If you like your AR-15s on the lighter side, you’ll like this new offering from Midwest Industries. Their upcoming 16 Inch Mid-Length Lightweight M-Lok Rifle weighs in at just 5 pounds, 11 ounces! You can see all the specs in the image below. It looks like a lot of rifle for the sub $1200 price.
Kineti-Tech has an interesting take on the now very popular AR pistol receiver extension (buffer tube). Like many others coming onto the market now, theirs features a shoulder for adding length of the pull for the SB15 Stabilizer Brace. Unlike any other receiver extension, theirs offers custom machined spacers so you can change the look of your receiver extension.
Silencerco just introduced a line of threaded Glock barrels with a very impressive spec sheet and reasonable prices. The barrels are cut from 416R stainless steel and feature a black nitride finish. These barrels are available initially for the Glock 17 and Glock 21 with other models coming soon (G19, G34, G17, Springfield XD, Sig 226, and S&W M&P).
Aero Precision’s line of barrels seems to be growing weekly. They now offer 14.5″ and 16″ barrels chambered in .300 Blackout.
V7 Weapon Systems is just showing off. They have made several lightweight AR-15 parts but those were lighter versions of standard parts. Their latest is a lighter barrel nut for a well known free-float rail with the main selling point of already being the lightest on the market!
Their new Titanium KMR Barrel Nut is a drop-in replacement for the BCM KMR rail and weighs just 26 grams (a roughly 19 gram savings over the standard KMR nut). It is made from grade 5 titanium with a raw or an ion bond black finish.
For your convenience, I will go ahead and get the crotchety comments out of the way. Men used to be men… jabber, jabber, jabber… it’s only a few grams lighter… jabber, jabber… this lightweight stuff has gotten out of control… jabber, jabber, jabber… too expensive… jabber, jabber.
I suspect they wouldn’t even care if they didn’t sell a single one of these (I doubt that will be the case) because, like I said, this is just showing off.
