Whether you're buying a rifle for home defense, varmint hunting, competition, patrol, or as a SWAT entry rifle, you want a weapon you can depend on. A superior firearm with excellent handling characteristics and outstanding accuracy. A gun built to tolerances found nowhere else in the industry. You want the best firearm you can lay your hands on. You want a Sabre.

1. What makes Sabre AR rifles different from other AR-15 rifles?
Quality. Sabre is one of the few actual manufacturers of the AR-15 rifles. Rather than purchasing parts from various vendors and simply assembling the product, Sabre manufactures most of the major components of their rifle at their 45,000-square-foot factory in Nashville, Tennessee. In-house production allows us to hold tighter tolerance levels. Each rifle is crafted from the highest grade of materials and perfectly matched components. The advantage of this is that the fit, feel, and finish of the rifles are controlled as if each rifle were custom built, but in a production environment—so lead times are shorter than most custom rifle builders.
Additionally, Sabre is proud that every rifle is composed of all U.S.-made parts, whether supplied from our highly regarded mil-spec U.S. suppliers or manufactured in the Sabre factory. Every component of the Sabre rifle passes our stringent quality control as an “A”-class product, or we don’t use it.

2. What calibers does Sabre offer?
Sabre currently offers rifles chambered for 5.56 NATO, .223 Remington, 6.5 Grendel™ and .204 Ruger. More calibers will be available in the future. We are constantly asked about the 6.5 round versus the 6.8 SPC. We believe that comparing the 6.5 round to the 6.8 round is a huge misunderstanding of what each cartridge was designed to accomplish. Currently, we are very pleased with the 6.5 Grendel™ round for both long-range and tactical purposes, and have no immediate intention of adding the 6.8 SPC as a caliber offering. We do not try to compare the cartridges, since their design was intended for different purposes. The .308 is another source of frequent questions. Our only comment at this time is that if Sabre offers a rifle in .308 in the future, it will be unique and meet or exceed the Sabre ideal of a quality rifle.

3. Are the Sabre rifles direct gas impingement or piston operated?
All of the Sabre rifles have the direct gas impingement system, utilizing carbine, mid-length, or rifle-length gas system. Sabre developed and tested configurations and designs of the piston operating system several years ago and made the decision to simply build the best AR-15 possible with the original gas impingement system. We have no objection to the piston operating systems. We believe that they offer some benefits, but choose at this time to continue in the superior design, care, and materials that we use rather than change, and increase cost to the proven reliable gas system.

4. What is the difference between the carbine-length, mid-length (M5), and rifle-length gas systems?
For simplicity, we will save the in-depth technical information for your further research. There are several postings and discussions on many of the forums and chats available on this subject on the Internet. Here is our simple and plain explanation. The carbine-length (M4) gas tube is 7” long, the mid-length (M5) tube is 9” long, and the rifle-length is 12” long. The pressures at the gas ports are higher for the shorter lengths and lower for the longer lengths. The front sight distance and length of hand guards are also normally limited to the gas system of the rifle. We choose the mid-length gas system for the majority of our rifles because it offers advantages over the shorter, carbine-length gas systems and remains reliable for the shorter-

5. Which twist rate and ammunition should I choose?
We offer most of our rifles with the mil-B-11595 Chrome Moly Vanadium in both the 1:7 twist and the 1:9 twist. All of our 1:7 barrels are chrome-lined, and our 1:9 barrels are available in chrome-lined or not chrome-lined. All of our 410 Stainless Steel barrels are 1:8 twist. The 1:7 twist is generally better for shooting the 62-grain and heavier ammunition. The 1:9 twist is generally used for up to 60-grain. The 69-grain to 77-grain seem to be the most accurate for the 1:8 twist. All the rifles should function well with most bullet weights when using QUALITY ammunition. Accuracy will vary with different ammunition.