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DefenseReview.com (www.defensereview.com) contributor Chen Lee aka "SMGLee" demonstrates the FailZero "AR-15 Basic Kit" in a desert environment. The demonstration weapon is comprised of a Colt LE 6940 16" 5.56mm NATO Rem. AR-15 carbine upper receiver mated to a full-auto registered full-auto lower receiver. In the video, Lee fires two magazines (2x28 rounds) through the weapon on both semi-auto and full-auto (burst fire) with absolutely no lubrication. After he empties the first magazine he ...

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This Grip Pod System (GPS) demonstration video is brought to you by DefenseReview.com, courtesy of Chen Lee aka "SMGLee". As the video demonstrates, the Grip Pod System (GPS) is a combination vertical foregrip/fast-deploy weapon stabilization device/bipod that provides the operator with greater combat capability and versatility for his carbine, rifle, or SBR (Short Barreled Rifle) by allowing him to go prone in an instant and continue fighting from a stable platform. The Grip Pod's spring ...

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DefenseReview.com contributor Chen Lee aka "SMGLee" performs a 90-round full-auto mag dump with a FERFRANS SOAR 5.56x45mm NATO (5.56mm NATO) gas piston/op-rod carbine outfitted with an MWG 90-Rounder snail drum magazine. You can read more about the FERFRANS SOAR gas piston/op-rod carbines and SBRs (Short-Barreled Rifles) at DefenseReview.com, specifically at the following direct links: www.defensereview.com -- FERFRANS SOAR Gas Piston/Op-Rod Tactical AR-15 Carbines and SBR/Subcarbines for ...

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DefenseReview.com (www.defensereview.com) owner David Crane demonstrates the FERFRANS Specialties SOAR (Special Operations Assault Rifle) 5.56x45mm NATO (5.56mm NATO)/.223 Rem. select-fire/full-Auto AR SBRs (Short Barreled Rifles)/subcarbines at the range. The two guns featured sport 10.5" and 11.5" barrels, respectively, operate via direct gas impingement (DGI), and utilize FERFRANS' patented Rate Reduction System (RRS) which mechanically reduces the weapons' cyclic rate of fire to below ...

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This video clip features David Crane, owner/editor-in-chief of DefenseReview.com (www.defensereview.com) interviewing Steve Helzer of US Ornance (www.usord.com) about the mechanics (ie internal workings) of the US Ordnance M60E4 MOD1 Commando machine gun. The M60E4/Mk43 MOD 1 Commando machine gun is a highly modified and improved version the original Vietnam-era M60 machine gun, and it was developed to address and solve the original M60's reliability, handling, size and weight problems. This ...

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This video clip features David Crane, owner/editor-in-chief of DefenseReview.com (www.defensereview.com) test-firing a suppressed US Ordnance M60E4 MOD1 Commando machine gun. The muzzle can aka sound suppressor aka silencer attached to the M60E4/Mk43 Commando in the video clip is a John's Guns R18 QD (Quick-Detach) suppressor (7.62mm NATO), possibly made from Inconel for high-heat resistance. We'll research this (raw material). In any case, the R18 can (suppressor) cut down the noize ...

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This video clip features David Crane, owner/editor-in-chief of DefenseReview.com (www.defensereview.com) interviewing Steve Helzer of US Ornance (www.usord.com) about the mechanics (ie internal workings) of the US Ordnance M60E4 MOD1 Commando machine gun. The M60E4/Mk43 MOD 1 Commando machine gun is a highly modified and improved version the original Vietnam-era M60 machine gun, and it was developed to address and solve the original M60's reliability, handling, size and weight problems. This ...

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This video clip features David Crane, owner/editor-in-chief of DefenseReview.com (www.defensereview.com) test-firing a suppressed US Ordnance M60E4 MOD1 Commando machine gun. There's currently an informational mistake in the video. The muzzle can aka sound suppressor aka silencer attached to the M60E4/Mk43 Commando in the video clip was not made by Badger Ordnance. Steve Helzer, General Manager, US Ordnance, told us during the shoot (machine gun/video shoot) that the can (sound suppressor ...

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This video clip features David Crane, owner/editor-in-chief of DefenseReview.com (www.defensereview.com) test-firing the US Ordnance M60E4 MOD1 Commando machine gun. The M60E4/Mk43 MOD 1 Commando machine gun is a highly modified and improved version the original Vietnam-era M60 machine gun, and it was developed to address and solve the original M60's reliability, handling, size and weight problems. This is a 7.62x51mm NATO (7.62mm NATO) medium machine gun (MMG) aka general purpose machine ...

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This video clip features DefenseReview.com owner/editor-in-chief David Crane loading and firing the SIGARMS SIG 552 Commando Subcarbine/SBR (Short Barreled Rifle) with a GEMTECH silencer/sound suppressor attached in both the semi-auto and full-auto firing modes at SWAT Round-Up 2002 in November 2002. David Crane was one of the first civilians in the country to test-fire this weapon/silencer combo. He subsequently wrote about it, here: www.defensereview.com The 552 is great gun, perhaps even ...

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