Feb 28 2013
Winter Shooting
Cold air makes for some pretty smoke…
Feb 25 2013
Police Loophole
Bison Armory supports closing the ‘police loophole’.
There are some states, counties, cities and municipalities that do not allow their citizens to fully exercise their right to keep and bear arms. They have instead chosen to apply restrictions on magazine capacity and the types of firearms their citizens may have, despite these being things that are freely and widely available to other US citizens. At the same time, these ‘restrictive jurisdictions’ have decided to exempt certain of their employees (such as police officers) from these same restrictions in order to create a ‘police loophole’.
It is time to slam this shut. Bison Armory proudly joins the growing list of companies that will not sell to state and local governments that infringe on the rights of their citizens to bear arms under the 2nd Amendment. For more information, follow this link to thepoliceloophole.com.
This is the right thing to do. Go Freedom!
Ben Triplett
Bison Armory
Triplett Firearms Company
Feb 13 2013
223 Is On The Way!
Very shortly we will be launching our line of Bison Armory 223 Recon rifles! Versions of these rifles are already in service with law enforcemnt and are proven performers. Watch this site and our store for more info soon!
Bison 223 Recon – 16″ barrel in Flat Dark Earth
Bison 223 Recon – 16″ barrel with 13″ Quadrail
Bison 223 Recon – 16″ barrel with 13″ Quadrail
Bison 223 Recon – 16″ barrel in Flat Dark Earth
Bison 223 Recon – 16″ barrel with 13″ Modular Rail
Bison 223 Recon – 16″ barrel with 11″ Quadrail
Bison 223 Recon – 16″ barrel with 11″ Quadrail
Nov 29 2012
Nokia Lumia 920 is Bison Armory Approved
I’ve had the Nokia Lumia 920 now for about two weeks and I am very impressed. I’ve had iPhones from iPhone 3 GS through iPhone 4, and I’ve gotten quite bored of them. Not to mention that my home button on my latest iPhone 4 has stopped working. I have an android tablet as well, and it’s lame as well. iPhone OS is definitely in a rut, and Android feels too much like a hacker rip-off of iOS.
A little background: I was a Linux guy for years between Windows 2000 and Windows 7, only occasionally booting windows when hardware devices in our labs required it. We mostly ran Gentoo linux and I really dig that linux distro to this day. However, when Windows 7 was released I was very happy with it and rarely use linux any longer. I’ve since upgraded to Windows 8 and I absolutely love it. The complaints about the missing start button are unwarrented. Seriously, people are too lazy or ignorant to simply press the Windows key on their keyboard which brings them to the much more functional Metro screen with its live tiles.
I checked out the older Lumia 900 with Windows Phone 7 and was underwelmed. The screen was low-definition and the Windows Phone 7 OS was not refined enough. The change to the Lumia 920 is outstanding. The Windows Phone 8 OS is superb once you get past the learning curve, and the device is very well designed. I had it lock up on me once and that seems to be a problem with the GPS nav from Nokia, which is in beta still.
So there it is, I like this new device and I’m glad I made the switch.
Nov 8 2012
Notes on Bison 6.8 SPC Subsonic
Just a couple of quick notes on the Bison Armory 6.8 SPC subsonic platform (AKA 6.8 BSP).
1. A 16″ Bison 1:7 twist barrel with carbine length gas will cycle 180 and 200 grain subsonic ammunition WITHOUT a silencer. This includes bolt lockback on the last round in the magazine.
2. All Bison 1:7 twist barrels will handle all commercially available 6.8 SPC ammunition, including SSA Tactical loads.
3. Field testing has shown no difference in accuracy between the 1:11 twist 16″ recon and 1:7 twist 16″ recon. Reports from customers have indicated that the 140 Sierra Game King performs extremely well when loaded supersonic in the 1:7 twist barrel, especially for ranges beyond 200 yards.
4. Shooting subsonic with or without a silencer is fun. Without a silencer we still recommend hearing protection, but simple ear plugs will do, recoil is minimal, blast is diminished substantially, all of which makes it a great back yard plinker, especially for the kids. The only draw back is the ammunition cost of the subsonic rounds.
Conclusion: Go Bison 6.8 SPC subsonic!
Jun 8 2012
Bison Armory Uppers & Lowers IN STOCK
Here they are! Brand spankin’ new Bison Armory forged Upper Receivers and forged Lower Receivers. The uppers are made to our specs by Mega and the lowers by Tactical Machining. Both are uniformly finished and very durably coated (with our logo laser etched on the upper) by IHC. These baby’s look and fit perfect. No slop here, just awesome.
Assembled Upper and Lower Set
Forged Upper
Forged Lower
Upper & Lower Set
Complete with Black 16" Recon Barrel, Troy 11" Alpha, Magpul CTR Stock and MOE+ Grip
May 22 2012
BSP Subsonic 200 gr Bullets are in Stock!
The bullets finally cleared customs and are here at the shop. They start shipping Thursday!
Apr 17 2012
6.8 BSP Carbine
Here’s another Bison Armory 16″ BSP carbine. It’s a demo that we loaned to some fine folks at the 68 forums for a member shoot. The carbine is sporting a new 11″ Troy Alpha rail with flip front sight. Pretty slick.
Apr 17 2012
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Apr 5 2012
Sunny Day at the Range with the 7.62 / .308 Win.
Our delightfully crappy West Coast spring weather cleared up long enough for us to make it to the range and really put in some quality time testing our new 7.62 NATO / .308 Winchester barrels. The results were outstanding, and we easily achieved sub-MOA results at both 105 and 219 yards. Why these weird distances? No idea. But whoever set up the range obviously wanted to make it just a wee bit more difficult than usual.
At 105 yards, Ben put together the winning group using Federal Gold Medal Match .308 ammunition tipped with 175 grain SMK bullets and measured 0.84″ (measuring the greatest distance between the centers of any two shots in the group).
The 105 yard group
Ben working on a nice 105 yard group
At 219 yards, James nailed down the best group using Silver State Armory 7.62×51 ammunition tipped with 168 grain Sierra OTM bullets and measured 1.84″
The 219 yard group
James dialing it in at 219 yards (Not even our camera knew what to do about all the sun in the background)