vltor stock far more, nothing more needed to say about that.
The other not so huge but more ergonomic changes that I made to the rifle is the pistol grip and the selector switch. The pistol grip I choose was the Magpul K2 grip because I like the steeper angle. And the selector switch I went with is the Magpul SSG selector switch for the Scar family of rifles because it is far more comfortable to use than the standard selector switch.
There are more changes that need to be made to the Scar 17 to make it more effective for the way I plan to use the rifle, look out for part 2 of the ultimate Scar 17 build.
- 10:34:00 PM
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Travis shows some of the options you have in optics and how some of the options can help you decide on your setup. This video is the six of six videos in the series sharing how to set up your carbine.
For more info on training or to check out some gear visithttps://www.haleystrategic.com/
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Nate shows some of the options you have in weapon lights and how to set it up on your rifle to fit you and help improve your body mechanics. This video is the fifth of six videos in the series sharing how to set up your carbine.
For more info on training or to check out some gear visithttps://www.haleystrategic.com/
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Noir is one of my favorite YouTube shows by NRA commentator Colion Noir.
This is the premiere episode of season 5 of the show: Power. It give an amazing explanation or the responsibility that gun owners accept. It was a good episode but I think he was way to easy on the anti-gunners in his last segment.
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Travis shows some of the options you have in triggers and how some of the options can help you decide on your setup. This video is the fourth of six videos in the series sharing how to set up your carbine.
For more info on training or to check out some gear visit https://www.haleystrategic.com/
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Part 3 of a 6 part tutorial series of how to setup your AR-15 style rifle brought to you by Nate and Travis of Haley Strategic Partners.
Nate shows some of the options you have in foregrips and how to set it up on your rifle to fit you and help improve your body mechanics. This video is the third of six videos in the series sharing how to set up your carbine.
For more info on training or to check out some gear visit https://www.haleystrategic.com/
- 10:12:00 PM
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Part 2 of a great 6 part tutorial series of how to setup your AR-15 style rifle brought to you by Nate and Travis of Haley Strategic Partners.
Travis goes of the body mechanics and how your pistol grip can effect your efficiency with your carbine.
For more information on training or to check out our gear go to
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Today September 17, 2016 marks the 129th birth of the Constitution of the United States of America.
On this day 129 years ago, September 17, 1787, thirty-nine brave men, the delegates to the Constitutional Convention met for the last time to ratify and sign the document they had created.
We encourage all Americans to observe this important day in our nation's history by attending local events in your area. Celebrate Constitution Day through activities, learning, parades and demonstrations of our Love for the United State of America and the Blessings of Freedom Our Founding Fathers secured for us.
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A great 6 part tutorial series of how to setup your AR-15 style rifle brought to you by Nate and Travis of Haley Strategic Partners.
"Nate goes over how to set up your adjustable stock to fit you and help improve your body mechanics. This video is the first of six videos in the series sharing how to set up your carbine."
For more info on training or to check out some gear visit https://www.haleystrategic.com/
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My primary rifle is a AR-15 chambered in 5.56, it is a custom build of parts that I believe will make an accurate and reliable AR-15, assembled by myself.
In my opinion it is far better and can be cost effective to build your own rifle rather than buying one, but that a topic for another discussion.
Back on topic this is my rifle.
In my opinion it is far better and can be cost effective to build your own rifle rather than buying one, but that a topic for another discussion.
Back on topic this is my rifle.
Let's start from the upper receiver and work our way down.
The upper receiver is a forged 7075-T6 aluminum A3 AR-15 upper, hard coat anodized black and machined T marks with a Mil-spec finish, from PSA.
The barrel is a 14.7" 1/7 twist hammer forged barrel. It is machine gun steel, a proprietary blend of hammer forged chrome molly vanadium made by FN, double thick chrome lining, M4 feed ramp extensions, and is Mil-spec phosphate coated. It has been Magnetic Particle Inspected and High Pressure Tested.
