by Mason Knutson | Aug 20, 2025 | SD Rifles
A Well Executed Bad Idea: In recent months we have set out to do something out of both of our comfort zones, BIG reveal, barrel threading. Now, to a lot of people, that might not sound like that daunting of a task, hell, even to me it didn’t sound all that...
by sdrifles | Oct 28, 2023 | SD Rifles
When thinking about the firearm business and how it has evolved in the past 20 years I tend to get a little nostalgic. As a kid i thought of hunting with my father and brothers. Cool, crisp mornings full of talking about who is going to shoot the biggest deer or down...
by sdrifles | Feb 13, 2023 | SD Rifles
The 22 GT is almost as fast as a 22 Creed or 22-250, but in an AR15. It’s derived from the 6 GT that George Gardner(owner GA Precision) and Tom Jacobs (owner Vapor Trail Bullets). Designed with competition shooting in mind—Light recoil, excellent velocity,...
by sdrifles | Sep 15, 2022 | SD Rifles
Back in December our good friend Nick passed away. He was the one responsible for our lightweight receiver sets. A new engineer came in and couldn’t get the parts done and that shop, our lightweight sets weren’t a high priority for them, so we had to...
by sdrifles | Aug 25, 2022 | SD Rifles
If you pay attention to some of the Facebook groups, you have probably seen the debate on the 243 vs 6 Creedmoor, again! Some of the guys argue for one or the other without doing testing or have never shot the other they are so adamant about. Both have merit and both...
by sdrifles | Aug 5, 2022 | SD Rifles
Earlier this year, we started designing an AR pistol for our clients, the predator hunter. One that is effective and still accurate. Our 14.5″ 6.5 Creedmoor was the first created. I took it to Montana and tested it on coyotes and a couple of racoons. The...