What is a Crazy Horse® Rifle?
The Crazy Horse® rifle is based on a US Rifle M14, 7.62MM. Every step of making a Crazy Horse® is deigned to make an accurate rifle which is reliable under military field conditions. Receivers are specially hardened and then marked: Smith Enterprise, Inc. and Crazy Horse® Rifle. The barrel is specially made and has a 1:10 twist to stabilize the 175 grain bullet used in the M118LR round. The chamber is hand cut using chamber reamers specially designed for the M118LR. Smith Enterprise, Inc. is the only civilian rifle builder who uses M118LR reamers.The gas system is unitized and hardened. The gas piston is hard chromed to tolerances guaranteed to ensure a precision fit within the hardened gas cylinder. The primary sighting technology is an optical sight. Back up sights are USGI rear sights with a Smith Enterprise original gas lock front sight design combining a post inside a hooded front sight. This is placed on the gas lock and not at the muzzle. The reason for this is that in military
