Could These 3 AR Upgrades Make You a Better Shooter?

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Yearly at SHOT Present, we’re buried with AR-15s and equipment for them. Listed below are the primary three upgrades that would make your AR higher.

KCI’s Polycarbonate AR Magazine with Metal Feed Lips

Three issues make the AR PC Magazine from KCI higher than polymer mags. First, it’s not polymer: It’s manufactured from translucent polycarbonate that’s much less brittle and stronger than polymer. Plus it allows you to see what number of rounds are left at a look.

KCI’s new translucent polycarbonate mags embrace metal feed lips and a springier spring.

Second, it’s received a high-power spring that pushes the follower up with about 10% extra power than a regular spring. The 17-7 stainless-steel spring additionally has an extended life.

Third, and possibly most placing, the PC Magazine has metal feed lips embedded beneath the polycarbonate shell. Metal feed lips reinforce the polymer within the highest-wearing space of the journal. In contrast to different mags with metal feed lips, these are within the magazine so the metal gained’t fall off over time.

KCI’s new AR PC Mags launched throughout SHOT and at the moment are out there. MSRP $21.95

Hyperion Munitions PTC

Hyperion’s PTC (exact set off management) makes a inventory mil-spec set off into a good shooter that feels extra like a drop-in set off than the sloppy authentic you bought together with your decrease construct package. It replaces the set off guard and the grip screw.

The brand new grip screw presses on the within of the set off and removes the take-up earlier than the set off breaks, which additionally makes it really feel tighter. The brand new set off guard has a set screw that stops the set off from persevering with backward after it breaks, which makes the press really feel rather more intentional.

Hyperion’s PTC makes an inexpensive mil-spec set off really feel like a gucci drop-in.

Each the preliminary press and the set off reset are improved with Hyperion’s PTC. It doesn’t change the load of pull required to interrupt the set off, nevertheless it does make it really feel extra crisp. You get a lot of the impact of a high-end drop-in set off for less than $49.99, and it’s out there now.

T6 Firearms G.O.A.T. Collection

Okay, this one is just not an adjunct, nevertheless it’s a formidable improve to the usual AR platform. The G.O.A.T. ARs from T6 include a tune-able compensated barrel system, and the ensuing weapons stay remarkably light-weight and the barrel stays 16″ lengthy.

T6’s G.O.A.T. collection features a tunable compensated barrel.

Fairly than threading the tip of a 16″ barrel and including a compensator, T6 ported the tip of the barrel itself after which threaded it. Then, they’ve stacked ported baffles over the barrel which could be twisted in varied instructions to direct the gasses popping out from the barrel ports.

After taking pictures it, it’s the flattest-shooting AR platform I’ve used — each in 5.56 and .308.

It is available in .223 Wylde, 7.62 x 39mm, and .308. That stainless mannequin is model new and can embrace an efficient flashhider.

The T6 Firearms’ G.O.A.T. collection is available in .223 Wylde (beneath 6 lbs), 7.62 x 39mm (6 lbs 4oz), and .308 (7 lbs 10oz). They’re out there now, beginning at about $1,500.

There might be lots extra AR equipment to report on throughout SHOT, and we’ll hold you up to date on essentially the most spectacular issues we see.

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