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I'm well aware of the original M-16/AR-15 specs and I'm also well aware of why our military went to a heavier barrel but you still haven't answered the question. You're telling someone that it's IMPORTANT to pay attention to barrel weight when in reality it's more IMPORTANT to buy a quality, in spec barrel. I may be new to this site but I've onwed, operated and assembled ARs since the early 1980's. The whole lightweight AR thing is a trend just like ambi controls, newer rifles like the scar has nothing to do with our beloved AR. Every other thread is someone crying about their AR is to heavy or lightweight this, lightweight that. If your AR is too heavy maybe you should exercise more. Oh and I wasn't being condescending, I love how you read things into my words that just isn't there, let me guess. you consider yourself a psychic ? What number am I thinking of ?
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Lets say I was looking at a 16 inch barrel. What is the weight difference between a .625 "light" barrel and a .75 standard barrel? Is there a weight chart somewhere?
Thanks.
Good question, Chet. Its important to pay attention to the weight of the barrel before you buy it.
Really, why is that important ? What is this
obsession with having light weight barrels ? This
obesession you guys have with light weight is nothing more than another
trend like ambi controls. You do realize that the U.S.
military went to a heavier barrel with the M4A1 for a reason.
Light weight barrels were on the ORIGINAL M16 and AR15 variants. This is not a trend. If you look at the barrel profiles of the newer designed rifles, they are lightweight profile (SCAR, etc.), as well as having AMBI controls. The military wanted a thicker barrel for passing sustained auto fire tests.
Thanks for your opinions and condescension in this thread, but you were fairly unfounded in every statement you made.
I'm well aware of the original M-16/AR-15 specs and I'm also well aware of why our military went to a heavier barrel but you still haven't answered the question. You're telling someone that it's IMPORTANT to pay attention to barrel weight when in reality it's more IMPORTANT to buy a quality,
in spec barrel. I may be new to this site but I've onwed, operated and assembled ARs since the early 1980's. The whole lightweight AR thing is a
trend just like ambi controls, newer rifles like the scar has nothing to do with our beloved AR. Every other thread is someone crying about their AR is to heavy or lightweight this, lightweight that. If your AR is too heavy maybe you should
exercise more. Oh and I wasn't being condescending, I love how you read things into my words that just isn't there, let me guess. you consider yourself a psychic ? What number am I thinking of ?
RMS556: The number you are thinking of is 69.
You are right, my 55 pound 8 year old daughter that wants to learn to shoot and hunt should just "exercise more" so she can carry a 9 pound rifle and a 70 pound rucksack full of gear like in the military!
The tone of your comments, whether intended or not was very, very condescending. You added nothing of constructive value (like stating the reasoning for the M4A1's barrel profile) to the thread and insulted anyone who builds lightweight or ambi AR's by basically calling them obsessed trend followers and insinuated that the military standards are the only basis of judgment for a firearm.
Everyone else: While on the subject of lightweights, I will add that putting a thin thread protector on the end of the barrel helps the perceived weight considerably compared to flash hiders/muzzle brakes. We usually use lightweight gas blocks, but the muzzle device is even more important from a leverage standpoint.
The leverage of those extra few ounces at the end of the barrel really does change the balance on lightweight builds in my experience.