
UPDATE - Mercury One has made the decision to move the auction of these rifles from this weekend's God Guns and Giving event to a later national auction which will be promoted via Mercury One and potentially on The Blaze in order to maximize bidding.
Some of you may remember earlier this year that due to the amazing generosity of my manufacturers, I built two gorgeous one-of-a-kind AR15 rifles which I donated to the Lone Survivor Foundation. The first rifle raised over $5000 for charity and the second is expected to raise even more at the November 2014 auction and event. Despite the battle scars, fitment challenges and headaches of everything which accompanies the words custom one-off AR parts in a build, I saw the good this work could do and wanted to do more.
At last year's Mercury One, God Guns and Giving charity event, I had the pleasure to meet and briefly talk with Marcus Luttrell about his Lone Survivor Foundation as well as Glenn Beck and Joe Kerry about the other efforts Mercury One is supporting. What gave me the real nudge was seeing the generosity of my good friends at Black Rain Ordnance. Black Rain generously donated and auctioned a beautiful AR15 which raised over $10K for Mercury One. It got me thinking... I wonder if I could work with my awesome manufacturers and put together a truly custom AR15 for auction.
At that time, I dropped a quick email to the 350+ manufacturers I have an editorial relationship with highlighting my ideas - support the two foundations with charity AR15s for auction. The response was amazing. A plan was solidified; a random set of donated parts organized to do something great. We started with the Lone Survivor Foundation builds and now these Military Branch rifles for Mercury One Foundation.
The net result of that email will be two, one-of-a-kind, custom AR15s that no one will ever be able to replicate for Lone Survivor and soon a set for Mercury One. These rifles represent some of the best AR15 modern sporting rifle technology available, paired with one-of-a-kind custom parts to deliver both a custom museum quality showpiece and ultimate performance AR15 for the auction winner(s) to use and shoot.
The concept for the four Mercury One Foundation rifles was to represent each of the four major military branches (sorry Coast Guard, I ran out of time) in the form of AR format rifles with the respective official branch challenge coin embedded in each receiver. Once I had acquired and supplied a challenge coin to each respective donating receiver manufacturer, the creative juices apparently started to work.
WANT TO BID?
Join Mercury One at the God Guns & Giving Event in Dallas on Friday Oct 10th.
http://www.mercuryone.org/https://secure.qgiv.com/for/ggg2014/
UPDATE - Mercury One has made the decision to move the auction of these rifles from this weekend's God Guns and Giving event to a later national auction which will be promoted via Mercury One and potentially on The Blaze in order to maximize bidding.
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The Stock BRO-PG13 Rifle Pic of the custom rifle to follow |



SPECS - Custom Black Rain Ordnance Army 308 AR Format Rifle
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The Stock BRO-PG13 Rifle - Pic of the custom rifle to follow |
• Black Rain Ordnance Custom Milled, Logo’ed, Serialized, and Challenge Coin Match Upper/Lower Billet 308 AR Format Receiver Set - The Black Rain Ordnance receivers deliver a sculpted custom design, and adjustable set screws for receiver tension.
• Match 308 Barrel
• Custom Muzzle brake
• KNS Anti-Rotate Pins
• Black Rain Ordnance DIT – Drop In Match Trigger
• Magpul Grip & Stock
• Custom Logo’ed Ejection Port
• Custom Black Rain Forend
• Soft Case included
SPECS - Custom Marines 5.56 Barnes Precision AR15

• .223 Wylde (Fully 5.56 Nato and .223 Remington compatible) Match Stainless Melonited Barrel
• Extended Barnes Precision Machine 3-Gun Handguard & Brake
• Barnes Precision Machine Nickel Boron Bolt Carrier Group
• Tested and Shoot Sub-MOA with 62gr Match Ammo
• Magpul grip and stock
SPECS - Custom Air Force .308

• Area53 Custom Milled, Logo’ed, Serialized, and Challenge Coin Match Upper/Lower Billet AR 308 Format Receiver Set - The Area53 receivers deliver a sculpted custom design, ambi-bolt release, and adjustable set screws for receiver tension and trigger over travel. To put these receivers over the top, this receiver set is a serialized matched set with milled serial (S/N AIRFORCE) numbers.
• Custom Laser Engraved Buffer Tube
• DPMS Match Bolt Carrier Group
• Timney Skeletonized Match 3lb Trigger
• Precision Reflex Low Profile Gas Block
• Custom Integrated Quick Release Handguard
• Battle Arms Development Ambi Selector Switch
• AXTS Billet Ambi Charging Handle
• KNS Anti-Rotate Custom Pins & Precision Turned Pins
• Barnes Precision Machine Springs

• Custom fluted 5.56 Polygonal Rifle Black Hole Weaponry Match Barrel
• Lantac Muzzle Brake
• Sharps High Performance Balanced Bolt Carrier Reliabolt
• Geissele Match 3lb Trigger
• Geissele Heavy Duty Gas Block
• ALG Defense Handguard
• Mission First Tactical Grip and Buttstock
• Battle Arms Development Ambi Selector Switch
• Battle Arms Development EPS Pivot/Take-Down Pins
• AXTS Billet Ambi Charging Handle
• Barnes Precision Machine Springs
• Accepts all standard AR15 compatible Magazines & Accessories
SOURCES & CONTRIBUTING DONORS
Black Rain Ordnance - http://www.blackrainordnance.com/
Barnes Precision Machine - http://www.USAmade-AR15parts.com/
Area53 - http://area53.com/
SanTan Tactical - http://www.santantactical.com/
AXTS - http://axtsweapons.com/
Sharps Rifle Company - http://srcarms.com/
Mission First Tactical - http://www.missionfirsttactical.com/
Battle Arms Development - http://www.battlearmsdevelopment.com/
DPMS - http://www.dpmsinc.com/
Black Hole Weaponry - http://www.blackholeweaponry.com/
Lantac - http://www.lantac-usa.com/
Geissele - http://geissele.com/
Timney Triggers - http://www.timneytriggers.com/
Precision Reflex - http://www.precisionreflex.com/
Mercury One Foundation - http://www.mercuryone.org/
Black Rain Ordnance - http://www.blackrainordnance.com/
Barnes Precision Machine - http://www.USAmade-AR15parts.com/
Area53 - http://area53.com/
SanTan Tactical - http://www.santantactical.com/
AXTS - http://axtsweapons.com/
Sharps Rifle Company - http://srcarms.com/
Mission First Tactical - http://www.missionfirsttactical.com/
Battle Arms Development - http://www.battlearmsdevelopment.com/
DPMS - http://www.dpmsinc.com/
Black Hole Weaponry - http://www.blackholeweaponry.com/
Lantac - http://www.lantac-usa.com/
Geissele - http://geissele.com/
Timney Triggers - http://www.timneytriggers.com/
Precision Reflex - http://www.precisionreflex.com/
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