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6/10/2012 11:16:31 AM EDT
I apologize if this is a rookie question.  But I see AR's for sell, most are a2's it seems but I think I have seen a3's and a4's.  can someone explain the differences.  I want an upper without a carry handle.  I have an old AR dissipator but am wanting to change a lot of parts to make it better suited to me.

Thanks for any info.

Hedo
6/10/2012 11:25:09 AM EDT
[#1]
I don't know a lot but here is what I think is correct:

A1 - triangular handguards, thin profile barrel, fixed carry handle

A2 - round handguards, different rear sight, heavier profile barrel

A3 - flat top receiver, 3-round burst selection

A4 - flat top receiver,  full-auto selection(?), different handguards

I know there is more but that's all I an squeeze out of my gray-matter right now.
6/10/2012 12:20:23 PM EDT
[#2]
Quoted:
I don't know a lot but here is what I think is correct:

A1 - triangular handguards, thin profile barrel, fixed carry handle

A2 - round handguards, different rear sight, heavier profile barrel

A3 - flat top receiver, 3-round burst selection

A4 - flat top receiver,  full-auto selection(?), different handguards

I know there is more but that's all I an squeeze out of my gray-matter right now.


A4 has the KAC rail and is still burst.
6/10/2012 3:32:23 PM EDT
[#3]
A3 was the Navy model of the A2.  It had a full auto setting instead of burst like the A2 but other than that same gun.

A4 is a flat top with burst setting and usually with a Knights Armament rail.  But they come out of the case when we get them brand new with regular A2 style hand-guards on them.
6/10/2012 6:42:01 PM EDT
[#4]
Wasn't there a different height FSB/FSP on the A1?
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