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.
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.
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