Daniel Defense Upper Receivers for self defense and hunting
We are often asked questions that are simple questions but open us up to a lot of liabilities because in this industry, if you don’t know what you want, we can’t tell you what to get. We can give you suggestions based upon your questions but questions like “I want a comfortable holster” and “what’s better, S&W upper receivers or Daniel Defense?” There are some major advances it technology that have made military style rifles much stronger and lighter than ever before and Daniel Defense is probable the leader in those regards. Some of their upper receivers are in the 4lb range and are incredible durable. The cold hammer forged barrels are incredible strong and a great many of these are used in Special Forces.
The barrels come pre-threaded so these are suppressor friendly which is a major plus since so many people are realizing the value of having suppressed firearms. There are a lot of differences in Daniel Defense Upper receivers but the best thing to do when shopping for a build or hunting rifle is to go to a store that stocks them or hang out at a gun club with your friends that own them. The Ambush line of Daniel Defense is geared more towards hunting because even though the AR15 started out as a military style weapon, it has been widely accepted as a good coyote or varmint rifle. The versatility of the AR15 is in it’s ability to swap out different upper receivers that can be used for long range, different bullet weights and different optics.