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First Looks

These are brief glances at new products related to precision rifles, optics, and gear. While they aren’t as in-depth as my typical reviews or field tests, they are meant to help us all be aware of the cool new products entering the market that seem to have potential.

American Rifle Company – Most Innovative Product of SHOT Show 2014

Cal January 28, 2014 Actions, Complete Rifles & Custom Builds, First Looks, Stocks & Chassis, Triggers 7

The firearms industry usually advances through incrementalism … a company just improves over last year’s design somehow by making it lighter, faster, more accurate, higher capacity, more reliable, or incrementally better. It is rare to find a completely fresh, innovative design, but American Rifle Company (ARC) is a young startup that brought a new product to the SHOT Show 2014 that caught a lot of people’s attention. Theodore “Ted” Karagias is a brilliant Mechanical Engineer and President of American Rifle Company. Ted has packed so many innovative features into his new product that it can be a little overwhelming. But hang ...

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AI Stock Shootout: AX vs AICS vs AICS with Viperskins

Cal June 13, 2013 First Looks, Stocks & Chassis 5

My custom target/hunting 7mm Rem Mag has a McMillan A3-5 stock on it, but I’m also a fan of the Accuracy International stocks and have been considering building my next rifle on one of their chassis.  These are very popular upgrades for Remington 700 rifles.  With the recent release of their AX platform, along with the new skins available for the Accuracy International Chassis System (AICS) platform … there are a lot of options. One major benefit of an Accuracy International stock is it’s folding option.  Precision rifles can get pretty long, especially with a can.  I actually had a hard ...

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