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BF-17 National Match Air Rifle

We all know that to get Distinguished takes quality repetition. It takes developing muscle memory from you hands, arms, shoulders and yes your trigger finger. It takes visualizing a sight picture that is accurate to the gun you are holding. The best way to do this of course is being able to practice with live rounds at least every other day. But since most of us not on a military marksmanship team with unlimited rounds and daily training time at the 200 yard line, we have to make the most of every minute when we do get to practice.

We all know that one the best ways to practice in the off season is an air rifle and it certainly develops your skills, but there still numerous fine points of muscle memory and sight acquisition that cannot be the same as your Service Rifle, at least with traditional air rifles. But we decided that we could give you everything your want, the same as your target AR-15 has them already. The exact sight picture and EXACT trigger feel along with the exact feel of your buttstock weighted just the way you like it against your own cheek. How can we do that? Half of the answer is already in your hands, your personal AR-15 lower receiver. The other half is the new BF-17 upper that houses an air rifle action made by Pilkguns. The BF-17 upper uses actual AR-15 components like an A2 upper, front sight mount, charging handle and handguards. It also has National Match ¼ minute rear sights matched to a top quality .177 Lothar Walther barrel to put your shots in the X ring where we know you have the talent to place them.

With the price of match quality .223 ammo hovering around half a dollar a shot you need to train smarter. The time getting to range is even more of a factor for most people. Driving to the range is often a 30 minute drive one way at best. Now you can take that same hour of drive time and be practicing in your basement, or backyard with something that feels the same as your real rifle and costs your pennies, not 50 cent pieces to shoot each round

* ALL PICTURES ARE OF THE FUNCTIONAL PROTOTYPE.

The BF-17 upper is a .177 air rifle that will fit onto any AR lower and act as a fully functional air rifle. By utilizing your lower you can practice High Power with your trigger and buttstock set exactly the way you would on the 200 yard line. Illustrated in this picture is a functional Colt AR-15 lower. Each BF-17 upper will come with a dummy 20 round magazine shell that will fit into your lower to give the correct feel of an AR-15 as used in competition.

BF-17 uses a Lothar Walther barrel for accuracy combined with the Benjamin Discovery quick-fill system for ease of use. CO2 fill bottles are available at Walmart and other retailers nationwide.

The BF-17 uses a real AR-15 front sight mount that is modified to allow the Lothar Walther barrel go through where the gas tube would normally be and the quick fill disconnect where the real AR-15 barrel would be.

Here we see the Quick fill system attached to the BF-17 upper.

The BF-17 uses a standard AR-15 upper that is modified to allow the .177 barrel in the gas tube area and CO2 valving in the barrel chamber area. The AR-15 charging handle has been modified to open and close the bolt on a .177 pellet.

Pellets can be dropped into the trough to self align them as they are pushed into the barrel.

Another view of the action with the charging handle/bolt in the open position.

This shows the BF-17 upper with the included 20 round dummy shell. These can be weighted to give the correct balance to your individual balance preferences. A standard 20 round mag (loaded) is shown for comparison purposes only.

The BF-17 comes standard with ¼ MOA National Match rear sights so you can dial your shot group in exactly where you want it. Here you can see a standard issue rear sight on the right with its course elevation threads and the NM sight with the fine threads on the left.