MMcfpd
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Through the ravages of unchecked BRD, I've wound up with almost another one, and I'm not sure just how I want to bring it onto the world.
What lurks in the primordial soup of the parts box(es) includes a slickside flattop upper receiver, a lower with an Ace Ultra Light stock and a Geissele trigger, an unused Matech BUIS and a Burris FastFire in a LaRue IronDot mount. All that I lack to make it a rifle is a bolt, bolt carrier, handguards and a barrel assembly.
Past thinking on my part has always held the 11.5" barrel with the 5.5" flash hider to be sort of a duck out of water; the shorter barrel loses some velocity and with that FH you don't gain much of the handling advantages of a shorter rifle.
But I've got 14.5", 16" and 20" ARs, and I don't really want to bother with an SBR right now. The 11.5"'s allure is simply that I've never tried that before, and the parts I'm starting with definitely point in the direction of a lightweight, shorter range build.
Obviously, with no set barrel or bolt yet, I could build an alternate caliber. But I have no real interest in a 6.8 (expensive ammo) or a .22LR, and I've already got ARs in .45 ACP, 7.62x39 and .50BEO. Another possibilty I've considered would be a 14.5" 7.62x39 with a permanent FH, but Sabre is the only one offering one, and they're very proud of those barrels (~$600).
So is there some overwhelming downside to the 11.5"/5.5" combo, outside of the .44/.308 fellas pointin' and snickering when I take it out to the range? Is there another possible direction I might consider?
What lurks in the primordial soup of the parts box(es) includes a slickside flattop upper receiver, a lower with an Ace Ultra Light stock and a Geissele trigger, an unused Matech BUIS and a Burris FastFire in a LaRue IronDot mount. All that I lack to make it a rifle is a bolt, bolt carrier, handguards and a barrel assembly.
Past thinking on my part has always held the 11.5" barrel with the 5.5" flash hider to be sort of a duck out of water; the shorter barrel loses some velocity and with that FH you don't gain much of the handling advantages of a shorter rifle.
But I've got 14.5", 16" and 20" ARs, and I don't really want to bother with an SBR right now. The 11.5"'s allure is simply that I've never tried that before, and the parts I'm starting with definitely point in the direction of a lightweight, shorter range build.
Obviously, with no set barrel or bolt yet, I could build an alternate caliber. But I have no real interest in a 6.8 (expensive ammo) or a .22LR, and I've already got ARs in .45 ACP, 7.62x39 and .50BEO. Another possibilty I've considered would be a 14.5" 7.62x39 with a permanent FH, but Sabre is the only one offering one, and they're very proud of those barrels (~$600).
So is there some overwhelming downside to the 11.5"/5.5" combo, outside of the .44/.308 fellas pointin' and snickering when I take it out to the range? Is there another possible direction I might consider?