![]() ![]() ![]() Trimming back the handicaps and learning to shoot effectively with open sights makes sense for a no-fail defensive firearm. Going back to basics means reducing the potential for equipment failure and interference, but it also puts the onus on the shooter to develop core marksmanship skills - something that is too often neglected and masked over with the reliance on optics. Remove the bulk, the weight, the snag potentials, the electronic failures, fragile glass, and other possible complications and the odds begin to stack in your favor if the situation turns really ugly. To be blunt, all of these can be impediments should you find yourself in a bad way for too long. With that mindset, our mental discard pile quickly grew to include magnified optics, drop grips, red dots, lights, lasers, oversized grips, suppressors (ouch!), DMR-style stocks…pretty much all the go-to upgrades we tend to think of when customizing an AR. We had already been thinking along these lines last year regarding the kind of rifles we would want in a worst-case scenario (and with the trajectory the world is on right now, what pragmatist isn’t thinking this way?). But when thoughts turn to simple operation, minimal weight, reduced bulk, and maximum reliability and durability under the toughest conditions, the old axiom “less is more” shines brightly. As purpose-built firearms for long-range shooting, competition, steel banging, and hunting go, to each his own. That is not to diss on those custom creations we have all built and enjoyed over the years. ![]() In other words, is more necessarily better?įor a lot of shooters, the answer is a solid, “No!” It seems that after decades of “have it your way” ARs bedecked with anything that could attach to a Picatinny rail or into an M-LOK slot, serious shooters and defense practitioners have begun to reassess the accessory-laden AR-15. Those of you with a keen nose might have caught a subtle scent in the air of late - a whiff of back-to-basics AR-15s riding on the breeze. A minimalist AR for maximum performance in a worst-case scenario ![]()
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