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Newsletter – Vol. 6 / Issue 1

January 2017 News, Items & PhotosHaving trouble viewing this email? Click here Vol. 6 / Issue #1 / Jan. 2017 MARKETING NEWS Mark Eliason, VP Sales & Marketing As we roll into the New Year, we look forward to all sorts of new challenges and agendas. One major way the Firearms Industry does this is through the [...]

2017-01-25T11:30:15-05:00January 25th, 2017|2017 Newsletters|

Dimpled Primers After Chambering

Occasionally a customer contacts me with concerns about primers being slightly dimpled upon chambering a round. This is completely normal and is a characteristic of all basic AR15/M16 rifles. The firing pin in an AR15 is free floating inside its chamber. The forward inertia of the bolt upon chambering a round causes the firing pin [...]

2017-01-14T14:07:00-05:00January 10th, 2017|Gunsmithing Tips|

Brass Deflection for Left Handed Shooters firing the CF-15

I have had a few left handed shooters asking me how to more effectively deflect the brass out of our Carbon fiber rifles. Brass is sometimes deflected back at a sharper angle on the Carbon rifles and some left handed shooters have been struck with empty brass. The most effective solution is to use the [...]

2017-01-14T14:07:00-05:00January 10th, 2017|Gunsmithing Tips|

Barrel Steel and Twist Rate

I've had several customers inquire about specifically what type of steel is used in our black phosphate, chrome lined gun barrels. The following should help clarify. Windham Weaponry uses a modified 4150 Vanadium steel, better known as MIL-B-11595E CMV. Some manufactures call this "4150Mod". Our barrel steel is not plain "4150". Described better, it is [...]

2017-01-14T14:07:00-05:00January 10th, 2017|Gunsmithing Tips|

Removing a Blown Primer From Your Lower

This isn't a terribly common occurrence but it does happen from time to time. All of a sudden for no apparent reason you can't pull the trigger or move the safety on your AR15. The hammer is stuck in the cocked position and will not move no matter how hard you try to pull the [...]

2017-01-14T14:07:00-05:00January 10th, 2017|Gunsmithing Tips|

Installation of MFT E-VolV 2.2in. Picatinny Rail

The Mission First Tactical EVolV 2.2" rail allows you to attach a forward pistol grip, flash light - or any other item that mounts to a Picatinny rail - to your stock carbine hand guards very easily. First make sure weapon is unloaded! Then remove upper receiver from lower receiver. Remove handguards by following the [...]

2017-01-14T14:07:00-05:00January 10th, 2017|Gunsmithing Tips|
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