{"id":3758,"date":"2018-09-22T12:00:03","date_gmt":"2018-09-22T12:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/candrdigital.com\/index.php\/2018\/09\/22\/brownells-brn-10a-a-retro-cold-war-ar-10-reproduction\/"},"modified":"2020-07-22T14:59:36","modified_gmt":"2020-07-22T19:59:36","slug":"brownells-brn-10a-a-retro-cold-war-ar-10-reproduction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2018\/09\/22\/brownells-brn-10a-a-retro-cold-war-ar-10-reproduction\/","title":{"rendered":"Brownells BRN-10A: A Retro Cold War AR-10 Reproduction"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"youtubomatic-video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"580\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/V3m5eDO2-RA?controls=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Companion shooting video on InRangeTV: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/a91nJOD31Lk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/a91nJOD31Lk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>We have a new Brownells BRN-10A reproduction AR-10 to take a look at today, hot off the production line! Brownells is making both AR-15 and AR-10 rifles in their &#8220;Retro&#8221; reproduction line, but this is definitely the more interesting one to me. You can piece together a good retro AR-15, but the AR-10 platform has until now been very limited in retro options.<\/p>\n<p>In today&#8217;s video, I am comparing the BRN-10A to a semiauto conversion of an original Portuguese AR-10. This allows some good comparisons, but it is also of limited use, because Brownells has chosen to reproduce the cleaner lines of the early Cuban-pattern AR-10. Details like the muzzle, handguards, charging handle, and front sight block are quite different between early and late original AR-10s, but the comparison with a late Portuguese one does allow us to see how much detail did go into properly replicating many of the other elements.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, I am quite impressed by Brownells&#8217; new rifle. There is room for improvement, and my biggest complaint is the feel of the handguards &#8211; but they certainly do look right. Incidentally, after I finished filming I spoke with the company, and was told that a more accurate pistol grip is in development, as are waffle-pattern mags. Those will be nice improvements added to guns as they start shipping.  The BRN-10 is definitely a much better reproduction than the old Armalite AR-10B rifles, and a heck of a lot less expensive than finding a semiauto conversion of an original one!<\/p>\n<p>YouTube does not allow links to firearms manufacturers in video descriptions, but I am sure you can figure out how to find Brownells.<\/p>\n<p>Related videos:<\/p>\n<p>Semiauto Original Portuguese AR10: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/7hibrCMBq_8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/7hibrCMBq_8<\/a><br \/>\nArmalite AR-10B Reproduction: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/OJcuBB24yoE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/OJcuBB24yoE<\/a><br \/>\nShooting a Sudanese AR10: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/nuEKwdwoqBA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/nuEKwdwoqBA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you enjoy Forgotten Weapons, check out its sister channel, InRangeTV! <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/InRangeTVShow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/InRangeTVShow<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Contact:<br \/>\nForgotten Weapons<br \/>\nPO Box 87647<br \/>\nTucson, AZ 85754<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Companion shooting video on InRangeTV: https:\/\/youtu.be\/a91nJOD31Lk We have a new Brownells BRN-10A reproduction AR-10 to take a look at today, hot off the production line! Brownells is making both AR-15 and AR-10 rifles in their &#8220;Retro&#8221; reproduction line, but this is definitely the more interesting one to me. You can piece together a good retro&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2018\/09\/22\/brownells-brn-10a-a-retro-cold-war-ar-10-reproduction\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Brownells BRN-10A: A Retro Cold War AR-10 Reproduction<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":3759,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[89,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3758","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-content","category-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3758","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3758"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3758\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14109,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3758\/revisions\/14109"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3759"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}