The Frontier Sixshooter Community Message Board - Mr. Leahy, Sir,

Mr. Leahy, Sir, (reply)

Drago — Thu, 19 Dec 2013 20:10:58 +0000

"...at least two members of my immediate family will have an AR under the tree this year."

Can you adopt me? PLEASE!

It took quite a lot of effort (reply)

bmize — Thu, 19 Dec 2013 16:56:45 +0000

I really would like an ammo can full of the M855A1 ammo

Byron, all in good fun. (reply)

Rob Leahy — Thu, 19 Dec 2013 14:25:03 +0000

at least two members of my immediate family will have an AR under the tree this year.

That was............ (reply)

Byron — Thu, 19 Dec 2013 02:19:09 +0000

A real Mattel M16 Marauder....

Google is your friend....

Byron

Really now, Rob.... (reply)

Byron — Thu, 19 Dec 2013 02:16:00 +0000

Please tell me you know better...

Byron

Made Famous When (reply)

Drago — Thu, 19 Dec 2013 00:52:59 +0000

John Wayne whacked one against a tree in "The Green Berets".

Like this: (reply)

Rob Leahy — Wed, 18 Dec 2013 23:44:34 +0000

Some folks have (reply)

ANoniMousse — Wed, 18 Dec 2013 23:17:45 +0000

no sense of humor, knowledge of popular "culture", understanding of irony, or ability to detect tongue in cheek humor.

It took quite a lot of effort (reply)

Miles Fortis — Wed, 18 Dec 2013 22:30:48 +0000

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.

"Barbie for men". Or "shooters tinker-toys" (reply)

cas — Wed, 18 Dec 2013 20:52:12 +0000

Easy there.

I agree with Dater. After shooting an XM177E2 clone back in (reply)

John K. — Wed, 18 Dec 2013 19:52:00 +0000

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.

Mattel's Toy For Adults? (reply)

Byron — Wed, 18 Dec 2013 19:50:27 +0000

The well written and organized article was about barrel lenght in AR15 rifles.

What does Mattel have to do with that?

Byron

For those who play with Mattel's Toy For Adults

Paul — Wed, 18 Dec 2013 18:47:23 +0000

Here's an interesting article on the effect of shortening the barrel.