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The lower receiver and buttstock assemblies can ‹ Above: The The 5.56mm barrels come in several lengths, and the adjustable gas system does let
action of the
be anything AR. Mine sports a nice, soft rubber ARAK21 is you optimize the system. The gas piston is self contained within the barrel assembly. The
buttpad to protect my sensitive aging anatomy. easily reversible .300AAC and 5.56 setups use a common bolt and firing pin.
without tools.
The lower receiver controls include the bolt release Because the Swap the barrel, bolt, firing pin and magazine, and the ARAK-21 XRS runs Ivan’s
function, just like those of your standard AR. upper is a drop- 7.62x39mm rounds. The magazines sport a fairly bizarre curve to accommodate the AR
in addition to
any standard AR magazine well, but they were entirely reliable in our testing. The complexion of the gun
FAXON FLEXIBILITY lower, the basic changes when it is launching those slow, fat .30-caliber rounds. Because the 7.62x39mm
controls will
Just swap out the barrel if you want to run be familiar to is the ballistic equivalent of the old, standby American deerslayer .30-30, there is little
anyone who has
.300AAC. Add a sound suppressor, and you run an AR rifle. better for hunting medium game, particularly in brush. Although they look functionally
maximize the versatility. Supersonic rounds identical, the firing pins are different and are not interchangeable.
will drop whitetail deer. The subsonic sorts are Swapping between calibers requires you to turn out a handful of Allen screws to
just about movie-quiet. The adjustable gas exchange the barrels and then install the right bolt assembly. With a few spare parts,
system lets you tweak the amount of gas you you can run all three calibers through a single rifle. It is actually kind of cool to be able
need for reliable function. to compare the 5.56 and 7.62x39 rounds through precisely the same chassis. It is tough

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