Longrifles, Inc.

05/29/2026

Latest. 6AL-4V titanium bedding block. Machined and fitted in house.

Fun piece to make.

05/29/2026

These are links to some Sniper's Hide posts regarding an XM-3 clone rifle we were asked to fix. This is a project that turned into a long, slow burn. It took a minute, but fortunately, it turned out well.

The first link is how it started well before we became involved. The second and 3rd have a number of photos showing how the job progressed to completion.

A well deserved thanks to the folks that helped with the tribal knowledge/historical part of this. You know who you are and your input is always appreciated.

https://www.snipershide.com/shooting/threads/iron-bridge-armory-iba-xm3-build-not-clone-correct.7250306/

https://www.snipershide.com/shooting/threads/the-xm3-fix.7287214/

https://www.snipershide.com/shooting/threads/xm-3-remix.7288340/ -12680756

So awhile ago, over a year, a gent sent us his XM-3 clone in need of some work. He'd asked us to make some corrections to machine work, engraving, etc. . . I ended up sitting on it much longer than I should have. I have no excuse for that. The good news is we got through the corrections...

04/15/2026

Spring special at LRI!

Starting tomorrow, we are offering 15% off on our barrel fitting services into May!

Push feeds, Control round feeds, and rimfires.

Discount code: SPRING@LRI

NOTE:NOTE 8.6.2025 Our production tempo is currently at a 10-14 day timeline for barrel fitting work. Additional services will extend completion time.Thank you. PLEASE READ: Barrel fitting is a very detail oriented process. This page is meant as much to inform as it is to offer the service. Please m...

04/15/2026

LRI has more stuff for activities!

Sturgis, SD to Butte, MT. I depart Friday at 5pm, stop at my "brother Corey's" house (castle) to mooch a trailer.

Now the fun starts. . .

He calls asking where to buy some 2-1/2", 1/4" wall DOM tube on a Friday at 6pm. He owns a door company, a colleague of his is on an emergency job up in Williston, ND for the medivac/trauma center there. A huge hangar door is being retrofitted that requires some bushings being made from scratch. Aircraft are stuck, they cant move in or out of the hangar.

I make a call and source some material in Rapid City. I'm on the WY border. I race back to the shop as his wife is "Ubering" the steel to me. She arrives shortly after I get machines fired up. It's 3-1/2" OD solid bar in 4142 steel.

Ugh, this is going to take a minute.

The OD has to be chewed off and a hole needs to get poked. These parts are over 7" long. I own a gun shop. We don't make stuff with 2" diameter holes 7" long here. I have a single 1" drill that is long enough and a boring tool with the reach. I get to work.

Fire up the mill to drill and bore. It takes longer than hoped to bore the dumb things as the chip evacuation proves a challenge on a hole that big with a part standing vertically.

As an sideshow to all of this, I forget to shut the hose off while topping off the coolant tank. "Lake Chad" (Lake Dipsh*t) forms and "we" (Corey) get to squeegee, vacuum, and mop the floor. Stupid. If there's a 50/50 chance of something screwing up, there's a 98% chance I'll find the wrong way.

Somewhere along this sh*tshow, another friend of Corey's shows up with some DOM tube. It's 2-1/2 x 1/2 wall. Much less stuff to chew off so we hit the reset button and start over.
Things are moving well now.

3:30am. Parts are finished. A plane is idling on the tarmac at the Spearfish airport 15 miles away. Corey does a hand off to the pilot and he's wheels up moments later for a 2hr flight to Williston.

I once again head to Butte, MT. I arrive in Billings around 8am as my phone buzzes at me with a text. Parts arrived, installed, and job is completed. Aircraft can once again go in/out of the hangar.
Get to Butte around 1pm, load this bu**er up in an hour or so, and start heading back south. I make it as far as Billings and decide it's time for a nap.

11hrs later I wake up and head for home as I (once again) realize I am not 25 anymore.

Good times.

A very well earned thank you to brother Corey and his wife for their trailer, telehandler, and help with all of this!

04/03/2026

More EFR Mounts for XM3 clones are in the works.

04/02/2026

Some cheek piece hardware going in...

03/27/2026

Falling block barrel fitting via 5-axis is now a thing.

03/26/2026

Spice up your gunsafe with a titanium chassis block.