Designed with accuracy in mind, the Knight's Armament Company SR-25 rifle was created as a collaboration between C. Reed Knight, Jr. and Eugene Stoner, the inventor of the AR-10 and AR-15, during the 1990s. This is an early Vero Beach, Florida, production example, made before manufacturing was moved to Titusville, Florida, after September 2001 to meet Department of Defense production needs. Advertised and sold by Knight's Armament Company as the "Stoner Carbine" variant, this scarce example features a light profile 16 inch barrel without threads at the muzzle and fitted with a Picatinny gas block. The barrel is surrounded by a free-floating, grooved carbon fiber tube forend, with a slot in the top front section intended to allow clearance for a gas block mounted folding front sight (not included). Standard Knight's Mfg. Co. Vero Beach markings and features on the upper and lower receivers, with matching serial numbers on both, and an added extended latch to the charging handle. Fitted with an A2 style pistol grip and fixed stock. Includes a Springfield Armory Inc. Government Model 3rd Generation 4-14x56 mm scope with lens caps and a Harris BRM bipod. Magazine is absent. This is the only example of a Vero Beach production "Stoner Carbine" variant SR-25 that Rock Island Auction has offered for sale that this writer can recall. Provenance: The Jon M. Maxwell Collection

Excellent overall, retaining 98% plus original black and phosphate finishes with limited minor edge wear, faint scrapes, and crisp grip checkering. The scope is also excellent, electronically untested, with clear optics. Mechanically excellent.