Manufacturer Spotlight: Sons of Liberty Gun Works
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- Опубліковано 4 жов 2024
- The name and logo are awesome, but what's the story behind Sons of Liberty Gun Works? Brownells Gun Tech™ Keith Ford is joined by Mike Mihalski, founder and owner of SOLGW, to find out what this premier AR-15 maker and AR-15 parts purveyor is all about. Mike started out as a serious, hardcore AR-15 shooter who came to really understand the difference between a "good enough" duty-grade AR and a rifle built to take full advantage of what the AR-15 platform is capable of. After building guns for friends, the next step was to start a business manufacturing premium-grade AR-15s. He wanted to build for other AR shooters the kind of rifle that HE wanted to shoot, a tough gun that would stand up to hard use. The heart of every Sons of Liberty Gun Works rifle is the barrel - and the rest of the gun is built to support the barrel. The attention to detail goes extends to gas port size and how gassing affects AR-15 performance. The expectation is that at some point every SOLGW rifle will be fired with a sound suppressor, and gas flow is designed to handle that. Another key factor in SOLGW's success is staying in touch with its customers, along with active support of the 2nd Amendment. "It's not just a rifle company, it's a cause." Mike closes with some hints about what's coming next from SOLGW.
I don’t normally comment on videos or forums…but I wanted to thank everyone at Brownell’s for supporting the troops and all of those in UA-cam land who service this great nation in the armed forces!!! Happy Veteran’s Day!!!
I cant say enough good things about this company. I bought a 24inch 6.5 barrel them...called them to double check the journal for the gas port so I could get the correct gas block. Mike called me back from his personal cell and said if I ever had any problems to hit him up. So much respect goin out to them for all they do🤘🙏
I've spoken with Mike on the phone at length and interacted with him online. He's the real f***ng deal. He's far too humble about the body of knowledge he has built around the AR platform. Great guy running a great operation.
I now have more respect for both solgw and Brownells than I did 15 minutes ago
no dislikes. says alot. I am impressed with sons of liberty. very well spoken and
excellent product
Boss man UA-cam stopped showing dislikes around the time the Biden administration took over. Go figure..
Cot damnit, Mike is such cool ass dude. Call me a fanboy all you want. SOLGW is my first go to company when it comes to anything AR. Keep killing it brother!
“We make guns to end fights”
-Mike Mihalski
Their 13.7” rifle is definitely on my list of dream guns. Someday I’ll get one!
Their M4C4 Pistol is on my list!
The 13.7 was one of my dream ARs, keep grinding and get one, I ordered mine waiting for shipping
I'm building one right now just got done installing the A5 system from them.@@isaacsieg
I bought some firing pin retaining pins from PSA that kept bending out of shape and eventually breaking early on within a couple hundred rounds. I ordered some then from SOLGW and have been using the same one for the past couple years now. I’m a fan and can’t wait to get a full SOLGW ar
Psa is shit as far as quality control, they can produce good stuff but let many subpar products fly, you'll be happy with your upgrade
@@RememberPele PSA has a lot of potential I just feel like they let quality control slip by the waist side sometimes. I have a 16” PSA that’s been damn good to me. It’s one of my cheaper rifles but one of my favorites to shoot. I’ve also had to send some stuff back to them because it was clearly out of spec. It’s kind of hit or miss with them it seems but I guess the good thing is they have always swapped out what I return or reimbursed me.
@@jstud999 👍🏽
The only good PSA parts are the ones they don't actually manufacture.
I had a firing pin on one of their AK's mushroom with less then 250 rounds. Instead of sending me a $10 replacement pin, they wanted me to send the complete rifle in. Hard pass, bought another somewhere else and have had no issues. Their QC sucks.
Thank you for supporting kyle & 2nd amendment.
Proud owner of a SOLGW 11.5 M76 blaster! This thing fucks!
#thisthingfcks official
SOLGW makes great equipment. Mike is a great guy. If you ever have a chance take one of their armorer’s courses.
He was charged with domestic abuse for beating his mother, but I am glad he is now a better person. Everyone made mistakes .
SOLGW 's FFL license has also been revoked
@@iTheEncounter they are still in business selling guns.
@@iTheEncounter they are still selling complete firearms. They were out of stock for so long because of the pandemic and the were focused on supplying their dealers. Their complete guns are in stock at Brownells and multiple other places. Look for yourself.
@@BigTexMan their license is no longer active according to atfe, and there is not an FFL license under their business name nor address since 2020. Those could be old stock
Just purchased my first and WONT be my last. Bless y’all!
I’ve got to get one of these
Just finished building my SOLGW rifle. Angry patriot lower, 16” M89 upper. Quality is amazing on all the parts, the details really stand out.
