Dave Lauck is a one-man show and it takes him about 80 to 100 hours to complete one of these beauties and each one represents a real labor of love. Along with his other long and short gun creations, he only turns out a limited number of these annually. And his quality control is practically nothing short of fanatic.

His latest is an improved version of a gas tube-driven shoulder weapon based on the over-50-year-old AR-15 design that combines the best attributes of a magazine forward assault rifle (if you were able to acquire a select fire version), a highly refined entry and room clearing tool and a precision fire instrument that’s only limited by its ammunition.