Olympic Arms has come out with some featherweight AR-15's that feature a skinny barrel kind of like how the M16A1's were originally during the Vietnam era, but they have have the better sights (A2 style).
The idea is to return to the idea of a lightweight handy carbine that's easy to carry and use, instead of a modern monstrosity where it's got all kinds of stuff hanging off it and which makes it weigh just as much as a .308 battle rifle.
These are the ones I'm talking about right here.
http://www.olyarms.com/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=shop.flypage&product_id=42&category_id=7&manufacturer_id=0&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=37
http://www.olyarms.com/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=shop.flypage&product_id=46&category_id=7&manufacturer_id=0&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=37
http://www.olyarms.com/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=shop.flypage&product_id=47&category_id=7&manufacturer_id=0&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=37
There was an article in the SGN awhile back about them that caught my attention, which is why I remembered it when the subject came up about them now. According to the article these AR's are pretty nice and they handle very well. To sum it up, the author basically said that it was nice to not have all the usual gear weighing it down.
The idea is to return to the idea of a lightweight handy carbine that's easy to carry and use, instead of a modern monstrosity where it's got all kinds of stuff hanging off it and which makes it weigh just as much as a .308 battle rifle.
These are the ones I'm talking about right here.
http://www.olyarms.com/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=shop.flypage&product_id=42&category_id=7&manufacturer_id=0&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=37
http://www.olyarms.com/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=shop.flypage&product_id=46&category_id=7&manufacturer_id=0&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=37
http://www.olyarms.com/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=shop.flypage&product_id=47&category_id=7&manufacturer_id=0&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=37
There was an article in the SGN awhile back about them that caught my attention, which is why I remembered it when the subject came up about them now. According to the article these AR's are pretty nice and they handle very well. To sum it up, the author basically said that it was nice to not have all the usual gear weighing it down.