Recent content by Herman48

I did buy the A.A. .50 Beowulf upper and mounted it on a S&W M&P 15. It dropped right in and works perfectly. I was wondering whether I should have a heavier buffer and buffer spring, but A.A. said it's not necessary. I was going to mount a nice Leupold scope on it, but I've just lost about...

I was carrying an H&K 4 "Mexican carry," forgot I had it and lowered my pants to obey the call of nature. It fell into the toilet. Fortunately nature's call was still... on hold. I reached into the water, picked it up, rinsed it in the sink, dried it, and lubed it. And changed all the shells.

I just got here a couple of days ago and I forgot to introduce myself. I have been a hunter and shooter since 1964, am a retired teacher, and after retirement worked for a few months as an armed security guard at the Kodiak missile base, at the local hospital, and at the construction site of the...

I guess I should have said "standard" instead of "mil-spec." Anyhow, I got an email from Ruger in which was said that Ruger lowers are standard. On the other hand, Ruger uppers and bolt assemblies are not, I believe. The Ruger firing pin is not interchangeable with other brands' and I read...

I am thinking about purchasing a complete .50 Beowulf upper for my recently purchased M&P 15 .223. Those uppers only fit mil-spec lowers. Is the M&P 15's lower mil-spec?