For those who play with Mattel's Toy For Adults
Here's an interesting article on the effect of shortening the barrel.
Mattel's Toy For Adults?
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The well written and organized article was about barrel lenght in AR15 rifles.
What does Mattel have to do with that?
Byron
I agree with Dater. After shooting an XM177E2 clone back in
the late 70s, I realized an ultra-short 5.56 was mostly "full of sound and fury, signifying nothing". The blast was absolutely ridiculous. Granted, it had a regular M16A1 flash suppressor on it at the time. As I recall, it had been tinkered with quite a bit to get it to function reliably with the short barrel and gas system.
If a person is determined to have an ultra-short AR, 300BLK would be a much better chambering.
Doc Dater has been around the suppressor industry for a long while.
"Barbie for men". Or "shooters tinker-toys"
Easy there.
It took quite a lot of effort
and intensive study to field a round optimized for the 'Confined Space Assault Weapon' fielded by certain unnamable units.
Also, another ten years or so of work to finally field the replacement (M855A1) for the M855 'green tip' round that happens to work quite well in the M4/A1.
Barrel length is still of importance, but not to the extent it was even five years ago.
Some folks have
no sense of humor, knowledge of popular "culture", understanding of irony, or ability to detect tongue in cheek humor.
Like this:
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Of the Troops & For the Troops
Made Famous When
John Wayne whacked one against a tree in "The Green Berets".
Really now, Rob....
Please tell me you know better...
Byron
That was............
A real Mattel M16 Marauder....
Google is your friend....
Byron
Byron, all in good fun.
at least two members of my immediate family will have an AR under the tree this year.
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Of the Troops & For the Troops
It took quite a lot of effort
I really would like an ammo can full of the M855A1 ammo
Mr. Leahy, Sir,
"...at least two members of my immediate family will have an AR under the tree this year."
Can you adopt me? PLEASE!