The Hodge Rifle Build: Episode IV, The Rifle Awakens
The barrels are seated. The wedges are torqued. The builders and their rifles now stand at the edge of completion. The final chapter begins, and the rifle awakens.
The barrels are seated. The wedges are torqued. The builders and their rifles now stand at the edge of completion. The final chapter begins, and the rifle awakens.
Magpul hosted members of the MeatEater crew for a wild weekend to chase hogs in East Texas. The remarkable recipe for this adventure began with foul weather, add a pinch of friendly competition, complimented with a generous portion of funny stories, and finish it off with a freezer full of feral filets.
In Episode 3, Jim Hodge assembles the upper receiver, detailing the gas system and handguard install to show how precision and design ensure a more reliable, rigid rifle.
In Episode Two of our Hodge Defense Systems builds, we take Jim Hodge’s theory from Episode One and put it into practice building our own AR-15 uppers.
Shoot Like A Girl is dedicated to providing women with the confidence, education, and skills to safely and responsibly engage in shooting sports. What began in 2009 as a grass-roots mission to introduce women to archery has become a professional experience that now includes shooting, hunting, and the proper handling, operation and storage of firearms.
We sent a few lucky Magpul folks to Big Texas Ordnance (BTO) in Conroe, Texas, to learn the ins and outs of building an exceptional AR-15 with industry legend and expert, Jim Hodge