POF P415 Gen 4 has a 18.5" barrel and is chambered in 223 Remington/5.56mm NATO. If you have more than three thumbs per hand, then you should consider the shorter version, as the tradeoff in terms of real estate may be worth the amount of frustration and swearing you’ll forgo when cleaning time rolls around. POF-USA Wins the 2019 ICA Rifle of the Year award! They have been highly reliable and absolute tack drivers on accuracy. Photography by Jason Swarr. In DeSomma’s mind, if the AR has one Achilles’ heel, it is extraction. $2499. June 21, 2019. The P415 features a machined gas block that actuates a piston and operating rod to cycle the action. When AR-style rifles lost the carry handle, they gained tremendous versatility but gave up some rigidity—POF’s design seeks to regain some of that by employing a two-piece upper receiver. POF’s solution to the extraction issue was literally to stick a square peg in a round hole. POF-USA P415 EDGE Gen 4 Regulated Gas Piston Recon Rifle 01146, 223 Win/5.56 NATO, 16.5 in BBL, MFT Adj Stock, 14.5 in M-LOK Rail, Tungsten Grey Finish, 20+1 … Built on POF-USA’s Gen4 lower receiver, the P415 Edge includes an ambidextrous bolt release/catch and ambidextrous safety. Reviews | Questions & Answers. Rifle cartridges produce lots of heat by nature, an unavoidable fact caused by the rapid burning of propellant. What many consumers don’t realize is that, regardless of brand, the majority of AR components are produced by a small number of manufacturers and then assembled by the company whose name is stamped on the receiver. and made shooting from the bench an easy task. POF-USA GEN 4 P415 EDGE NP3 Finish COMPLETE POF 16" 223 Gas Piston Rifle. Though the gas block and muzzle brake reached temperatures of nearly 700° F, the chamber temperature of the POF never climbed above 122° F—the risk of a temperature-induced “cook off” with a POF is virtually nonexistent. POF P415 is the pinnacle of all-purpose 5.56 caliber AR 15 Rifles.Continuous development and improvement to the P415 AR 15 Rifle platform like no other rifle manufacture has attempted. POF USA’s E2 Extraction Technology, complete ambidextrous fire controls, modular free floating rail platform, and numerous internal improvements make this AR 15 Rifle the last rifle you will ever have to buy. Henry USA Pump Octagon: The Top-Selling Pump-Action Rifle of 2020, New for 2021: Winchester Wildcat 22 SR (Suppressor Ready), NRA Gun of the Week: Rock River Arms RBG-1S, © 2021 National Rifle Association of America. It’s now an acceptable length for those of us who like to grind their teeth and make like a tank while we shoot. Model: 01445 Condition: Factory New Bud's Item Number: 53175 . Firing the POF is slightly different than the feeling of a direct-impingement AR due to the difference in the operating system. Mounting a Vortex Razor HD Gen 3 1-10×24 scope(won this scope from Euro Optics 2020 vision contest). POF P415 Edge AR-15, Semi-Automatic, 5.56 NATO/.223 Rem., Burnt Bronze, 16.5" Barrel, 20+1 Rounds. It’s about time we got to break something new.”. The Gen 4 lower incorporates a number of features, including an ambidextrous bolt hold open and release with enhanced bolt catch, ambidextrous safety selector, Teflon ® receiver tension screws, over-sized mag well flare, ambidextrous magazine release, ambidextrous recessed finger rest and over-sized integrated trigger guard with grip … Want something like my 12.5", but 14.5", light, no movement offhand....or another .308 bolt gun...or the ruger 57.....get the feeling the next one will be like most of the others, totally spontaneous.Funniest was going to get a G43, and walking out with a .308 RPR....yeah, that was close The Gen 4 P415 carbine I received for testing and evaluation came equipped with a 14.5" barrel topped with a pinned and welded muzzle brake to bring the length up to the NFA minimum 16". Anti-walk trigger pins add a measure of security. The gas plug’s orientation determines whether the system is in “normal” or “suppressed” mode. The P415 barrel is fluted along its … On a standard POF carbine, the plug is readily accessible; however, the downside to the longer hand-guard is that disassembly is more of a pain in the hoop. 62×51) AR 10 Rifles on the market today. (Command) The lower receiver is POF’s Gen 4 model. The gas key is screwed and staked into place to prevent it from working loose under thousands of firing cycles. Sweet setup and the rifle shoots great. In this video we take a look at the POF Revolution, this is an AR15 that POF has managed to squeeze the 308 round into. Due to the piston design, the POF does not use a gas key. Much of POF’s process of building a better AR centers around heat. Just bought the POF Renegade and my stock adjustments moved like butter. Thirty hours of concept work later he had a design, and within a month he had a firing prototype. Required fields are marked *. Women On Target® Instructional Shooting Clinics, Volunteer At The Great American Outdoor Show, Marion P. Hammer Women Of Distinction Award, Women's Wildlife Management / Conservation Scholarship, National Youth Shooting Sports Ambassadors, NRA Outstanding Achievement Youth Award Presented by Brownells, National Youth Shooting Sports Cooperative Program. Instead, it employs a lightweight operating rod and a separate, tiny piston — the net result of which is to minimize any external force on the barrel at the moment of firing. NEF # - A6628 SKU - 01145 IN STOCK. The result is a reasonably common occurrence of stuck cases in the AR series of rifles. POD-150806:APACHE2_73:193, Home » Magazine » Issue 12 » Preview – POF P415 Carbine, Talkin’ ’Bout My Generation POF’s Gen-4 Carbine is Accurate, Ergonomic and Runs Like a Sewing Machine, In RECOIL Issue 7, we got to shoot POF’s 7.62mm full-auto SBR and came away with a favorable impression of its quality and accuracy. This is billet machined with a slightly flared magazine well and features a bilateral magazine, bolt release and safety selector. The p415 is selling for $1686 on tombstone tactical. Sign Up today for our FREE Newsletter and get the latest articles and news delivered right to your inbox. Extreme heat is the enemy of springs, and since piston designs keep the heat near the barrel instead of inside the chamber, DeSomma believes that introducing a spring into the piston operating system is a problem waiting to happen. Talkin’ ’Bout My Generation POF’s Gen-4 Carbine is Accurate, Ergonomic and Runs Like a Sewing Machine. After hours of running the POF through its paces, I asked the sergeant major for his feedback. POF P415 Gen 4 has a 16.5" barrel and is chambered in 223 Remington/5.56mm NATO. Patriot Ordnance Factory POF USA GEN 4 P415 Edge pistol in burnt bronze cerakote, 5.56MM (223) with E2 extraction, gas piston operated AR15 Pistol SKU 01129 The black version of this pistol has color-­filled bullet icons for the selector, but with the silver color on this receiver, POF didn’t color in the bullet icons. About the weight of my M1a Scout. Following our practical testing, I fitted the carbine with a magnified optic, did a cursory bore cleaning and performed the formal accuracy tests. Your email address will not be published. A finned barrel nut further minimizes heat buildup in the rifle’s action. The result of their efforts is an accurate, ergonomic and utterly reliable carbine ready for just about anything the user throws at it. This moderate barrel length provides enough velocity for solid external and terminal ballistics but allows for a very manageable overall size. It is fitted with a tool-less, three-position regulator to control cycling under various conditions. The AR-15’s bolt carrier has two additional areas that can cause reliability and wear issues—the gas key and the cam pin. Popping the catches on the obligatory black plastic shipping case, the first thing that you notice on the new 5.56mm rifle is the hand-guard. In an independent torture test performed a few years back, a POF was subjected to an unrealistic schedule of full-automatic fire: a series of Beta Mags were used to fire 1,000 rounds within minutes. Frank DeSomma didn’t set out to be a gun designer; he was just an engineer in the aerospace industry who happened to be a gun enthusiast. All rights reserved. The name Patriot Ordnance Factory isn’t just some attempt to capitalize on Second Amendment fervor to sell guns—this company and its owner walk the walk. We fired hundreds of rounds of various types of military and commercial ammunition through the P415 and experienced no malfunctions of any kind. Get the American Rifleman Insider newsletter for at-a-glance access to industry news, gear, gun reviews, videos and more—delivered directly to your Inbox. At the risk of this turning into one of those articles in which the writer has never met a gun he doesn’t like, let’s just say that it’s a contributing factor to POF rifles being some of the most accurate semiautos we’ve ever shot. In case you’re wondering, fired cases are fully reloadable, just a bit dirty from the escaping gases. Bilateral controls include a bolt release/catch (the latter also accessible at the top front of the trigger guard) and a magazine release. The piston on a POF only moves 3/8" when the rifle is fired, but the energy created by that movement is enough to send the bolt carrier rearward to cycle the action. The Gen 4 P415 carbine I received for testing and evaluation came equipped with a 14.5" barrel topped with a pinned and welded muzzle brake to bring the length up to the NFA minimum 16". The barrel itself is cooled by an innovative aluminum barrel nut that physically draws heat away from the steel, and pronounced flutes in the barrel provide additional surface area for heat dissipation. The result is a product featuring seven new patents, with more pending, and reliability that has become highly regarded. 5 out of 5 star rating (2 reviews) Quick View. The P415 is built on the POF-USA Gen 4 lower receiver. Renegade Plus: POF-USA’s First DI 5.56 Rifle What sets the top-tier Renegade+ apart from the standard Renegade? POF-USA GEN 4 AR 15 Rifles For Sale Online. The Ultimate Firearms Destination for the Gun Lifestyle, © 2021 Recoil Magazine © 2021 Recoil Magazine Small rail sections can be placed in various locations on the fore-end as desired, without the weight and abrasiveness of a fully-railed design. The most outwardly innovative component of the POF design is the piston operating system. Before he knew it, Patriot Ordnance Factory was born. In order to fully evaluate the P415, I enlisted the help of a friend whose experience in U.S. Army Special Operations spans four decades and includes numerous combat deployments in various corners of the world. 