[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Upcoming civilian Colt IAR (Page 1 of 3)
Posted: 1/3/2012 11:22:36 AM EDT
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The heat sink is pretty heavy. Basically it's a 6940 upper with a special barrel "thicker" in the chamber area (around 2" long) that the heat sink clamps to. 2 screws help hold it in place to the upper near the front.
And yes, it was on an LEO 6920 lower... Actually kind of odd. You can see a factory FDE 6920 at the top of the 3rd picture if you are into that! |
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whats so weird about the 6920 lower?
if its a special run, its a helluva lot easier to just sell the uppers you already have that have 16 inch barrels anyway, and pop them on common lowers you already have adn not tie anything up what is weird to me is making a smei auto version on a gun meant for full auto but i damn sure want one, Im thinking bipod nightforce scope and using it like the Mexican military i.e. DMR role |
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whats so weird about the 6920 lower? if its a special run, its a helluva lot easier to just sell the uppers you already have that have 16 inch barrels anyway, and pop them on common lowers you already have adn not tie anything up what is weird to me is making a smei auto version on a gun meant for full auto but i damn sure want one, Im thinking bipod nightforce scope and using it like the Mexican military i.e. DMR role Ours struck me odd because it has the large pin FCG. Thought they had moved away from that. Aside from collector's value I'm not sure why anyone would want this in semi...it's a heavy pig of a carbine. |
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Open bolt semi AR? Sounds like the sux. Aren't open bolts illegal? There are legal open bolt semi auto MAC 10s out there. Maybe someone will come along and clarify. From what I have read the IAR is closed bolt on semi and open on auto. Let finger off trigger on auto and bolt stays open. Switch back to semi and bolt closes again. ETA The above means a semi IAR would only fire from a closed bolt, so my post that you quoted is wrong. Apologies. A semi auto IAR would not be an IAR then obviously and kind of a retarded thing to have. I kick ass with the IAR in BF3 so there's that though. |
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Open bolt semi AR? Sounds like the sux. Aren't open bolts illegal? There are legal open bolt semi auto MAC 10s out there. Maybe someone will come along and clarify. From what I have read the IAR is closed bolt on semi and open on auto. Let finger off trigger on auto and bolt stays open. Switch back to semi and bolt closes again. ETA The above means a semi IAR would only fire from a closed bolt, so my post that you quoted is wrong. Apologies. A semi auto IAR would not be an IAR then obviously and kind of a retarded thing to have. I kick ass with the IAR in BF3 so there's that though. Ours is closed bolt. Regular 'ol M16 carrier in it. |
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Isn't that the A5 stock with the VLTOR proprietary buffer?
http://www.vltor.com/emod-a5.html |
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You might be thinking of the LWRC IAR entry. That one was the open bolt auto, closed bolt semi.
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Open bolt semi AR? Sounds like the sux. Aren't open bolts illegal? There are legal open bolt semi auto MAC 10s out there. Maybe someone will come along and clarify. From what I have read the IAR is closed bolt on semi and open on auto. Let finger off trigger on auto and bolt stays open. Switch back to semi and bolt closes again. ETA The above means a semi IAR would only fire from a closed bolt, so my post that you quoted is wrong. Apologies. A semi auto IAR would not be an IAR then obviously and kind of a retarded thing to have. I kick ass with the IAR in BF3 so there's that though. |
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Open bolt semi AR? Sounds like the sux. Aren't open bolts illegal? There are legal open bolt semi auto MAC 10s out there. Maybe someone will come along and clarify. From what I have read the IAR is closed bolt on semi and open on auto. Let finger off trigger on auto and bolt stays open. Switch back to semi and bolt closes again. ETA The above means a semi IAR would only fire from a closed bolt, so my post that you quoted is wrong. Apologies. A semi auto IAR would not be an IAR then obviously and kind of a retarded thing to have. I kick ass with the IAR in BF3 so there's that though. That's the one I was thinking of. Does anyone know what the issued one does? |
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whats so weird about the 6920 lower? if its a special run, its a helluva lot easier to just sell the uppers you already have that have 16 inch barrels anyway, and pop them on common lowers you already have adn not tie anything up what is weird to me is making a smei auto version on a gun meant for full auto but i damn sure want one, Im thinking bipod nightforce scope and using it like the Mexican military i.e. DMR role Ours struck me odd because it has the large pin FCG. Thought they had moved away from that. Aside from collector's value I'm not sure why anyone would want this in semi...it's a heavy pig of a carbine. They did move away from the .170 FCGs - but this kind of "special run" may be their way of dumping them now that they've changed the standard on their regular production line. Colt's been known to do similar things when they have remaining inventory. Sucks that they're simply re-using the LE6920 lowers "stock" though, all the photos I've seen of the IARs have been using Norgon ambi-catches and ambi-selectors. Agree again that as a semi it's about as useful as a tits on a bull - it wasn't even adopted by the military, so it lacks even that attraction - but damn, they're still really cool. Would be great for someone who had a registered lower or RDIAS - or maybe even make a great LL host. Slap a SU-230 on there and go to town! 
Once more - price? ~Augee |
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eringobragh, what buffer is it using? I'll look in the morning but I think it has a standard H-Buffer. Standard H Buffer. The rifle we received is no more than a heavy barreled 6940 with a heat sink. will a standard 6940 bottom rail attach to the IAR ? it kinda looks liek the upper mono rail is wider then a 6940 in the pics the barrel profile isnt that differnt from a 6721 profile HBAR in that pic |
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im still amazed that the HK was chosen as the IAR instead of something like this Eh, I'm not. This is still a little too close to the M4A1 - someone in procurement had to justify the cost of all these trials and development by purchasing something "significantly different" from the Colt LSW that's been available since the sixites. A gas-piston operation system would fit that bill. Otherwise, some smart accountant would ask - "why didn't we just issue M4A1s COTS, or just order a HBAR M4A1?" ~Augee |
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The modern AR market is making a pretty good case for the fact that Colt's been way ahead of the game since before Woodstock made poor hygiene cool.
Off the top of my head: Midlength gas systems Piston operation LSW Triangle handguards "Dissaptors" And I'm sure there's more. ~Augee |
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