The barrel has the amazing Lantac Dragon(5.56) muzzle break pinned and welded to meet legal overall length.
The bolt carrier group is a Salient Arm International bolt carrier group with an integrated gas key, to eliminate the possibility of failure from hard use. The entire BCG is polished and held with a pre-nickel and Titanium nitride (TiN) coating.
The upper receiver is a forged 7075-T6 aluminum A3 AR-15 upper, hard coat anodized black and machined T marks with a Mil-spec finish, from PSA.
The barrel is a 14.7" 1/7 twist hammer forged barrel. It is machine gun steel, a proprietary blend of hammer forged chrome molly vanadium made by FN, double thick chrome lining, M4 feed ramp extensions, and is Mil-spec phosphate coated. It has been Magnetic Particle Inspected and High Pressure Tested.
The barrel has the amazing Lantac Dragon(5.56) muzzle break pinned and welded to meet legal overall length.
The bolt carrier group is a Salient Arm International bolt carrier group with an integrated gas key, to eliminate the possibility of failure from hard use. The entire BCG is polished and held with a pre-nickel and Titanium nitride (TiN) coating.
The charging handle is the AXTS Raptor with SAI branding. The handguard is the Bravo Company(BCM) 13" KMR keymod handguard. And to finish off the upper Magpul MBUS Pro flip up sights.
Now on to the lower receiver.
The lower is an 80% Arms 80% lower made from 7075-T6 aluminum, Mil-spec hard anodized black finish.
The lower parts are from a DPMS lower parts kit. The trigger is a Geissele Automatics Super Dynamic Enhanced (SD-E) trigger, with KNS anti rotational pins. Mil-spec buffer tub, spring and buffer from BCM. A Magpul K2+ grip and finished of with a Magpul STR stock.
This beautiful rifle is shooting sub moa groups at 100 yards.
To sum up everything I built this AR-15 the was I wanted it from the very beginning. I'm not going to get into the argument whether it is better to build or buy, but if you have the know how and you know what you want why buy something that you will just end up parting.
To sum up everything I built this AR-15 the was I wanted it from the very beginning. I'm not going to get into the argument whether it is better to build or buy, but if you have the know how and you know what you want why buy something that you will just end up parting.
- 12:51:00 PM
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AR-15 bolt carrier groups are one of two components that are considered to be the heart of the rifle, the BCG and the barrel. When you see a bolt carrier group you wouldn't associate the word beautiful with it, just function.
Then there is the Salient Arms International's titanium nitride bolt carrier group with an integrated gas key it is beautiful, sexy, and superbly functional.
I have this bolt carrier group in three of my rifles, I have put over 7000 rounds through the AR-15 I use most often, my primary rifle, and over 1500 through the other two rifles.
What first brought me to this BCG was an AR-15 build that was to be the culmination of some of the best AR-15 parts available. At first on my search for the best bolt carrier group I was drawn to the Sharps Rifle company Balanced Bolt Carrier with Relia-Bolt (review coming soon Sharps BCG), an amazing BCG in its own right, and I was going to go with it but I wanted something better.
Then there is the Salient Arms International's titanium nitride bolt carrier group with an integrated gas key it is beautiful, sexy, and superbly functional.
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| Picture from SAI Facebook page |
I have this bolt carrier group in three of my rifles, I have put over 7000 rounds through the AR-15 I use most often, my primary rifle, and over 1500 through the other two rifles.
What first brought me to this BCG was an AR-15 build that was to be the culmination of some of the best AR-15 parts available. At first on my search for the best bolt carrier group I was drawn to the Sharps Rifle company Balanced Bolt Carrier with Relia-Bolt (review coming soon Sharps BCG), an amazing BCG in its own right, and I was going to go with it but I wanted something better.
I wanted something more reliable, to start a bolt carrier that had an integrated gas key, because the gas key is where most BCG's fail from hard and excessive use, and a good coating that can stand up to wear and that was easy to clean.
