Bringing a Retro Rifle to Life: The Brownells BRN-10 with Paul Levy
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Today I'm sitting down with Paul Levy from Brownells to talk about the development process for the BRN-10, their Retro copy of the original Armalite AR-10. Brownells is one of a small cadre of companies who have actually been able to successfully execute a project like this, and I wanted to pick Paul's brain a bit about some of the challenges and decisions involved. Thanks to RIA for hosting us!
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