The Faxon Blog and Podcast

Why 9310 Steel in an AR-15 / M16 Bolt?

Posted by Faxon Firearms Staff on May 12th 2016

"9310 is not MIL-SPEC, it's better than MIL-SPEC" Last week Faxon announced the release of their GUNNER series of Modern Sporting Rifle bolt carrier groups. Its been a pleasure working on the car … read more
What and Why 5R Rifling?

What and Why 5R Rifling?

Posted by Faxon Firearms Staff on Mar 21st 2016

Why 5R Rifling?Recently, Faxon introduced its first 5R rifled barrels. Since then, we’ve been slammed by questions by customers wanting to understand two key questions:1.What is 5R rifling?2.Why is … read more