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Posted: 4/6/2007 2:26:13 PM EDT
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Alrighty, I couldn't think of a better title but, assuming I'm not going the SBR route, is there anything a carbine gas system can do that a middie can't (besides use USGI gas tubes)? I don't have a middie yet, but from everything I've been reading, they're the cat's ass and seem to be an established "evolution" of AR design. So what say you? With the exception of SBR's, is the middie THE way to go for a 16" carbine? |
Yeah, I was thinking of selling my LMT 16" M4 upper to help fund a Denny's Operator/Stealth upper |
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The gas tube is a bit longer on the mid length, so you get a different amount of pressure in the gas tube. The longer the distance away from the chamber, the lower the pressure in the gas tube, as the pressure is contantly decreasing from the moment of powder igition, and longer = later. The lower pressure tends to make the cycling more relible, as the AR15 series was orginally designed for a 20 inch bbl system. It also puts less heat back into the reciever. The only downside to the mid is a bit more weight. It's the way to go with a 16" bbl. |
Valid points. But the most important part of the mid-length profie: BEE TO THE AY TO THE WHY TO THE OH TO THE ENN TO THE EE TO THE TEE, BABY! That's right! Fix motherfucking bayonets! My 16" has a lug, but I can't fix my bayonet due to the barrel length, my 20" is a post-ban, so I can't fix my bayonet. The mid-lentgh profile gives you the light weight and maneuverability (and uh, NFA compliant legality) of a short carbine, but retains the ability to fix your bayonet. If you've never bayonet charged a jackrabbit, you haven't lived. Sadly, I need to fix my 18" sword bayonet to my No.1 Mk.3 if I'm ever to bayonet charge. I never thought I'd say that I missed my SKS. |
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