Understanding the AR-15 and AR-10
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AR - The Armalite Rifle is America’s Rifle
Understanding the AR will help you make better choices when you buy or build an AR-15 or AR-10. This book explains how the AR works. Each part of the rifle is explained in depth in plain language with pictures.
The AR is the ultimate customizable rifle. Like the Jeep, the F-150, the VW Beetle, or the Ford Mustang the AR can be tailored specifically to your requirements.
The objective of this book is understanding. Understanding the AR platform will help you make a better choice when you buy or build an AR.
AR rifles are built from component subsystems. Understanding each component subsystem and how the subsystem works will help you select or design and build a rifle that meets your requirements.
Understanding how the components work and how they operate together will make you a better shooter.
This book also covers ammunition and AR ballistics. Every rifle has a favorite ammunition. Understanding ballistics will take you to the next level of shooting.
Table of Contents
Introduction
AR Weapons
Details Matter
Targets, Competition, or Hunting
Barrels
Bolt Carrier Group and Bolt
Buffer System
Trigger
Uppers
Lower Receiver
Furniture
AR Sighting systems
Optical Sights
Dot Sights
AR-15 Ballistics
Anatomy of a Cartridge
Ammunition
About the Author
Keith trains and competes with AR's that he builds. He has served as match director for numerous Tactical Games Skirmishes, for pocket sniper competitions, 3Gun competitions, 2Gun competitions, and Steel Challenge competitions. He has competed, as well, in all of those dynamic shooting disciplines. Keith has trained soldiers (on several continents) and civilians on basic and advanced rifle. Keith has been working with and using AR’s since he went to basic training in the summer of 1974 at Ft. Jackson, SC. He has been building AR’s for use in competition and hunting for several years.
Keith Rutledge is a Green Beret and he is a past Vice President of The Special Forces Association. He served 22 years in the military with 18 years in Special Forces.
Keith is a writer (https://keithrutledge.substack.com). Keith writes about shooting, dynamic shooting competitions, geezer fitness, and bachelor cooking. He also wrote "The Business Case for Java" and "The Business Case for e-business." These are long out of print but you may be able to find them on sites like https://archive.org/ or in other remote corners of the internet.