Posted June 1, 2015 12:00 pm by Comments

By Nick Leghorn

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There are a ton of AR-15 “manufacturers” these days. In general, when you’ve seen one AR-15, you’ve seen ’em all. And most shops simply assemble OEM parts and call the rifle their own. In that sense the MILTAC Alpha isn’t all that different, since it’s still predominantly a parts build. But there are one or two features that might warrant it a second look . . .

The first real improvement is that the upper and lower receivers are matching billet pieces, meaning that they were machined from a block of raw material instead of being forged and then touched up at the factory. Most AR-15 rifles have uppers and lowers that match up fairly closely, meaning the lines and ridges on the top mostly pair with continuations on the bottom. But there are a ton of examples where this doesn’t happen, even among higher end brands. With the MILTAC Alpha, those features flow from one side to the other.

Another benefit of this lower receiver is the flared magazine well. Instead of the standard small-ish target, MILTAC added a bit of material on either side to give the shooter a bigger target when doing a speed reload. It’s …read more

Source:: Truth About Guns

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