CORE-15 Rifles Systems are Available @ RFS

CORE Rifle Systems

Our mission is to provide the best product at a great price point, always remembering our customer is number one. We aim to build long lasting relationships in our Dealer and Distributor Program as well as our retail customers. We are striving for excellence and are moving forward to achieving quality and performance in everything we do.

That is our Core Value.

Built upon the same principles as Eugene Stoner’s original design, we use the basic receivers as the CORE of our AR-15 style rifles, and then expand upon that design by incorporating the many benefits of today’s accessories into our rifles. We hold each and every receiver to exacting tolerances using state of the art machining processes.  By exceeding military standards, CORE Rifle Systems ensures the best fit possible and can offer a more reliable, smoother functioning, and more accurate weapon that will provide you with the peace of mind that you deserve.  Whether a weekend shooter heading to the range for an afternoon of fun, or professional operator preparing for work, CORE Rifle Systems will provide you with the weapon to fit your individual needs.

CORE15® M4 Scout Rifle

Part Number	100425
Weight	Weight (unloaded): 6 lbs. 5 oz..
Caliber	Chambered in .223/5.56 x 45 mm NATO
Upper Receiver	CORE15® Mil-Spec Forged 7075-T6 M4 Upper Receiver, Type III Class II Hard-coat anodized finish, M4 feed ramps, (1913 Picatinny rail flat top) w/dry lube internal finish and laser engraved T-markings
Lower Receiver	CORE15® Mil-Spec Forged 7075-T6 Lower Receiver, Type III Class II Hard-coat anodized finish, M4 Feed Ramps, beveled Magwell for improved reload speed, machined chevrons in front strap, bullet pictogram safety markings
Bolt Carrier	Chrome lined 8620 Steel Bolt Carrier
Charging Handle	CORE15® Hardcore Billet Charging Handle V.1
Gas System	Direct Gas Impingement Gas System
Gas Tube	Gas Tube made of 304 grade Stainless Steel
Gas Block	Optional Low Profile Gas Block
Barrel/Rifling	16” 4140 M4 Profile Barrel, Mag Phos or Black Nitride finish, 1:7, 1:8 or 1:9 Twist (optional)
Flash Hider	A-2 Flash Hider
Front Sight	“F” Marked A Frame Front Sight Base (Forged)
Hand Guard	M4 Style Thermoset molded Polymer Hand Guards
Stock/Grip	CORE15© Six Position Retractable Stock (Commercial) / A-2 Pistol Grip
Trigger Guard	CORE15© Oversized Trigger Guard
Magazine	Mil-Spec GI Aluminum Mag or Magpul® 30 rd. PMAG® (optional)
Owner’s Manual	CORE15® Owner’s Manual
Warranty	CORE15® NO BS Lifetime Warranty

CORE15® ROSCOE RB1 Pistol

Part Number 12125 Caliber .223/5.56 x 45 mm NATO Weight Weight (unloaded): 6 lbs. 7oz. Upper Receiver CORE15® Mil-Spec Forged 7075-T6 M-4 Upper Receiver, Type III Class II Hard-coat anodized finish, M4 Feed Ramps, (1913 Picatinny rail flat top) w/ dry lube internal finish and laser engraved T-markings Lower Receiver CORE15® Mil-Spec Forged 7075-T6 Lower Receiver, Type III Class II Hard-coat anodized finish, beveled Magwell for improved reloading speed, machined chevrons in front of magazine well, bullet pictogram safety markings Bolt Carrier Group CORE15® Mil-Spec Carpenter 158 steel bolt, M16 Chrome Lined 8620 Steel Carrier, Mil-Spec Staked Gas Key, Tool Steel Extractor, Shot Peened Buffer Tube KAK Industries Pistol Buffer Tube with SIG SAUER® SB15 Pistol Stabilizing Brace Charging Handle CORE15® Hardcore Billet Charging Handle V.2 Barrel/Rifling CORE15® 10.5” 1:7 Twist 4150 CMV Carbine Length Gas System Black Nitride Finish Flash Hider Midwest Industries Flash Hider Rail System CORE15® Keymod 9.5” Rail Grip Ergo Swift Grip Trigger Guard CORE15® Oversized Trigger Guard Magazine Magpul® 30 rd. PMAG® Welcome Kit CORE15® Manual, Warranty Registration, Stickers, Dog Tags

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Obama administration scraps bullet ban after push back

Obama administration scraps bullet ban after push back

By Jeremy Diamond, CNN

Updated 2:15 PM ET, Tue March 10, 2015

Washington (CNN)The agency responsible for regulating guns is dropping its proposal to ban a type of armor-piercing bullets after outrage from the pro-gun community.

