Back in May, when NSWC Crane posted the Hypervelocity Improved Capability Assault Rifle (HICAR) solicitation, I closed my article by asking whether any currently available carbine platform was genuinely built to handle sustained fire at 82,000 PSI, or whether every vendor would need a clean-sheet bolt and barrel design to compete? Geissele Automatics has answered, and the answer sits on a product page with a SKU on it. Let’s take a look at their first iteration.