By Jeff Gurwitch September 12, 2019 Last updated on 9/12/19. In DefenseReview’s (DR) “The Build” Episode 1: “Franken Race Rifle”, retired Special Forces Soldier and DR writer/contributor Jeff Gurwitch, discusses building a competition-ready AR-15, as well as the benefits of hydraulic buffers and the FERFRANS Delayed Sear Activation System (DSAS)/Rate Reduction System (RRS) bolt carrier group (BCG) in semi-auto and …

July 4, 2014 DefenseReview (DR) would just like to wish our readers a very Happy (and Safe) 4th of July/Independence Day. We hope it’s a great one for you and you get to have some really good barbecue (BBQ) and see some fireworks. DR would just like to take this opportunity to thank God, our Founding Fathers, and our terrific …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com June 6, 2014 Today is the 70th Anniversary of the Allied Forces D-Day invasion, the day America’s fighting men stormed the beaches of Normandy (France) and scaled the cliffs of Pointe du Hoc against withering German machine gun fire and everything else the Germans could throw at them. We all owe those …

DefenseReview (DR) would like to wish all of our readers and members a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. May it be a great and safe one for you. Those same wishes go out to all of our service men and women fighting for us overseas (and domestically). We greatly appreciate it. Please be careful out on the roads. …

By David Crane defrev (at) gmail.com November 11, 2013 We here at DefenseReview (DR) would like to thank our veterans for their service to, and sacrifice for, this great country of ours. Thank you so much for protecting the rest of us here at home and keeping us safe and free. We really appreciate it. May God bless you and …

February 21, 2012 While DefenseReview’s (DR) editorial staff has been on travel for the last few weeks, our technical staff has been very busy handling behind-the-scenes technical upgrades/improvements to our website and general infrastructure. As part of this effort, we just launched our Fan Page on Facebook. It’s very simple at the moment since it’s brand new, but we’ll build …

By David Crane defrev (at) gmail (dot) com May 16, 2011 DefenseReview (DR) will be attending the 2011 Special Operations Forces Industry Conference (SOFIC 2011) in Tampa, FL May 17-19 as media to check out and write about the latest and greatest tactical hardware and technologies for SOF missions. In fact, on our way, and we’re at the airport right …

By David Crane defrev (at) gmail (dot) com DefenseReview.com (DR) just found out today from a contact of ours at Lucky Gunner Ammo (www.LuckyGunner.com) that we’ve been nominated for a Gunnie Award in two categories: “2011 Best Gun Blog – Gear Reviews” and “2011 Best Gun Blog – News”. DR is grateful for the nominations, and we’d ask that our …

By David Crane defrev (at) gmail (dot) com January 17, 2011 DefenseReview (DR) just arrived in Las Vegas, earlier today, and we’ll be at SHOT Show 2011 all four days. So, if you’re at the show, and you you have an interesting new tactical product/item (weapons, accessories, gear, equipment, etc.) that you’d like us to see while we’re here, please …

By David Crane defrev (at) gmail (dot) com All photos contained in this article were shot by DefenseReview.com (DR), and are copyrighted. DefenseReview.com and the publisher of “The World’s Assault Rifles” own the copyright on these photos. The embedded photos were shot with a Canon PowerShot S90 10-megapixel digital camera (still camera with video capability). November 8, 2010 DefenseReview (DR) …