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    Wednesday, August 24th, 2011
    10:51 am
    After a long search I decided on the Rock River Arms AR-15 Model BB2512 Rock River Arms Firearm
    Recently, Rock River Arms introduced a new series of rifles. The Tactical Operator 2 line consists of three different designs of Rock River Arms respected direct-gas-operated LAR-15 style firearms. Each of them share some typical features, and the weapons take their name from the new Operator stock Rock River Arms has recently released. Rock River Arms started out building very nice 1911s, years before it was cool, the Corona, IL, company got into the AR-15 field. Its firearms were so well made that the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency chose Rock River to produce its issue firearms available currently as the LAR-15 Pro-Series Government Model.

    Rock River Arms was founded eleven years back by two brothers, Mark and Chuck Larson, who worked out of a garage. It has developed continuously ever since as well as now employs more than 90 people. Although Rock River produces weapons for numerous federal agencies, the actual bulk of their product sales are to the civilian market place. Rock River Arms offers fifty or so models of rifles, however shoppers can make up their very own configurations, making use of numerous components substitutions - sights, rails, stocks, barrel length and contour, and more. Rock River will additionally include accessories like flashlights and red dot sights. Rock River Arms is like an a la carte workshop for rifles. Rock River does not make numerous parts on site. Rock River designs and spec parts, then receive them, perform inspections, complete them, assemble them into rifles and ship them out. The RRA facility is actually complete with a buffing and blasting room, where raw forgings become finished parts. Rock River Arms is genuinely a family business with the brothers Chuck and Mark Larson as well as their father and one of their sons working at the plant. Looking about the factory there were many boxes of rifle carrier groups, essentially the bolts of the rifles. Rock River Arms offers an almost countless number of chambering options for the basic AR platform. Once you own a lower half which consists of the stock and receiver, you can acquire upper halves (barrel, carrier group, and gas system) in all kinds of chambering and interchange them freely. There's even a company that offers a .410 shotgun upper half for the AR15 rifle.

    Components are measured throughout the production phase. Components are tested for hardness. After testing is finished the come together at the respective assembly stations. Care is taken with every step of the upper and lower assemblies. Uppers are matched with various barrels and lowers are assembles usually are assembled with National Match triggers at 4 lbs and various stock combinations.

    All rifles are built to customers specifications and each lower and upper is unique

    The shipping area is a flurry of activity. Parts coming in and rifles going out. A literal symphony in action as the Rock River arms factory pushes in raw components destined to become full rifles. Oddly enough, there seems to be no end in sight as the operation continues day after day.

    Preparation for the firing test begins with the loading of magazines which is a full time job. The finisher snaps 20-30 rounds into waiting magazines in preparation for the final function test

    Several times a day, assemblers and rifle testers load the Rock River van with weapons and take all of them out to the range. Shooting from the back of the van, each and every firearm with sights is sighted in, and then test-fired for function. Testers shoot at least two magazines through the fully automatic guns. Who says semi automatics are not accurate? With barrels provided by Wilson Barrel, the main appeal of Rock River Arms rifles is that they shoot considerably better than advertised.

    Rarely do you come across a seriously great tactical rifle at a very low selling price. Most of the time your required to forfeit price for quality. Turns out like things are evolving. Not long ago I finally after a short wait purchased my very own Rock River Arms Tactical Rifle AR-15 Model BB2512 Rock River Arms from my neighborhood transfer dealer. I have been saving my tactical rifle hard earned cash for nearly a yr..Since I started reading publications about the Rock River Arms AR-15 AR-15 Model BB2512 Rock River Arms and got a opportunity to fire my co-workers at the community range, I realized I had to have one. I haven't had a chance to fire the Rock River Arms AR-15 BB2512 Tactical Operator 2 yet, but I have recently been obtaining several accessories for the Rock River Arms Tactical Rifle AR15 BB2512 Tactical Operator 2 while I was saving my moola.

    All Tactical Operator 2 rifles feature flat-top receivers and 16-inch chrome moly 1:9" twist barrels with 5.56 NATO chambers, tipped with the RRA Tactical Muzzle Brake. I purchased the Rock River Arms AR-15 AR-15 Model BB2512 Rock River Arms Tactical Operator 2. I found the BB2512 Operator was the most unusual-looking member of the group with its gas system and a unique Free Float hand guard.

    Now, I know that even without brakes .223s just don't recoil all that much, particularly when versus the bolt-action sporter-weight rifles chambered in big game calibers. That said, these rifles are designed for use in competition or self-defense, where rapid, accurate follow-up shots might sometimes be the difference between winning and losing. And in a self-defense situation, second place is not where you want to be.

    Listed here are the specs as shipped through my on-line dealer.

    Manufacturer Rock River Arms
    Model: Tactical Operator 2 Series
    Type: direct-impingement AR semi auto
    Capacity: accepts AR-15 magazines of any capacity
    Caliber: 5.56 NATO chamber
    Barrel length: 16-inches chrome moly, 1:9" twist
    Overall length: 37 inches
    Weight: 7.2 pounds-8.0 pounds (depending on hand-guard style)
    Hand guard: Varies between models with Half Quad Midlength / Half Quad Carbine/ Full Quad Carbine)
    Stock: RRA Operator CAR compartment stock, ERGO Sure Grip pistol grip
    Sights: post front; wind age-adjustable rear aperture
    Trigger: RRA National Match, 4.5 pounds pull
    Sale Price: $1,000.00 , Retail $1,515.00

    Load Muzzle Velocity (fps) Standard Deviation (fps) Group Size (in.), Black Hills 55-gr. SP 2,910 12 0.99, Black Hills 60-gr. V-Max 2,880 16 0.87, American Eagle 55-gr. FMJ 2,810 24 1.05, Black Hills Match King 69-gr. HP 2,780 21 1.03, Hornady 55-gr. V-Max 2,935 13 1.11, Black Hills 52-gr. HP 3,042 18 1.12

    Notes: Accuracy results are the averages of four five-shot groups at 100 yards from a sandbag rest. Velocities are averages of three shots measured with an F-1 Alpha chronograph 12 feet from the muzzle. Abbreviations: FMJ, full metal jacket; HP, hollowpoint; SP, softpoint.

    It is easy to get great groups from a below average rifle if it has a great trigger, but put a tack-driver with a gritty eight-pound trigger in anybody's hands, and they will be lucky to stay on paper. The Rock River Arms Operator rifles are not just inherently accurate (that's one plus to the AR design), they are equipped with quality triggers that enable the user to get the most out of them.

    Rock River Arms AR-15 AR15 Model BB2512 Rock River Arms has a list price of 1515.00. I ended up ordering it over the internet for much less. The majority of dealers in my vicinity required list price ... plus which did not set well with my budget plan. I acquired my Rock River Arms AR-15 AR15 Model BB2512 Rock River Arms from Class 3 Weapons at a sizeable cost savings. Rock River Arms is at the moment offering the Operator rifles as a package deal, with the rifle of your choice equipped with its National Match two-stage trigger, any one of four rear sights, a one-inch or 30mm Hi-Rise scope mount, two 30-round magazines and a case. These packages start at an incredibly economical price of $1,000 according to the RRA factory website. I ended up purchasing it online for much less. Most dealers in my location wanted retail plus which did not set well with my budget. I purchased my Operator from Class 3 Weapons in Houston Texas at a considerable savings of only $969.00 which included shipping. Depending on where you live your cost will fluctuate based on shipping and taxes if applicable. For the time being, thanks Rock River for a awesome firearm and keep up the good work. I'm off to the local community firing range to discover what this power house can do again.

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