Only commenting on this to upscale the viewer engagement for the algorithm..... We need lots of people to see this
Love it, bought my 1st one this week it just keeps growing on me.
Got two, great rifles 👊
These guys make quality ARs.
Do they make any parts, or just use other's parts?
@@5jjt Year late but other peoples stuff. They just assemble and charge DD/LWRCI prices. Minus the CHF barrels. If they had CHF barrels I’d probably get one. But hard pass for the price.
I love the Metal Gear Solid reference in the name...
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sons_of_Liberty
They didn't get the name from the game, but I was going to comment on it if I couldn't find one already posted.
I just purchased a SOLGW combat grade barrel 16" mid length gas. Having nothing but gas issues. Using it on a normal 223/556 platform using a Adams Arms short stroke gas piston system. The barrel came with a .078" gas port and needs to be larger (.081") to work with the gas piston system. I have reached out to SOLGW several times to get assistance, no one has reached back yet or picked up the phone.
Call Mike on the phone
Their barrels arent meant to be used with a gas piston system. Use it with a carbine h2 buffer and sprinco blue or Sprinco green a5h2 buffer with a regular midlength gas tube
Brownells, I don't think you need to keep playing your intro/outro music throughout the video in the background
Agreed. It is a bit overwhelming
Reminds me of "This Old House," or something.
Great gentleman
Thank You For The Great Video.
Awesome 👏. Tx pride
Cool spotlight
more SOL
If you are looking for the custom feel with the same kinda SOLGW passion out of San Antonio, give Bexar Arms a look. Customer service is amazing and very helpful. He has a 13.7 pin and weld upper that is dynamite.
When are those SOLGW M76 Wedge Lock handguards going to be back in stock? Is Zev still having trouble making them for SOLGW?
This ^ 👆🏼Been waiting over a year for 2 different M76 rails. I know SOLGW is probably as impatient to take our money and get the stuff out the door, but man, it sucks waiting and not knowing why.
@@JEJAK5396 I can confirm they are just as frustrated. Dropped 2 of my SOLGW off at their shop last week and talked to them about an hour.
@@carls2210 Is Zev screwing them on priority of manufacturing?
@@JEJAK5396 they didn’t go into that much detail just said it’s hard to get what they need and they can’t keep up. I do know they’re working on a revised rail which Mike even posted about that on IG last week or the week before.
My brother told me about your
brand/company and I was wondering are you also doing any custom color schemes desert storm sand color OD green etc ... ? TIA
Man I bet they won't replace the stolen upper from my truck..lol ..would been nice though ..
I have had psa uppers that were great and a Daniel Def upper I liked..the SOL upper was the best gun I had ever owned hands down..miss that baby ..maybe when I get some cash some day ilk get another upper
The way he talks about 2A makes me wanna replace my SOL upper lol
Yeah... imagine not leaving your rifle in your truck. Who would have thunk it?
Did you ask?
You’re vehicle is not a safe/holster. 🤦🏻♂️
There stuff is so good, that it is never available on their site.
Next AR build . .
🙏❤️
Man I’ve been trying to get my hands in their bcg’s. Everyone has 3-6 month lead time.
They’re harder to find than big foot.
Might want to check all of our online retailers right about now including Brownells
@@SonsofLibertyGunWorks1 I’ll be refreshing my phone a lot lol
@@SonsofLibertyGunWorks1 just purchased a couple. Thanks for the heads up
What rail is in this video sitting on the table?
Doesn’t BA make all their stuff?
Yes, at least their barrels
I shoot suppressed 99% of the time. My MCX and PWS seem to run better and cleaner than AR's without adjustable gas blocks.
Would be nice if they would actually have stock supposedly have all these amazing rifles and products but can only get a 14.5 that garandpinky designed
Untill they STOP using that outdated barrel profile, it's going to be a NO.
Dudes charging DD prices for mil spec kit
You can thank Let's Go Brandon inflation for that.
Literally Aero precision rifles for 2x the price lol
As much as I like SOLGW, their bolt was causing my gun to keyholing 20 foot at 100 yards, upon swapping to a BCM it was shooting half inch at 100.
Probably a fluke, but it left a bad taste in my mouth.
Wut? 🤨
@@Neil.Anblomi it was funky man.
@Emmanuel Goldsteinif you consider Mega-Arms and Criterion barrels budget, I'm curious what you consider isn't budget. The SOLGW bolt was the problem, and the problem was fixed with a BCM bolt, it was like flipping a light switch in terms of difference, for shits and giggles I ordered a second BCM bolt face and swapped it into the SOLGW carrier and it worked fine just like the BCM bolt and carrier did, I'd say the something SOLGW did with the bolt face had some problems, I never did follow up with em to get it warrantied, I figured let it go.
They're overpriced and overhyped now though
Name another company that replaces anything that wears out, for free.