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives on Tuesday scrapped its proposal to ban popular "green tip" steel core bullets after receiving more than 80,000 comments with a week to go in the review period. The decision came after gun rights groups took aim at the Obama administration and funded a campaign to build public opposition to the ban.

"Although ATF endeavored to create a proposal that reflected a good faith interpretation of the law and balanced the interests of law enforcement, industry and sportsmen, the vast majority of the comments received to date are critical of the framework, and include issues that deserve further study," the ATF said in a statement. "Accordingly, ATF will not at this time seek to issue a final framework."

On Monday, the Second Amendment Foundation, which typically focuses on legal efforts to protect gun rights, launched a $700,000 nationwide radio and TV ad campaign. The group's one-minute ad was slated to air on conservative outlets like Fox News and The Blaze urging Americans to petition President Barack Obama to kill the proposal.

Gun rights groups painted the ATF's suggested ban as another executive overstep by Obama, this time aimed at stripping gun owners of ammunition typically used in the AR-15 assault rifle.

The new ban was proposed by the ATF and there's no evidence it was initiated by the White House or the president in the same way Obama used his executive power to shield millions of undocumented immigrants from deportation.

The ammunition was exempted from the 1986 Law Enforcement Officers Protection Act, which banned armor-piercing bullets that could be used in handguns but not those used in rifles, which were seen as intended for sporting purposes. New handguns, though, can accommodate those same armor-piercing bullets exempted in the 1986 law and the ATF is concerned the bullets now put police officers at risk.

But the Second Amendment Foundation charged that the ATF was tackling a nonexistent problem.

"This appears to be a solution to a problem that doesn't exist," said David Workman, the group's communications director. "I can't find -- nor can anybody else find -- any evidence that any of these bullets has ever been fired from a handgun that's harmed a police officer."

Instead, gun rights groups are taking the ammo ban as a "backdoor attempt" to clamp down on assault rifles, after gun control advocates failed to ban assault rifles.

Other types of ammunition that can't pierce body armor would still be available for the AR-15 assault rifle under the new regulation.

"It's not the need for the ammunition," Workman said. "Why does anybody need to ban it? That's the real question."

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922(r) Compliance (thinking about swapping parts on your AK-47 or SKS?)

922(r) Compliance

Title 18 Chapter 44 Section 922(r) of the United States Code, defined further by Title 27 Part 478.39 of the Code of Federal Regulation (CFR), ambiguously restricts semiautomatic rifles and shotguns to no more 10 imported parts from a list of 20 parts.
This one section containing a few paragraphs creates far too much confusion. This short synopsis is an attempt to clarify, in simple terms, the 922r regulation. Hopefully this can offer a simple way to evaluate your rifle or shotgun in order to easily assess what you need to do to ensure your rifle is compliant.
When considering compliance the big thing to keep in mind is the magic number 10! The infinite wisdom of the federal government has decided that it is unlawful for your semi-auto rifle or shotgun to have more than 10 imported parts from their select list of 20 parts. Many describe this in terms of U.S. parts count, but in reality this should be the foreign parts count. Now this is where the debate occurs.
27 C.F.R. 478.89 lists 20 parts:
(1) Frames, receivers, receiver castings, forgings or stampings
(2) Barrels
(3) Barrel extensions
(4) Mounting blocks (trunions)
(5) Muzzle attachments
(6) Bolts
(7) Bolt carriers
(8) Operating rods
(9) Gas pistons
(10) Trigger housings
(11) Triggers
(12) Hammers
(13) Sears
(14) Disconnectors
(15) Butt stocks
(16) Pistol grips
(17) Forearms, hand guards
(18) Magazine bodies
(19) Followers
(20) Floorplates

