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Posted: 10/22/2004 8:20:37 AM EDT
[#1]
WEIGHT, too heavy for most......
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Posted: 10/22/2004 8:25:48 AM EDT
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I like the M4 barrel becasue it's light and as accurate as I need for shooting under 200 yds. I sue it for 3 gun matches.
I do have an upper with a 16" H-bar that I use for precision shooting though. I have a Harris bipod on it also along with a magnified scope. |
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Posted: 10/22/2004 8:35:52 AM EDT
[#3]
Because its heavy.
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Posted: 10/22/2004 8:41:43 AM EDT
[#4]
Much more than just a "tad heavier" its a pig...
And the benefit of that weight is..... nothing for almost all users. I will take an optic or flash light or something usefull for the same weight. |
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Posted: 10/22/2004 8:45:03 AM EDT
[#5]
Yep - a M4 barrel with a Surefire 650 and mount is still lighter than an HBAR |
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Posted: 10/22/2004 8:54:23 AM EDT
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I like 'em on a 20". They are more accurate and I'm all about precision. I'm not scared to carry an additional pound. I seriously doubt it would be of any significant benefit on a carbine, however.
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Posted: 10/22/2004 9:04:57 AM EDT
[#7]
 I damn near had to have wheels for my Colt HBAR! It didn't recoil though. But I was 16 at the time, maybe that explains some of it. |
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Posted: 10/22/2004 9:13:00 AM EDT
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The HBAR is NOT more accurate. My 14.5" Bushamster 1/7 M4 barrel does MOA or less. DOes an HBAR make it .25 MOA? Nope. You need a quality match barrel to do better... not a useless pound of flab on your barrel.
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Posted: 10/22/2004 9:16:23 AM EDT
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There isn't much difference in the barrels accuracy, but the heavy barrel is easier to shoot. |
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Posted: 10/22/2004 9:40:10 AM EDT
[#10]
I hate them because I had them, carried them around, and shot them.
The only 20", 10 pound rifle I want is a 7.62mm. In 5.56, 16" and 6-7 pounds is better scale. Also, in any given HBAR, I *could* have a longer barrel for the same weight. |
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Posted: 10/22/2004 9:43:19 AM EDT
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There is no actual "reason" for the HBAR, except that some barrel manufacture'rs didn't want to pay to have the back part of the barrels profiled. Its not for accuracy, heat disapation, or "barrel control", just cost control.
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Posted: 10/22/2004 9:49:05 AM EDT
[#12]
Heavier profiles have their place, such as long range, accurized weapons. SPR, SAM-R, RECCE and competition rifles all have heavier barrels. Combat weapons being humped around daily by military and police forces don't have to have HBARs.
I don't like them 'cause they are heavy and make my legs go numb when I am "deployed" viligently in front of my computer. 
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Posted: 10/22/2004 12:16:49 PM EDT
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Most people don't like them because they aren't used by the military, and they are common place. If the military went to the Hbar, you would see sales jump through the roof as people suddenly had to have them.
In the end, if you aren't going to carry it, it doesn't really matter. If you are going to carry it, and very few people are here, then go with whatever works best for YOU. Try holding all of the different types and see what you like. 30 years ago people hated the light weight barrels used on the military carbines, check around the boards now, and you will find a new appreciation for them. In my opinion, almost everything weapon related is cyclical. |
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Posted: 10/22/2004 12:20:49 PM EDT
[#14]
I like a heavy barrel, but like on the MRP, where you reduce the receiver weight to even it up. |
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Posted: 10/22/2004 1:19:25 PM EDT
[#15]
I don't hate them. They are just fine as a poor man's LMG upper and one heck of alot cheaper than the Diemaco LMG uppers. Now if I could find one with a 1:12 twist, chromed.
Sam |
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Posted: 10/22/2004 1:50:29 PM EDT
[#16]
I don't hate them, just think they are useless for my needs.
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Posted: 10/22/2004 5:48:41 PM EDT
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I like um two. I think they lessen the muzzle climb on hammers and give you a smoother swing. and don't get hot as fast if you doing a lot of shooting. for me the weight is no biggie. Everyone likes um a little bit different
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Posted: 10/22/2004 5:54:24 PM EDT
[#18]
I love the people who hate HBARs and then go out and buy a Colt 6920HB.
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Posted: 10/22/2004 5:59:23 PM EDT
[#19]
When your fat ass has been on the net all day, you don't want to carry a heavy rifle do you?
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Posted: 10/22/2004 6:03:27 PM EDT
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I like the HBAR, but I don't 'carry' my AR anywhere but from the car to the firing line and back...
Extra weight = more inertia = more resistance to movement = easier to shoot accurately... This is, of course, why competition rifles not only have EXTRA-HBARs (1" diameter on some guns), but put lead weight between the handguards & freefloat tube, and in the buttstiock. I also see no PERSONAL use for a carbine, my AR is a 20" |
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Posted: 10/22/2004 6:30:00 PM EDT
[#21]
I love the Hbar. mine isn't any heavier than my M4 barreled upper. I'd say they are damn near the same weight. Feels like it anyway. I wasn't big on the Hbar, but after shooting one all weekend last weekend for a defensive edge class I like it alot more. Took it out and played around with it again today. Doing some testing of a Tacpoint and switched out my 1-4 lupy for the days work. I used to not like Hbars, but now I do.
