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AR-15/M16 Super Systems [Paperback]

Duncan Long (Author)
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May 1, 1989
This book shows you how to customize this reliable firearm into a super system suited to your needs. Whether you want to modify your AR-15 or just want an inside look at experimental weapons that may be on tomorrow's rifle range and battlefield, this is a book for you

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About the Author

Duncan Long is an internationally recognized nonfiction and fiction writer of countless books and magazine articles on weapons and warfare. He is a best-selling Paladin author, with more than 20 firearms manuals in print.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 144 pages
  • Publisher: Paladin Press (May 1, 1989)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0873645111
  • ISBN-13: 978-0873645119
  • Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.5 x 0.4 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 14.9 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,424,907 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Duncan Long (http://DuncanLong.com/) is a freelance writer/illustrator who has authored 13 novels including Anti-Grav Unlimited (Avon Books), the Spider Worlds triology (HarperCollins), and the Night Stalkers series (Harper Collins). He's also written 60-some technical books and how-to manuals (with Paladin Press, Delta Press, Lyons Press/Globe Pequot, and others). Additionally, he's ghostwritten over a dozen titles for TV, radio, and stage celebrities.

Some of Long's technical manuals can be found in the private libraries of the CIA, US Marines, FEMA, the FBI's FTU (Firearms Training Unit), and other US agencies. Excerpts from his books and technical drawings have even appeared in US Congressional hearings.

As an illustrator Long has created cover and interior illustrations for HarperCollins, PS Publishing (UK), Byron Preiss/ibooks, Pocket Books, Fort Ross, American Media, Delirium Books, Ballistic Media, Mermaid Books, Swimming Kangaroo Books, and others. His artwork also appears in national magazines (including the Sun and Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine), and at Web sites and on CD covers.

Long's illustrations are noted for their often whimsical, dreamlike quality. Talk-show host Victor Thorn named Long one of the three "best graphic artists in the entire world." And the reviewer at 3D Millennium (M3 Corp., Inc.) wrote about Long's collected works, "To call him a prolific artist would be understatement, at best. Get yourself a snack and settle back while Duncan takes you on a wild ride through worlds only he has dreamt of."

You can find Long's graphic artwork and articles online at his site: http://DuncanLong.com/

 

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1.0 out of 5 stars Useless garbage, February 24, 2007
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I recieved this book as a gift from a relative who meant well, but was not very gun savvy...

This book sufers from the 'need to put out another title syndrome.' In effect, nothing in this book is of value- the modifications are flights of fancy or hack job work. Basic searching on the internet will teach you more about building or upgrading the AR-15 platform than this book. Additionally, it is rife with inaccuracies and/or bad techniques to do modifications to the AR-15.

Morevover, this book is at least a decade and a half out of date. Many of the companies listed as parts sources (Rhino Systems for example) have been out of business for a decade, and it doesn't even address the A3 flattop configuartion that is the standard these days. It is obvious that the book is just a reprint of something from circa 1987 with no re-editing ro re-writing.

Finally, many of the chapters just read as one big advertisement for this company or that product, much like the current articles in many gun magazines. It is obvious Duncan Long gave glowing reviews of products in exchange for free samples of those products.

In short, this book is a waste of money. If not for the fact it was a present I would probably toss it out. If you want to learn about the AR-15 there are many far better sources in print and on the web.
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First Sentence:
As mentioned in the introduction, many an AR-15 has been built from a parts kit on a kitchen table with a few simple hand tools. Read the first page
Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
front push pin, receiver halves, flashlight mount, commando version, bolt carrier, ejection port cover, front sight assembly, front sight base, flash hider, pistol version, upper receiver, rear swivel, lower receiver, delta ring, trigger group, telescoping stock, muzzle compensator, super systems, charging handle, windage knob, fore grip, magazine release, scope mount, assault carry, prone shooting
Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Rhino Replacement Parts, Insight Systems, United States, Allan Zitta, Assist Trigger, Uncle Mike, Action Arms, Fabian Brothers, Gun Parts Corporation, Iver Johnson, Colt Firearms, Paladin Press, Springfield Armory, Jonathan Arthur Ciener, Tru View, Federal Engineering, Holmes Firearms Company, Jim's Mini Machine Shop, Muzzle Stabilizer
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