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By David Crane defrev at gmail dot com April 23, 2009 All photos contained in this article were taken by DefenseReview.com, and are copyrighted.
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M4/M4A1 Carbine Reliability Issues Part II: Diagnosing the root cause.
By Michael Pannone This article is the follow-up to the author’s first article on the subject, titled "M4/M4A1 Carbine Reliability Issues: Why They Occur, and Why They’re Our Fault!". March 15, 2009 If your Explorer gets a flat does that mean "Fords are unreliable"? If you put bad fuel in your Tundra does that mean "Toyotas run crappy"? Stay with …
Read More »Lancer Systems L5 Translucent Polymer 30-Round Magazine for Tactical ARs
By David Crane defrev at gmail dot com December 30, 2008 As long was we’re on an M4/M4A1 Carbine (and semi-auto tactical AR-15 carbine) and 4179 STANAG box magazine kick, we might as well cover the Lancer Systems L5 Translucent Magazine (30-round 5.56mm NATO polymer magazine) in a little bit more detail, particularly since it’s already been mentioned in previous …
Read More »Fusil-USA Spring-Steel 30-round AR-15/M16 Magazine: Best Steel AR Mag?
By David Crane defrev at gmail dot com December 29, 2008 If you’re looking for an alternative to standard USGI 30-round AR-15/M16 magazines, but you’d prefer to stick with metal mags instead of going polymer with the MagPul PMAG, TangoDown ARC mag, or Lancer Systems L5 Translucent Polymer Mag for your tactical AR-15 carbine, Fusil-USA, LLC has just the thing …
Read More »AR-15/M4/M4A1 Carbine Reliability Issues: Why They Occur, and Why They’re Our Fault!
Why M4's have reliability issues…and why it's our fault! By Michael Pannone December 24, 2008 I fired 15,000 rounds through a semi-automatic M4/M4A1-type direct-gas-impingement (DGI) carbine in 31 weeks without a single malfunction attributable to anything except bad ammunition or bad magazines, with a grand total of 9 malfunctions. The least number of rounds fired between cleanings was 960 rounds, …
Read More »LaRue Tactical Stealth 16-Inch Upper-Config AR Carbine: Range Report
By Michael Pannone for DefenseReview ctts at live dot com All photos/images contained in this article were supplied by the author, Mike Pannone. January 9, 2008 Mark LaRue (owner of LaRue Tactical) sent out one of his 16" Stealth Upper Receivers (AR upper receiver) a year ago January while I was working on a carbine course for the DoD (U.S. …
Read More »Top Tactical Gear Picks for Deployment: A U.S. Military Special Operations Forces (SOF) Perspective
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Read More »Adams Arms (AA) Moves to Dominate the Gas Piston/Op-Rod Tactical AR-15 Rifle/Carbine/SBR Market
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Read More »Gov. Rick Perry and DR’s David Crane Tactical Jacket and Gun Buddies? Rick Perry does some combat pistol shooting while wearing Triple Aught Design/TAD Gear Recon Hoodie combat fleece jacket and shoots LaRue Tactical OBR/OSR-type 7.62mm/.308 AR rifle/carbine at the range.
By David Crane defrev (at) gmail (dot) com Top photo credit goes to Gov. Rick Perry/Twitter. All other embedded photos contained in this article were shot by DefenseReview.com, and are copyrighted. DefenseReview.com owns the copyright on these photos and video clips. The photos and video clips were shot with a Canon PowerShot S90 10-megapixel digital camera (still camera with video …
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