Comments on: What Not to Do: Vulcan V15

By: Bob

Bob — Fri, 17 Jun 2016 22:12:37 +0000

Where do i get hand guards and clips for the Vulcan model V15 ???

By: IAC

IAC — Mon, 14 Mar 2016 01:21:04 +0000

Keep it cheap and simple, is my mantra.
That being said, the butt stock mating screws are too flimsy, the useless bolt release should have been removed entirely, and the barrel should have been secured with a screw through the trunnion.
Keep up the good work, Sir !

By: Allen Fraley

Allen Fraley — Sun, 24 Jan 2016 02:58:52 +0000

I have an early ar 15 and after a thousand rounds no ftf fte, no jaming. It only likes brass. Other owners have told me this. Did I just get a good one along with friends or did they make then better at first. I know my resale value is poop but I want to keep it. I shoot winchester 556 62 grain.

By: Vulcan V18: Chicken Shit to Chicken Soup - AR180S.COM

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By: Cade

Cade — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 00:23:03 +0000

Loved the video, Ian. Couldn’t stop laughing (and cringing). Did you guys ever attempt to shoot it?

By: Keith

Keith — Sun, 30 Sep 2012 13:58:27 +0000

The patent for the original AR18

http://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/originalDocument?CC=US&NR=3318192A&KC=A&FT=D&ND=3&date=19670509&DB=EPODOC&locale=en_EP

By: Rasp65

Rasp65 — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 16:05:54 +0000

Ian Nice review as always. It is a shame that a company that is “The Arsenal of Freedom” and are “the best built firearms in the world” also “technology’s tip of the spear” doesn’t just stick to making sharp pointy objects. In all the years I have been following AR’s on the interwebs The name Vulcan, Hess or Blackthorn has been synonymous with the worst possible products and much derision to those who purchase them. In a close 2nd place would be Countersniper scopes.

By: Steve

Steve — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 01:25:10 +0000

That makes a Century AK look like a SIG P210 in comparison. How are these guys still in business?

By: Nathaniel

Nathaniel — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 01:23:58 +0000

At the risk of sounding like a naysaying Nancy, the AR-18 gets a bit more credit as a good design than I think it deserves.

In the chain of “things that tend to go wrong” it shares ammunition (probably the biggest thing that can go wrong, if of poor quality), magazines, feed geometry, bolt design (dictating extraction and ejection, as well as dwell time between bolt carrier movement and bolt rotation; in the AR-15 and AR-18 this period is virtually zero, which is undesirable), and bolt carrier over-travel with the AR-15.

I think the AR-15 is a decent rifle, reliability-wise, but the AR-18 is often touted as a vast improvement in reliability over the ‘-15, which is demonstrably false.

By: Storm

Storm — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 03:04:47 +0000

Just horrible.

Can’t wait to see you make Ar18 or Leader t2 type of rifle using good old box section construction tubing (if you ever thought of that) !