Friends of NRA Select APO Mfg to Build Major Edward J. Land Jr. Tactical Rifles

By AmmoLand Editor Duncan Johnson

Ruckersville, VA –-(Ammoland.com)- Ashbury Precision Ordnance Mfg was selected by the National Rifle Association (NRA) Friends of NRA, America’s largest advocates for firearms owners and the nation’s leading promoter and defender of the Second Amendment, to create a distinctive, limited-edition, signature tactical rifle as a tribute to former Secretary of the NRA and father of modern Marine Corps Scout Sniping Major Edward James Land Jr. USMC retired.

The APO Custom Shop was commissioned to build fifty (50) Custom SABER-M700 Major E.J. Land Signature Edition Tactical Rifles each individually numbered and bearing Major Land’s engraved signature. These custom tactical rifles are crafted by Ashbury’s Precision Weapons Section lead by a team of former USMC MOS 2112 Gunsmiths and 2111 Armorer. The project is being supervised at APO’s Ruckersville Virginia plant by former USMC Rifle Team Equipment Shop Chief Instructor MSGT Gary Gregory who served under Major Land’s command at Quantico, Marine Corps Base Virginia.

“I’ve spent seven decades involved with firearms,” said Major Land. “From hunting, and marksmanship training, to shooting rifles as a competitor and instructor, to being a sniper in combat. I follow a few simple rules that …Read the Rest

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