VIDEOS: Meet the New Brownells Retro Rifle Lineup

By Tactical-Life

Brownells is going old school. For 2018, the Iowa-based manufacturer is launching its Brownells Retro rifle lineup of AR rifles, which includes four 5.56mm variants and two .308/7.62 models. The former features the “correct styling for rifles issued to GIs in the 1960s” and is available for purchase now, while the latter sports “the lightweight styling of Eugene Stoner’s original AR-10 design” and is set to ship in the spring, the presser says.

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More on the .308/7.62 models, via the press release:

The BRN-10 will have the “trigger-style” charging handle in the top of the receiver, under the carry handle, and the same lines and contours as the first production AR-10®s from the 1950s.

With upper and lower receivers designed in conjunction with FM-Products, the BRN-10 is compatible with standard DPMS/SR25 components including triggers, magazines, barrels, bolt carrier groups, muzzle devices, buttstocks, pistol …Read the Rest

Source:: Tactical Life