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Posted: 10/22/2004 6:32:59 PM EDT
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I call BS on the heat disipation. My hbar does heat up just as much as my M4, but not as quick as the M4. You get better heat disipation with a full Hbar than with a partial, but you DO still get it. |
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Posted: 10/22/2004 6:46:28 PM EDT
[#23]
While your point is true, it is just a consequence of the reason Lon_Moer stated. |
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Posted: 10/22/2004 9:11:58 PM EDT
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Posted: 10/22/2004 9:41:42 PM EDT
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Hbars are better heat sinks...
They have more capacity for storing heat, 60 rounds through an Hbar does not heat up the barrel nearly as quickly or as much as 60 rounds through a gov't. profile. I learned that QUICK in an action rifle match where I shot the course of fire and my 20inch Hbar was barely warm to the touch. Then a guy with an SP1 went through the same course of fire and had a jam towards the end, I went to help him with my cleaning rod and inadvertently grabbed the barrel. WHOOOPS! Hot SOB! Way I've come to accept it.... Light barrels are fast to heat up but also fast to cool off. Heavy barrels are slow to heat up but also slow to cool off. I do not feel that the additional surface area of an Hbar helps it cool off considering the amount of metal within that barrel that is storing heat. I sold off my Hbar barrels with the sunset of the AW ban moving to lighter weight gov't. and M4 contours, I do like the lighter weight. But I will probably build one more upper in something like a M16 A4 configuration where an Hbar makes a return, 1:7 Hbar with freefloated handguard. |
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Posted: 10/22/2004 11:16:34 PM EDT
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In "Black Rifle II" they seem to define the special HBAR M4s purpose for Spec. Ops as a durability issue to deal with the "blown" barrel issue. Certainly, an HBAR barrel should have a longer life and be more durable - less affected by heat-related structural weakness... right? |
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Posted: 10/22/2004 11:30:36 PM EDT
[#27]
Nothing cracks me up more then someone complaining about the weight
of a heavy barrel while they are decked out in full tactical gear to shoot paper at a range Sure I would choose a lightest weapon I could find if I was faced with a 50 mile trek in the mountains . Or I had to hump it , a full pack and ammo for more then a few days , but let's face it . The majority of people shoot an AR less then 500 yds from their vehicle . With most considerably less . |
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Posted: 10/23/2004 12:19:19 AM EDT
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Not everyone on these boards is a paper puncher. I think for many on the boards it's not just about weight, it's about dead weight. Any added weight should come from something useful like a light and a vertical foregrip. The added weight from a heavy barrell is just not practical. |
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Posted: 10/23/2004 12:24:54 AM EDT
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Bingo. |
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Posted: 10/23/2004 12:45:41 AM EDT
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Pack it light. Freeze at night!
I like heavy barrells on sniper or competition type rifles since, in my opinion, the extra weight dampens recoil. I also prefer a heavy barrell while hunting. If people bitch about barrell weight when hunting, to me atleast, it's just useless complaining. If you have to drag that 200 lb. buck 3 miles back to your truck, an extra pound shouldn't be worth moaning about, in my opinion. But for home defense or practical field use, such as while on patrol, I prefer a lighter barrell. To each his own, as long as you hit your target. |
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Posted: 10/23/2004 12:51:24 AM EDT
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It weighs a mere 5.3 oz. more than the standard barrel. Thtat's about 1/3 of a pound. Get your lazy asses out and excercise for a few minutes a day. What are all these weaklings crying about?
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Posted: 10/23/2004 12:54:07 AM EDT
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Many ? This statement would hold more veracity if majority of pictures that members here post of themselves shooting supported what your saying . |
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Posted: 10/23/2004 1:13:55 AM EDT
[#33]
Like i said, dead weight is dead weight and useful wieght is better. When you have a carbine that is already around two or three pounds heavier than the full size rifle it was based on, then every ounce does count. If you want a 5.56mm rifle that is already heavier tha it should be before you even add anything to it, get then get a Robinson M96.  
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Posted: 10/23/2004 1:14:57 AM EDT
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I stand by my statement. Many professionals come to these boards. I don't think any of them have to prove who they are and very, very few of them paste their pictures all over the internet. |
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Posted: 10/23/2004 6:15:01 AM EDT
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Like I said, my M4 and my Hbar weight damn near the same thing with no optics, forgrips or lights. There is such a small weight differeance that bitching about 1/3 of a pound more weight is just picking nits. Thats it it's that simple. I went though the defensive edge carbine 1&2 class with an Hbar, not a problem at all. I switched up to the M4 for about 200 or so rounds, just because I wanted to try out shooting some stuff with a red dot, and guess what I didn't notice the weight differance. With 12 loaded mags, a pistol, SMP, extra pistol mags, 3 liter camelback,and first aid kit an extra 1/3 of a pound in barrel weight IS NOT NOTICEABLE even after 8 hours of shooting. So where is the advantage in having a 1/3lb less "dead weight". If people want to bitch about 1/3lb, they need to stop bitching hit the weights, take a mile walk daily or something to get their asses in shape so that big bad 1/3lb isn't such a big deal. It's not that much weight and is insignificant as far as being "dead weight". |
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