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Posted: 10/24/2004 9:26:19 AM EDT
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Im pretty sure my lightweight gun minus the ACOG and Surefire is just about 5 pounds.
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Posted: 10/24/2004 9:31:13 AM EDT
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Nice looking gun......Is that a Bushmaster ULW barrel? Who makes the handguard?
Thanks, AoD |
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Posted: 10/24/2004 9:38:19 AM EDT
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Its a Colt barrel, the handgaurds are carbon fiber with a aluminum barrel nut made by a small place called HIPERFORM They are very light.
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Posted: 10/24/2004 10:03:38 AM EDT
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I have a Colt 6520 Govt Model that weighs just a little over 5 pounds
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Posted: 10/24/2004 10:19:10 AM EDT
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I really should weigh mine on a real scale... if yours is just over 5 pounds I would bet mine is under. I did quite a bit to lighten it up over a standard gun like the one you have.
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Posted: 10/24/2004 10:56:51 AM EDT
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Here' s mine, or actually my wifes. I have no idea what it weighs, but I think any weapon needs to have ammo factored into its weight. With either a 20 or 30 round mag, I still think most of us will carry our ARs with something inserted in the mag well.
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Posted: 10/24/2004 12:48:22 PM EDT
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New guy-Thanks, I've actually just got the Hiperform, I'm waiting for my BM ULW 16" barrel to assemble it. You said that "I did quite a bit to lighten it up over a standard gun " Any tips for making a super light weight?
Stickman- THat's a nice looking rifle.....plus the background for the pic is cool...I've had that one saved on my harddrive, looks good. I'm thinking of using a shaved FSB, the Hiperform, an RRA Entry stock and JP reddot sight.....anybody know if the JP will hold up? Thanks, AoD |
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Posted: 10/24/2004 12:59:51 PM EDT
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Stickman, I just add 17 ounces to the weight of the unloaded firearm.
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Posted: 10/24/2004 3:31:49 PM EDT
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CJ,
I know, but its like saying your car will go 140, then mentioning that its only if its falling off a cliff. Weight means total weight to me, that includes optics, ammo, sling, and whatever else you would carry on it. |
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Posted: 10/24/2004 3:38:32 PM EDT
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Yes, but the ammo weight is a given. It's going to apply to everyone. You are right about optics, etc, but by going with only rifle weight, you are comparing apples to apples. I only use plain ARs. I'm interested in how light a rifle can be built. What anyone in particular uses for an optic is immaterial, to me. I'm only interested in the rifle. When someone asks how much a rifle weighs, it's only the weight of the rifle that should be considered. When someone asks how much your load weighs, then you factor in the extras. The rest of the stuff, you can factor in as it applies to you. |
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Posted: 10/25/2004 2:57:25 AM EDT
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Is the BM lightweight barrel lighter than other lightweight barrels?
I handled the BM Superlight in the store a couple months ago, and it seems from memory that it was lighter than the J&T Lightweight Kit that I just built. |
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Posted: 10/25/2004 3:17:04 AM EDT
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Very true. My truck will do 140 in a straight line 
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Posted: 10/25/2004 3:53:28 AM EDT
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You can drop just over a half a pound by using an aluminum bolt carrier. I have a Bushy lower cheap CAR stock Colt M16 upper receiver. With a Bushy superlight barrel assembly with the aluminum carrier and a Bushy bolt that weighs four pounds six ounces without a mag.
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Posted: 10/25/2004 10:01:42 AM EDT
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I built that gun a few years back, as I recall, the lightest parts I got was the Colt bolt carrier. It is lighter than all the others because of its semi circle shape at the rear of the carrier. I also used a Colt 4 position stock, it is apparently SLIGHTLY less weight than all the others. I have no idea how. A1 upper is lighter than A2 upper for the lack of elevation adjustments. I also got one without a brass deflector. I could have gotten one without the F/A to save even more weight, but I think its good to have one. I got a Colt lightweight barrel without the bayolug to save a little more weight over the one with the bayo lug. The HiPerform handgaurd saves a noticable amount of weight. Its alumimum barrel nut replaces the much heavier steel barrel nut and the carbon fiber material makes it probably among the lightest of the handgaurd options there is. I punched out the front sing swivel. I think thats about it.
Alone, a lot of these things probably wont make much of a difference. When you add them all together, I think it made it noticably lighter. Even with the Surefire and ACOG, it is probably only about as heavy as one of the other stock out of the box rifles pictured here. The Comp ACOG is lighter than all the good dot sights (EoTech, Aimpoint, Reflex etc) and I am about to get a ScoutLight from Surefire which is lighter then the classic 660 series which is now on the gun. |
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