Frag Out! Magazine
Issue link: https://fragout.uberflip.com/i/1000484
Recently, because of my long time shooting passion, I have finally found „my" legend among AR-15's, the JP Enterprises. Among dozens constructions of black rifle that I had or currently have and ones that I had opportunity to play with in my shooting career, the JP-15 SHTF revealed as most "combat" rifle of JP. Everybody knows JP rifles as top notch match AR for most serious shooting competitions in the world. Excellent quality, great reputation and high price, but you truly pay for what you get. But what about SHTF? Shit Hits The Fan, bad guys in da , zombie in the backyard, crash on the stock exchange. Apocalypse. You have to be ready for anything and own complete set of trusted gear. For that occasion JP prepared JP-15 SHTF kit most proper for "THAT Day". Doomsday. Except the rifle there is also backpack Eberlestock LoDrag that will hold "JP" with set of add-ons, spare rounds, MREs, water and other handy stuff that may be needed during the E&E. JP Enterprises from Hugo, Minnesota is not another company that produces on mass scale thousands of rifles for everybody and for anything and off course for half the price. Company founded by John Paul is real workshop where weapons are build and not mass- produced. We have to mention that that might be generally first (or one of the first ones) company that already in the 1990's start making „high-end" rifles and not another „mil-spec" semi-automatic ARs for civilian market. Owner himself, hothead of sport shooting, was also probably first one that gives possibility of adjusting amount of gases in the gas block by the shooter himself, that the weapon would function better while shooting, had lesser recoil and allow to achieve better scores. So it went on from that moment that currently rifles that are from JP stable are told to be one of the best for shooting competition – good to mention that US Army Marksmanship Unit (AMU) shooting team uses that particular rifles. But except match constructions, JP also offers rifles and carbines constructed for military and law enforcement, JP-15 Duty Rifles. JP-15 is classic DI with 14.5 barrel. This is what every „bearded combat Joe's" like the most. JP made rifle accordingly to American military specification that there is for M4 rifle, but weapons constructed by this company is totally different story. I don't not how they do this but with every fired shot you can literally feel spirit of this company and thirty years of experience that company owner John Paul have in building great AR. Comparing specification of JP-15 SHTF version FIREARMS