Of these twenty parts, the laws states that you can have NO MORE THAN 10 imported parts on your semi-automatic rifle or shotgun. These twenty parts are meant to cover all platforms, and as you know all platforms are not the same. Without getting into specific platforms, starting out you know that you will not have to change more than 10 parts to ensure your rifle is compliant.
There are arguments like “the SKS does not have a pistol grip so that is not a compliance part for the SKS”. If your SKS has no pistol grip and you choose not to add one, then this is correct. BUT, if you buy an aftermarket stock that contains a pistol grip, you have just added a part that is in the parts list and it will count against you if it is not U.S. made. It does not matter if the platform does not have a covered part normally, it matters what you have on your rifle or shotgun.
A suggestion to ensure compliance and to understand how 922r applies to you is to:
(1) Find out all of the possible parts that apply to YOUR rifle. Below you will find a list of the parts applicable to the FAL, AK, SKS and SAIGA.
(2) Lay your rifle down and start counting. (Unloaded and safe of course)
(3) Go down the list of parts that are applicable to your rifle and find each part on your rifle. Make a check for each item you have that is a foreign part.
(4) When you get to the end, add up all the parts that you have that are foreign. If your foreign parts count adds up to ten or less then you are compliant. If not, you need to start replacing some of those foreign parts until you get down to ten or less foreign parts.
Note: TheGunWiki.com is useful for this, but be aware that the parts count used on that site consider what is standard on the weapon as applicable parts and does not consider certain extra parts, such as a pistol grip. For instance, the SKS list of parts has the Pistol Grip as N/A, but as previously mentioned, if you are adding a pistol grip it will count. Still this is a very helpful tool; just remember to look at ALL the parts to make sure you are not adding something that falls under 922r.
Now it is not always this easy, given the way the BATF may categorize parts. For instance, what is commonly seen as the Operating Rod on the SKS is seen by the BATF as a “piston extension” and does not fall under 992r. Then for some platforms like the Saiga shotguns, what looks like the piston is not. Saiga manuals define their piston for the shotgun versions as the small “puck” in front of the “bolt carrier extension” (which could easily be confused for the piston itself).
Best practice is when in doubt, ASK. Either check with the BATF or with the manufacturer of the part.
Another concern out there is the 3 compliance parts in a U.S. made magazine and if “my rifle is not compliant when I take my mag out”. Once again, think about the nature of the law. It is not the number of U.S. made parts you have; it is the number of foreign parts you have. If you have a U.S. made magazine in your weapon and your weapon is compliant with it in, by removing your magazine you are not ADDING more foreign made parts, so you continue to be compliant. Unless you put a foreign made magazine in, thus adding foreign made parts, you are not making your weapon noncompliant. The same thing applies when you are looking at a part that your weapon may not be equipped with. For instance, an SKS without a pistol grip or threaded barrel, the lack of a muzzle attachment or pistol grip, in essence, yields that part not foreign. Just ensure that if you add either item that you recount your parts again or simply make sure the item you are adding is a U.S. made part.