On my search I found many BCG's that were coated in nickle boron, but none with an integrated gas key, I found very few with integrated gas keys but they had Mil-Spec coatings. Then I found a small fraction coated in titanium nitride, so I started to look into that coating and found that it was used in mill ends and milling tools because it made them far more durable, extended there life, and had low friction coefficient.
Then I saw a Facebook post, that is what brought me to Salient Arms International, they had a BCG with everything I was looking for. There Facebook post said that it was there new BCG with integrated gas key coated in a pre-nickle and titanium nitride coating and it was on sale...for $300 shipped, normally $335+ shipping. At first I was very hesitant, on sale for $300, that's a lot for a BCG, especially when I just wanted to test one out. But you know what they say about curiosity, it got the best of me and I was ready to pull the trigger and buy one. I was going to go to there web site but they didn't have one up at the time, they claim its coming soon but with them soon is a relative term. I ended up calling then to place my order, it was seamless.
I had placed my order and was told that it would ship the next day. I was checking out there other offerings and I saw on there Facebook page that they had a SAI branded Raptor charging handle and it was also on sale, so I decided to get it added to my order.
When I had called back to add the charging handle I was put on hold, at first I thought it would take a while but the music that played while I waited was "America as fuck" just how I like it, all in all it was a very short wait and they added the charging handle to my order.
I got an email that night with my tracking number and the next morning it was on the way.
I received the BCG and charging handle in the mail about two days after ordering it, and needless to say I was excited.
The fit and finish on this bolt carrier group is very impressive, beyond superb. The pre-nickle and TiN coating is even throughout and slick and smooth to the touch. The look and feel was that of top quality, but before I made my final opinion on it I had to test it out...thoroughly.
I got an email that night with my tracking number and the next morning it was on the way.
I received the BCG and charging handle in the mail about two days after ordering it, and needless to say I was excited.
The fit and finish on this bolt carrier group is very impressive, beyond superb. The pre-nickle and TiN coating is even throughout and slick and smooth to the touch. The look and feel was that of top quality, but before I made my final opinion on it I had to test it out...thoroughly.
I installed the BCG and charging handle in the rifle completing it and now it was off to the range.
In the first range day that I used the rifle I put roughly 400+ round through it with nothing but smooth cycling, not one malfunction. I had decided not to bother cleaning the rifle or the BCG until I was able to at least 1000 rounds through it. The following weekend me and a few of the guys made a day out of going to the range, we ran a ton of drills, from individual to team drills, and distance and accuracy shooting. Needless to say it was fun and the best part the rifle ran nearly flawless, the only hiccup was one failure to eject, and that was on a mag filled with reloads, we chalked that up to the round being under powered. By the time we were done and ready to head home I had put around 800 rounds through it.
The following day it was time to clean the rifle, I wanted to see how much fouling the BCG had retained, if there was any wear marks on it and how easy it was to clean. When I removed the BCG and charging handle from the upper receiver I was pleasantly surprised at how little fouling was on the bolt carrier group, and there were no wear marks on any area of the bolt carrier.
I disassembled the BCG and began cleaning it, using that tried and true Frog Lube CLP. I quickly found how easy it was to clean, most of the fouling and grime came off easily, just by wiping it off with a piece of paper towel that had the cleaner on it. The only area of the BCG that took any effort to clean was the back of the bolt. On the rear of the bolt there was some carbon burns that required me to use a brass carbon scrapper to remove it, but that wasn't very difficult to remove.
After I had completed cleaning re-lubricating and reassembling the BCG and rifle I felt as though I made a good decision in buying the BCG from Salient Arms. This AR-15, now my primary go to AR, felt complete and reliable.
I eventually gave in and called Salient Arms to order two more of these beauties, one for a 300 Blackout build and one for a 5.56 SBR build. Long story short I would definitely recommend this BCG to anyone, it is on the pricey side but if you want quality and have the money to drop on it you should most definitely look into Salient Arms International TiN bolt carrier group.
