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Short-Barreled AR15 are the Rage these days
Am Shooting Journal ^
| 3/15/2017
| J Hines
Posted on 03/15/2017 11:01:21 AM PDT by w1n1
This AR-15 with a two-inch barrel takes it to another level and is just insane.
AR-15 style rifles sporting shorter length barrels are high in demand these days. But how short is just too short on a registered short barreled rifle (SBR)?
Well, try this one. Yes, that barrel is actually only two inches long. When firing the 5.56x45mm/.223 caliber cartridges, the tips of the bullets protrude out of the barrel. This can be witnessed in the video before each shot is taken.
Is a 2″ barrel a good idea on an AR-15 rifle? Maybe not, but it does still shoot. Would you take a chance and shoot this ultra short-barreled AR-15? See the SBR AR15 footage here.
TOPICS: Hobbies; Outdoors
KEYWORDS: ar15; banglist; shortbarrel
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To: w1n1
It looks more like “no barrel” than short barrel to me.
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posted on
03/15/2017 11:27:47 AM PDT
by
dainbramaged
(Get out of my country now)
To: w1n1
Convenient to start your campfire with the horrendous muzzle flash.
To: w1n1; All
Not meant to be practical.
Meant to be promotable!
The profit is in the clicks!
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posted on
03/15/2017 11:38:11 AM PDT
by
marktwain
(President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries.)
To: w1n1
I know the barrel length increase accuracy, but I thought it also had an impact on overall speed & distance also.
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posted on
03/15/2017 11:39:16 AM PDT
by
reed13k
To: w1n1; MHGinTN
Too long. Concealing this would be impossible. I want a ZERO inch barrel.
A bolt, a firing pin, a ring that holds the round in place, and off the round goes, in any of 180 degrees direction.
Ya gotta take chances in life.
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posted on
03/15/2017 11:41:57 AM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(The "news" networks and papers are bitter, dangerous enemies of the American people.)
To: w1n1
I’d be very curious to see the “muzzle” velocity, there is no barrel length for the chamber pressure to impart velocity to the round. And, as noted, accuracy would not be a relevant term, either.
To: Paladin2
What is the spin on the bullet?I'm thinking tumble more than spin...
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posted on
03/15/2017 11:43:01 AM PDT
by
IYAS9YAS
(An' Tommy ain't a bloomin' fool - you bet that Tommy sees! - Kipling)
To: marktwain
What I REALLY want is a TWO DIMENSIONAL AR-15.
Height and width but no length.
You could keep it in your wallet and pull it out when needed.
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posted on
03/15/2017 11:43:45 AM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(The "news" networks and papers are bitter, dangerous enemies of the American people.)
To: Paladin2
“What is the spin on the bullet?”
It’s a knuckleball.
To: BuffaloJack
Short barrels are thought to be better in close quarters
Short barrels do not work well AR pattern rifles - the 14.5 M 4 barrel is about as short as you want to go for reliability . Using a longer length gas system is good idea even for the M4 barrel
You can go 10 in in 5.56 with guns like the SCAR but ballistic effectiveness drops off steeply
If you want short, go to an FN PS 90 which is optimized for short barrel performance, or go to a bull pup design us has the Israeli Tavor or Steyr AUG
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posted on
03/15/2017 11:46:30 AM PDT
by
rdcbn
(.... when Poets buy guns, tourist season is over ...)
To: w1n1
Meh. I’d rather have a Heckler & Koch P90.
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posted on
03/15/2017 11:56:04 AM PDT
by
Bloody Sam Roberts
(Good judgement comes from experience. And experience? Well, that comes from poor judgement.)
To: w1n1
Stupidest looking thing I’ve seen in a while.
To: upchuck
Use hspace=10 in your img tag I've made suggestions to poster before. They are ignored.
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posted on
03/15/2017 11:57:39 AM PDT
by
Bloody Sam Roberts
(Good judgement comes from experience. And experience? Well, that comes from poor judgement.)
To: w1n1
Drop the gun and throw the bullets...
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posted on
03/15/2017 12:11:48 PM PDT
by
broken_arrow1
(I regret that I have but one life to give for my country - Nathan Hale "Patriot")
To: Billthedrill
Good thing it has a Pickatinny rail - if the guy wants to mount some optics for those 1000-yd shots theyll snap right on.Good satire sir. Actually legally that is a pistol and not a rifle and totally impractical.
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posted on
03/15/2017 12:37:08 PM PDT
by
cpdiii
To: trebb
Seems like a waste of the rounds. Almost no chance to get good rotation and wasting a major part of the powder.At close range the target would get powder burns galore and blinded by the light at night. Funny gun but totally impractical.
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posted on
03/15/2017 12:39:47 PM PDT
by
cpdiii
To: Lazamataz
What I REALLY want is a TWO DIMENSIONAL AR-15.
Height and width but no length.
You could keep it in your wallet and pull it out when needed.
There are close facsimiles of what you seek. They have pictures of Ben Franklin on them, and are only a few thousands of an inch thick each. People commonly keep several in their wallets. It only takes 5-10 of them to make an AR 15, but the conversion process is not instantaneous. Some find the delay inconvenient.
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posted on
03/15/2017 12:44:21 PM PDT
by
marktwain
(President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries.)
To: w1n1
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posted on
03/15/2017 12:45:28 PM PDT
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
To: Lazamataz
Will you wear hearing protection and eye protection?
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posted on
03/15/2017 1:01:56 PM PDT
by
MHGinTN
(A dispensational perspective is a powerful tool for discernment)
To: BuffaloJack
You have one of the good ones.
The old ones with the 22” barrel and the full length 18 round magazine are the ones I look for.
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posted on
03/15/2017 1:11:30 PM PDT
by
Lurkinanloomin
(Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents - Know Islam, No Peace -No Islam, Know Peace)
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