Factory Tour: LWRC International

As long as I'm here... Can't wait to fire one of the coolest rifles on the market, the LWRC Personal Defense Weapon (PDW)...

American Rifleman Editor-in-Chief was on site of LWRC International’s factory headquarters located in Cambridge, Maryland, on the state's historic Eastern Shore. Manufacturing facilities occupy more than 250,000 square feet, housing more than 50 state-of-the-art CNC machine centers, laser cutting machines, screw machines, robotic welding and mil-spec painting. LWRC was founded to pursue the development of a short-stroke, gas-piston-operated version of the AR15/M16/M4 family of rifles. The result is the company’s family of M6 rifles and carbines.

This is American manufacturing at LWRCI.

Clean me! Let me get the big jug of CLP.

Coolest gun of the day: LWRCI's M6IC-PDW 5.56 mm NATO.

An IC receiver after being CNC-machined.

Barrel flutes reduce weight by 15 percent. But let's face it, they are just cool.

Forged upper receivers waiting to be machined.

Buttstocks waiting for assembly.

EVery six minutes LWRCI can make one of these flash hiders from 4140 steel. Did I mention these guys cut metal?

This is the key to the whole system: the piston. 

Another LWRC IC PDW—still cool.

These rifles have been coated with Cerakote, a type of thermal-cured firearms coating. It is applied over top of LWRCI's standard Type 3 hard coat anodizing and offers unparalleled abrasion and corrosion resistance.

The LWRCI Rapid Engagement Precision Rifle (R.E.P.R.) is a full-spectrum weapon system designed to put devastating 7.62 mm NATO rounds on target in a variety of roles. 

Inside an LWRC.

Inside knowledge of the LWRC piston assembly.