“We wanted to do something radically different,” Selting said. What I didn’t anticipate was learning just how much thought and engineering went into the development and release of this model. He confirmed what I suspected the Tombstone was POF’s attempt to go outside of the company’s current audience and create a gun that would broaden the brand’s footprint. I spoke with Jeremy Selting, Patriot Ordnance Factory’s vice president of sales and marketing. (Photo by Mark Fingar) Built to Blast, Built to Last ![]() The stock with rubber pad only weighs 11/2 pounds. The Magpul SGA stock offers a flush sling mount on both sides. In fact, it may be a little ahead of its time. It looks more like the result of a tryst between a Winchester 92 and the 9mm POF Phoenix, but if you look a little closer, you’ll realize that the Tombstone is a gun that can stand alone. Where’s the wood? Where’s the bluing or color-case hardening? The image of a traditional Winchester or Henry hardly applies to the Tombstone. While that gun wasn’t much of a reach for a company that made its name inventing ARs and AR components, the Tombstone levergun is a radical departure for POF-USA.īoiled down to the most basic term, the Tombstone is a “lever-action rifle.” However, that assessment seems out of place at first glance. Perhaps it started in 2022 with the release of the Phoenix 9mm semiautomatic pistol. ![]() Most shooters are familiar with Patriot Ordnance Factory’s (POF) extensive line of clever “AR-ish” rifles and pistols, but the Arizona-based company has stepped out of the “Black Gun” box.
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