Below is the wording from 18 U.S.C. § 922(r) and 27 CFR 478.39

Disclaimer: This is an attempt to present this law. Information taken from this context should not be considered permission to manufacture semiautomatic rifles.
18 U.S.C. § 922(r)
It shall be unlawful for any person to assemble from imported parts any semiautomatic rifle or any shotgun which is identical to any rifle or shotgun prohibited from importation under section 925(d)(3) of this chapter as not being particularly suitable for or readily adaptable to sporting purposes except that this subsection shall not apply to -
(1) the assembly of any such rifle or shotgun for sale or distribution by a licensed manufacturer to the United States or any department or agency thereof or to any State or any department, agency, or political subdivision thereof; or
(2) the assembly of any such rifle or shotgun for the purposes of testing or experimentation authorized by the Attorney General.
27 CFR 478.39 - ASSEMBLY OF NON-SPORTING SHOTGUNS AND SEMIAUTOMATIC RIFLES FROM IMPORTED PARTS
(a) No person shall assemble a semiautomatic rifle or any shotgun using more than 10 of the imported parts listed in paragraph (c) of this section if the assembled firearm is prohibited from importation under section 925(d)(3) as not being particularly suitable for or readily adaptable to sporting purposes.
(b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to:
(1) The assembly of such rifle or shotgun for sale or distribution by a licensed manufacturer to the United States or any department or agency thereof or to any State or any department, agency, or political subdivision thereof; or
(2) The assembly of such rifle or shotgun for the purposes of testing or experimentation authorized by the Director under the provisions of Sec. 178.151; or
(3) The repair of any rifle or shotgun which had been imported into or assembled in the United States prior to November 30, 1990, or the replacement of any part of such firearm.
(c) For purposes of this section, the term imported parts are:
(1) Frames, receivers, receiver castings, forgings or stampings
(2) Barrels
(3) Barrel extensions
(4) Mounting blocks (trunions)
(5) Muzzle attachments
(6) Bolts
(7) Bolt carriers
(8) Operating rods
(9) Gas pistons
(10) Trigger housings
(11) Triggers
(12) Hammers
(13) Sears
(14) Disconnectors
(15) Butt stocks
(16) Pistol grips
(17) Forearms, hand guards
(18) Magazine bodies
(19) Followers
(20) Floor plates

EFFECT ON STATE LAW

Expiration of the Federal law will not change any provisions of State law or local ordinances. Questions concerning State assault weapons restrictions should be referred to State and local authorities.
U.S. Department of Justice
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,
Firearms and Explosives

National Firearms Act (NFA) of 1934 (overview)

National Firearms Act of 1934 (overview)

National Firearms Act (NFA)

History of the National Firearms Act

The NFA was originally enacted in 1934. Similar to the current NFA, the original Act imposed a tax on the making and transfer of firearms defined by the Act, as well as a special (occupational) tax on persons and entities engaged in the business of importing, manufacturing, and dealing in NFA firearms. The law also required the registration of all NFA firearms with the Secretary of the Treasury. Firearms subject to the 1934 Act included shotguns and rifles having barrels less than 18 inches in length, certain firearms described as “any other weapons,” machineguns, and firearm mufflers and silencers.

While the NFA was enacted by Congress as an exercise of its authority to tax, the NFA had an underlying purpose unrelated to revenue collection. As the legislative history of the law discloses, its underlying purpose was to curtail, if not prohibit, transactions in NFA firearms. Congress found these firearms to pose a significant crime problem because of their frequent use in crime, particularly the gangland crimes of that era such as the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre. The $200 making and transfer taxes on most NFA firearms were considered quite severe and adequate to carry out Congress’ purpose to discourage or eliminate transactions in these firearms. The $200 tax has not changed since 1934.

As structured in 1934, the NFA imposed a duty on persons transferring NFA firearms, as well as mere possessors of unregistered firearms, to register them with the Secretary of the Treasury. If the possessor of an unregistered firearm applied to register the firearm as required by the NFA, the Treasury Department could supply information to State authorities about the registrant’s possession of the firearm. State authorities could then use the information to prosecute the person whose possession violated State laws. For these reasons, the Supreme Court in 1968 held in the Haynes case that a person prosecuted for possessing an unregistered NFA firearm had a valid defense to the prosecution — the registration requirement imposed on the possessor of an unregistered firearm violated the possessor’s privilege from self-incrimination under the Fifth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. The Haynes decision made the 1934 Act virtually unenforceable.

Title II of the Gun Control Act (GCA) of 1968

Title II amended the NFA to cure the constitutional flaw pointed out in Haynes. First, the requirement for possessors of unregistered firearms to register was removed. Indeed, under the amended law, there is no mechanism for a possessor to register an unregistered NFA firearm already possessed by the person. Second, a provision was added to the law prohibiting the use of any information from an NFA application or registration as evidence against the person in a criminal proceeding with respect to a violation of law occurring prior to or concurrently with the filing of the application or registration. In 1971, the Supreme Court reexamined the NFA in the Freed case and found that the 1968 amendments cured the constitutional defect in the original NFA.