5 out of 5 star rating (4 reviews) Quick View. From my experience, it appears that Frank DeSomma and his team at Patriot Ordnance Factory have taken the platform he calls “America’s Rifle” and notably improved it. guns with the very interesting E2 Chamber and ambi-safety/selector switch, we thought we should perhaps follow it up with some fun video we received from POF-USA CEO Frank DeSomma of his son "Machine Gun Cody" DeSomma … Patriot Ordnance Factory 01143 P415 Gen 4 Semi-Automatic 223 Remington/5.56 NATO 16.5" 30+1 Magpul CTR Black Stk Black Hard Coat Anodized $2,050.80 Availability: Out of stock pull. Since you rely on the interface between barrel extension and receiver for accuracy when using any kind of optic, it pays to ensure there’s no slop in that connection. The P415 was engineered over 10 years ago to be virtually unstoppable in unfavorable conditions. Built on POF-USA’s Gen4 lower receiver, the P415 Edge includes an ambidextrous bolt release/catch and ambidextrous safety. The cam pin on traditional ARs has a rectangular head, which rides inside a slot in the upper receiver. Revolution Gen 4 Features The Revolution is POF's 308 that handles like a 5.56 - because it is the same size and weight as one by using a 5.56 bolt carrier and other 5.56 parts allowing for a shorter overall receiver size and reduced weight. CMG West, LLC The crisp, single-stage trigger broke at under 4 lbs. Unlike Eugene Stoner’s original design that uses a gas tube to direct propellant gases into the bolt carrier key to cycle the bolt, DeSomma’s design uses a piston and operating rod to transfer energy back into the bolt and force it rearward. UPC: 847313014450 . POF P415 EDGE GEN4 556 16.5" 30R NP3, Patriot Ordnance Factory, P-415 EDGE, AR POF’s piston system is designed with built-in tolerances to allow it to free-float from the barrel. When the P415 shooter decides that his or her carbine should be cleaned, after exposure to the AR’s direct gas impingement system, P415 maintenance is a true revelation. This taper not only acts as a funnel when the cartridge is feeding into the chamber, it provides a tremendous advantage in extraction. The lower also has an integral, enlarged triggerguard with a relief at the rear for better ergonomics, and you’ll find a flared magazine well, ambidextrous finger rests and … Under the Hood Starting at the business end, POF’s three-baffle brake is effective. Not a big gun … TEN: Publishing Media, LLC I will say that I have had magnificent results from my POF 14.5" P415 and two POF 16.5" P415 uppers. The gas plug will be instantly recognizable to anyone who’s picked up an FAL and offers settings for normal and suppressed use, and off. A button above the right-side magazine release is used to drop the bolt into battery, and an additional magazine release is positioned on the left side of the lower. A stuck case is a serious malfunction that can put a finely tuned rifle out of action in the midst of a battle. The latest POF carbines have a “spine” atop the upper receiver rather than a MIL-STD-1913 rail that allows the one piece P-4SX receiver/handguard to be slid into place and retained with bolts, essentially making for a rigid two-piece upper receiver. Think of it as using a long screwdriver to break the impossible seal between two five-gallon buckets stuck inside of one another. Gun Review: Patriot Ordnance’s P308 Rifle Th P308 also features a hand-lapped, button-rifled barrel, which comes equipped with Patriot Ordnance’s three-port muzzle brake. steel target before making the carbine safe and removing the bolt carrier. The gas system is easily removed from the front of the fore-end and does not require the tube’s removal so optics do not need to be re-zeroed after the gas system is serviced. FFL REQUIRED TO SHIP THIS ITEM. Guess which one’s going to deform if you get enthusiastic with the wrench? By comparison, the more “modern” 5.56x45 mm and 7.62x51 mm NATO cartridges have minimal taper. Gen 4 gas block has 5 positions instead of 3. POF’s bolt carrier groups are all either nickel-boron- or NP3-coated, which further reduces friction between the components and makes them easy to clean. Consider that the muzzle device is probably the last component to be installed whilst the upper is clamped in a vise. 3 years ago. It comes with ambidextrous controls, which is important to me as a lefty. XTech Tactical's New Adjustable AR Pistol Grip, RECOILtv DIY: Fitting a 1911 Thumb Safety, RECOILtv Mail Call: BCM MK2 Upper Receiver. I've had mine for a couple of years and it has been reliable and accurate. The P415 simply will not fail when you need it most. The manufacturer uses its Gen 4 lower ... POF-USA also uses its own drop-in trigger on the Revolution to give the rifle a consistent 4-lb., 8-oz. Doing so would be a mistake, as this carbine has enough well-thought-out elements to make your average OCD-afflicted individual take a couple of days off work to sit in a darkened room and make “ooh” and “ahh” noises while rocking gently back and forth. For the rest of this article, subscribe here: RECOIL Issue 12, Your email address will not be published. Firearms & Survivalists Lifestyle The slotted free-float fore-end of the P415 extends over the top of the upper receiver, providing an uninterrupted Picatinny rail as well as bridging the major components together mechanically. The testing put 35,480 rounds through the carbine (which did not experience a single malfunction until round 23,500 when the buffer spring gave out), and they did not experience a single failure to extract.