The following day it was time to clean the rifle, I wanted to see how much fouling the BCG had retained, if there was any wear marks on it and how easy it was to clean. When I removed the BCG and charging handle from the upper receiver I was pleasantly surprised at how little fouling was on the bolt carrier group, and there were no wear marks on any area of the bolt carrier.
I disassembled the BCG and began cleaning it, using that tried and true Frog Lube CLP. I quickly found how easy it was to clean, most of the fouling and grime came off easily, just by wiping it off with a piece of paper towel that had the cleaner on it. The only area of the BCG that took any effort to clean was the back of the bolt. On the rear of the bolt there was some carbon burns that required me to use a brass carbon scrapper to remove it, but that wasn't very difficult to remove.
After I had completed cleaning re-lubricating and reassembling the BCG and rifle I felt as though I made a good decision in buying the BCG from Salient Arms. This AR-15, now my primary go to AR, felt complete and reliable.
I eventually gave in and called Salient Arms to order two more of these beauties, one for a 300 Blackout build and one for a 5.56 SBR build. Long story short I would definitely recommend this BCG to anyone, it is on the pricey side but if you want quality and have the money to drop on it you should most definitely look into Salient Arms International TiN bolt carrier group.
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Wow! One of the best representations of how gun free zones don't work. A must watch short film, by Reel Clef studios. You will never think about a gun free zone the same ever again.
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I love Glock pistols, I always have and always will. The Glock 17 has been my duty weapon for 6+ years, my conceal carry weapon has been the Glock 19 for 5+ years and more recently the Glock 30s (I like .45acp but that's another story) on and off, I genuinely love Glock pistols.
That brings me to the issue, Glock's slogan is "Glock Perfection" but with those damn plastic sights that come standard on all factory Glocks, it isn't perfect, its close but no its not perfection.
I wonder why Glock just doesn't put steel sights on there pistols from factory, it doesn't have to be anything fancy, like night sights or fiber optic sights, it could still be that U and dot sight system but just metal not plastic.
I know that many are going to say "then why don't you just change the sights if you don't like them, its not that hard" and you know what you would be right but that's not my point. Sure it is easy to replace the factory sights on a gun, and I probably would still change the sights on my Glocks even if they where made of steel, but that's me and maybe most gun enthusiasts.
I'm referring to the regular person, the average Joe/Jane that buys the gun just for home protection or plinking every other month, the person who doesn't know much about firearms, other than it is used for protection, someone who just wants it as is no upgrades.
Glock you need to step your game up, because your competition is not going to disappear.
From M&P to Sig they are trying to give consumers the better value to attract them to there products. For example a full size 9mm from Smith & Wesson is less expensive than a full size 9mm Glock and it comes with metal sights.
Don't get me wrong I prefer my Glock over my M&P pistols but the better out of the box value is the M&P.
To Glock I don't want to be scared of breaking the rear sight off of my gun by racking the slide off of my belt. And yes I have ripped many factory sights off of my Glocks with single handed operation, until they fix that problem its Trijicon sights for me.
To Glock I don't want to be scared of breaking the rear sight off of my gun by racking the slide off of my belt. And yes I have ripped many factory sights off of my Glocks with single handed operation, until they fix that problem its Trijicon sights for me.
I'm just hoping that Glock as a company will see what many of there customers want and make the change.
Maybe it's wishful thinking, or maybe in a Glock perfect world.
- 8:02:00 PM
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Good afternoon, I am...well everyone calls me J.
To talk a little about myself I am a law enforcement officer for a particular agency in our nations capital. I have served in this role for approximately 6 years, but have done far more and have experienced more than most law enforcement officers, from SRT, to executive protection of foreign ministers, delegates and ambassadors.
But right now that is not important, what is important is that this is a new blog dedicated to the love of the United States, The Second Amendment, guns, gear, tactics and much more.
Me, my friends and co-workers will be bringing content, on guns and gear, news, political issues, survival and our general opinions on these topics. And just everyday shit. New content will come slowly at first, then we will ramp it up to have a more consistent flow.
This is just the beginning.
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