JJE has also brought the retro AR-15 parts specialists NoDak Spud under its umbrella, with NoDak co-owner Mike Wetteland becoming H&R CEO. H&R’s M16A1-style AR-15 rifle.

Brownells has gone all the way back to the very beginning with the new BRN-PROTO, a rifle based as closely as possible on the prototype AR-15 Serial No. 1.