Title II also amended the NFA definitions of “firearm” by adding “destructive devices” and expanding the definition of “machinegun.”

Firearm Owners’ Protection Act

In 1986, this Act amended the NFA definition of “silencer” by adding combinations of parts for silencers and any part intended for use in the assembly or fabrication of a silencer. The Act also amended the GCA to prohibit the transfer or possession of machineguns. Exceptions were made for transfers of machineguns to, or possession of machineguns by, government agencies, and those lawfully possessed before the effective date of the prohibition, May 19, 1986.

Assault Weapon Import Ban (1989)

Assault Weapons Import Ban (1989)

Import Ban on Assault Rifles Becomes Permanent

By SUSAN F. RASKY; Special to The New York Times

Published: July 08, 1989

The Bush Administration declared a permanent ban today on almost all foreign-made semiautomatic assault rifles. Imports of the weapons have been suspended since spring.
The permanent ban affects all but 7 of the 50 models included in the spring suspension. It does not affect the far larger number of virtually identical weapons manufactured domestically, nor does it affect foreign-made semiautomatic weapons already in the United States.
Americans own about three million semiautomatic weapons, according to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, an agency in the Treasury Department that enforces national gun laws. About 25 percent of those weapons are foreign models, including semiautomatic versions of military assault rifles like the Israeli Uzi or the AK-47 Soviet infantry rifle.
Administration officials said that without the ban 700,000 to one million foreign-made assault weapons would have been imported into the United States this year, but they acknowledged that the slack would easily be taken up by domestic manufacturers. A Significant Step

We're not saying it will solve the basic problem,'' said Stephen E. Higgins, director of the firearms bureau, who announced the ban.

Today's decision is a significant step in the evolution of the Administration's gun control policies. It puts President Bush clearly at odds with the National Rifle Association and will almost certainly increase pressures on him to approve restrictions or an outright ban on domestic versions of semiautomatic assault weapons.

''The President was informed of the findings and decisions, and fully supports them,'' Alixe Glen, a White House spokeswoman, said of the ban announced today.

Senator Howard M. Metzenbaum of Ohio and Representative Pete Stark of California, both Democrats and leading Congressional advocates of stricter gun control, criticized the President for not going far enough and pledged to press for tighter restrictions on domestically produced assault weapons. Bills Pending in Congress

Several such bills are pending in Congress, and Mr. Stark said that with his action today Mr. Bush had given ''tacit approval'' to the idea of restricting all assault-style weapons. ''If one of these bills goes through, the President certainly will have no logical reason to justify a veto,'' Mr. Stark added.

Senator Metzenbaum said he would ask the Senate Judiciary Committee to approve legislation barring domestically manufactured assault weapons when it meets next Thursday.

Asserting that domestic assault weapons were ''favored by drug dealers and street gangs,'' he added, ''Any police officer will tell you it doesn't matter if you are killed by an imported or American-made assault weapon -you are just as dead.''

Semiautomatic rifles are those that require no manual action except a separate trigger pull to fire each bullet. Automatic weapons like machine guns fire a stream of bullets with a single trigger pull. President Shifts Stand

In the Presidential campaign last year Mr. Bush, a hunter and longtime member of the N.R.A., opposed to any bans on assault weapons. But a public outcry after a drifter armed with an AK-47 killed five schoolchildren in Stockton, Calif., in January helped convince others in the Administration that some limits were needed.

At the urging of William J. Bennett, the director of national drug control policy, the Administration suspended imports of certain types of semiautomatic assault rifles in March. The President expanded that temporary ban as part of a broader anticrime program that he announced in April, and said he would make it permanent for imported weapons that did not have a legitimate sporting use.

M855 Re-Classified

On Feb. 13, the ATF issued a notice of its intention to reclassify the M855 round, also known as “green tip” 5.56, as “armor-piercing ammunition” and, therefore, illegal under the Gun Control Act of 1968 and Law Enforcement Officers Protection Act of 1986. The laws ban handgun ammunition that contains certain materials. Rounds designed to be fired from rifles, such as the “green tip” 5.56, have been exempt from the laws for decades.