Geissele Automatics Unveil Their HICAR Concept

HICAR, Hyper-velocity Improved Capability Assault Rifle, is one of the coolest programs in smalls arms development right now. Taking advantage of improved case formation, powder technology, barrel metallurgy, and projectile acceleration knowledge the M4 is getting a tuneup and 5.56 is getting ove...

By Keith Finch

The Geissele HICAR - Hypervelocity Improved Capability Assault Rifle

Back in May, when NSWC Crane  posted the Hypervelocity Improved Capability Assault Rifle (HICAR) solicitation, I closed my article  by asking whether any currently available carbine platform was genuinely built to handle sustained fire at 82,000 PSI, or whether every vendor would need a...

By Eric B

Chamber Separate From Bore - The Wolf Precision ACE System

Wolf Precision , a company from Johnstown, Pennsylvania, has developed a really interesting rifle barrel technology called the ACE System, where the chamber and the rifled bore are separate parts screwed into one another. The primary advantage of this interchangeable chamber and bore system is th...

By Hrachya H

Springfield’s 10-8 Performance Master Class 1911

To readers of The Armory Life and many 1911 afficionados, Hilton Yam is going to be a familiar name. In the company of the many great gunsmiths and competitors who have built their professions around the construction or use of 1911 pistols, Yam offers a very unique perspective...

By Joe Kurtenbach