@@johndunbar2393 EXACTLY 💯%
NS23 = PSA fanboi
@@Enjoyer.762 don't own a single PSA, own SOLGW stuff tho (no full built rifles just small parts).
@@johndunbar2393 this is exactly my point 😂 there's a fuckton that do exactly that, literally too many to list but the SOLGW hype has you thinking they're the only one lmao. Literally every gun part i've ever owned that was worn out to the point of needing replacement has been replaced for free by the OEM, at most a phone call is all it takes. Examples even though you won't believe me:
- Ruger AR-556 bolt assembly
-Sig P365 recoil spring and striker assembly (and while they had the gun, replaced other parts for free, but that was more of a necessary upgrade than sig being nice, if you recall the p365's early issues)
-CZ P-10c recoil spring
I shoot less than 5k rounds a year so maybe some of you delta super operator guys shooting 5000 million rounds a year have different experience, idk. But you guys act like 100% guarantees are a rare thing when they're simply not.
if we're counting accessories, optics, small parts, that's truly way too many to list, so only listing firearm manufacturers.
III %
Mihalski Makes Threats Against Officers
There was harassing behavior against police dispatchers in 2009. Then, in 2010, Mihalski was arrested for public intoxication. During the arrest Mihalski claimed he killed Sgt. Bocko, Bocko was one of the officers who survived the Denny’s attack on police officers by Jamie Lichtenwalter. Sgt. Bocko died in a motorcycle accident several years after the attack. Mihalski claims to have been friends with Lichtenwalter and according to the KSAT article, Lichtenwalter did work for Mihalski’s mother for about eight months. During the intoxication arrest, Mihalski attempted to attack the officers and claimed he would kill them.
I laughed out loud when I saw what they're charging for a barreled upper. $500 for a barrel, gas block, gas tube, barrel nut, and upper receiver. No hand guard, no BCG, no charging handle, no muzzle device. They are smoking that 1986 L.A. crack, the good shit.
They don't offer anything that you can't buy/build for yourself at a cheaper price. That's my problem with them. You could build yourself 2 guns with pretty much the same components for what one of their rifles cost. I suppose you're paying for the branding, the QC, and the free replacement parts. I don't personally see that much value in that to warrant their price point, but spend your money how you want. You do get a cool logo...and that's half the battle right there.
PSA has uppers with geissele rails right now for over $800 and uppers with just their components for over $500 that don't have a bcg or charging handle either. So yeah who cares.
@@project86xero PSA upper with Geissele rail is $680 right now, and it has a CHF barrel.
Their other offerings around the $400-$500 range can either be complete uppers w/ BCG and charging handle or they can have more premium features like a CHF barrel, iron sights, red dots, muzzle devices but are minus the BCG and charging handle.
Brownell's is selling a SOLGW bare frickin' upper for almost $500 with shipping and tax. Its an assembled upper with a barrel and gas system, that's it. You'd have to spend another $500 to get it ready to shoot.
A Ballistic Advantage barrel is $100 on BDU, $165 if you get the Hanson profile (I've heard that's who SOLGW uses for barrels. Not 100% sure). Lets say we use an Aero Precision M4E1 assembled upper, that's $140. Add in a gas block and gas tube for another $40. We have the same basic bare upper as SOLGW for $280, or $345 with the better barrel. SOLGW is overpriced for what it is.
Again, if they were offering something different then maybe I could see the point, but what sets them apart from the other 20-25 reputable manufacturers/assemblers? Nothing but branding as far as I can tell.
I bought mine way before the craziness at a good price. I've been happy with it. Generally you can save on anything by doing it yourself but they do give you a good gun for the money that you give for it.
@@mikef3808 I don't doubt that its good, or even great. There's just 10 other companies who give you more for your money while maintaining the same level of quality and durability. I don't see what sets them apart and justifies their chosen price point.
And lets be real here, 90% of people (me included) will likely never push a rifle to its limits or even shoot it often enough to warrant exchanging out worn parts. I don't see the free parts replacement as a positive. I look at it the same way I look at an extended warranty on your car. It costs you more money up front and you'll likely never use it.
@@oldscratch3535 PSA doesn't have any QC. Zero. Go look up School of American Rifle's PSA autopsy videos. PSA is trash QC. It seems PSA buys / uses rejected out of spec parts. Sure, you might get a CHF FN barrel, but the barrel extension isn't torqued correctly, or the chamber isn't cut to proper 5.56 NATO specs. That Tool Carft BCG might have a free bore with machining is rough, too wide and out of spec - reject bin / gas inefficient. PSA assembled rifles, you're lucky if they properly torqued the barrel nut to specs - loose barrel nuts are a common problem. I would never pick PSA for a home defense carbine. And you'll notice no police department use PSA trash.