Today on Rifle Roundup, it’s something that harkens back to the past, a retro-styled Stag Arms AR-15 with a Trijicon prism optic, and some that’s new, namely the 3-D cardboard targets from Target Nation.
Stag 15 M4 Rifle
It’s hard to imagine that in today’s world of highly adaptable AR-15s, there was a time when people bought an AR-15 and then added nothing to it. No M-Lok fore-ends on which to attach a light, laser or tactical aquarium bubbler. No 55-position adjustable stocks with adjustments for an operator’s beard length. It was just a gun. No more, no less.
The Stag 15 M4 rifle scratches this itch for “just a gun” in a most satisfying way. Chambered in 5.56 NATO, it has a 16-inch chrome-lined barrel with a 1:7-inch, right hand twist. Surrounding that barrel is the classic two-piece thermoplastic handguard, and at the end of the barrel is an A2 birdcage flash hider. Inside, you’ll find a mil-spec, manganese-phosphate-coated M16 bolt carrier group and a trigger that breaks at slightly more than 5 pounds. At the rear is a standard A2 grip and a six-position stock, and at the front is a front sight on the gas block, something not often found on today’s AR-15s.
You might be asking yourself, “Why would anyone buy this gun, when for the same price, they could get an AR-15 with a free-floating barrel and enough rail space to mount the entire SureFire catalog on their gun?”
The answer to that question is in what you want your AR-15 to do. The AR, in some ways, is like a playlist of music on your phone. Some people use playlists to discover what’s new in the world of music, while others use playlists to remind them of the past. This rifle is definitely the latter, and that’s more than okay (and so is the rifle).
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