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(01-07-2018, 04:31 PM)BelieveIn308 Wrote: I can understand 300 BLK as a caliber, but why the pistol?
They make a great home defense firearm. They're small enough to maneuver through tight hallways and still provide good fire power. With an 8" barrel, a suppressed pistol is still smaller than a carbine with a 16" barrel. A sub-sonic load, when combined with a suppressor, can deliver firepower equal to between a .45 ACP and a light .357 Magnum load without the need for hearing protection out of the 8" pistol. With the ATF ruling braces can be shouldered, you also don't have to worry about the SBR tax-stamp and current brace offerings can provide a very stable shoulder and cheek weld. You also don't need a permission slip to take an AR pistol out of state unlike a SBR. That's just a couple of reasons why an AR pistol makes sense. The only AR I own is a pistol in 5.56x45mm with a 10.5" barrel and it lives next to my bed as my nightstand gun.
Ringo, if you are going to do the pistol in .300 AAC (aka Blackout), with a 10.5" or longer barrel, make sure you use a pistol length gas tube with it. Everyone I know or have seen do a video on them, building or reviewing, has said that they get better results with the pistol length gas tube vs the carbine length one, which is the exact opposite from a 10,5" pistol or SBR in 5.56x45mm. I've actually seen full length carbines with 16" barrels use a pistol length gas tube with .300 AAC.
(01-07-2018, 04:31 PM)BelieveIn308 Wrote: I can understand 300 BLK as a caliber, but why the pistol?
They make a great home defense firearm. They're small enough to maneuver through tight hallways and still provide good fire power. With an 8" barrel, a suppressed pistol is still smaller than a carbine with a 16" barrel. A sub-sonic load, when combined with a suppressor, can deliver firepower equal to between a .45 ACP and a light .357 Magnum load without the need for hearing protection out of the 8" pistol. With the ATF ruling braces can be shouldered, you also don't have to worry about the SBR tax-stamp and current brace offerings can provide a very stable shoulder and cheek weld. You also don't need a permission slip to take an AR pistol out of state unlike a SBR. That's just a couple of reasons why an AR pistol makes sense. The only AR I own is a pistol in 5.56x45mm with a 10.5" barrel and it lives next to my bed as my nightstand gun.
Ringo, if you are going to do the pistol in .300 AAC (aka Blackout), with a 10.5" or longer barrel, make sure you use a pistol length gas tube with it. Everyone I know or have seen do a video on them, building or reviewing, has said that they get better results with the pistol length gas tube vs the carbine length one, which is the exact opposite from a 10,5" pistol or SBR in 5.56x45mm. I've actually seen full length carbines with 16" barrels use a pistol length gas tube with .300 AAC.
They make a great home defense firearm. They're small enough to maneuver through tight hallways and still provide good fire power. With an 8" barrel, a suppressed pistol is still smaller than a carbine with a 16" barrel. A sub-sonic load, when combined with a suppressor, can deliver firepower equal to between a .45 ACP and a light .357 Magnum load without the need for hearing protection out of the 8" pistol. With the ATF ruling braces can be shouldered, you also don't have to worry about the SBR tax-stamp and current brace offerings can provide a very stable shoulder and cheek weld. You also don't need a permission slip to take an AR pistol out of state unlike a SBR. That's just a couple of reasons why an AR pistol makes sense. The only AR I own is a pistol in 5.56x45mm with a 10.5" barrel and it lives next to my bed as my nightstand gun.
Ringo, if you are going to do the pistol in .300 AAC (aka Blackout), with a 10.5" or longer barrel, make sure you use a pistol length gas tube with it. Everyone I know or have seen do a video on them, building or reviewing, has said that they get better results with the pistol length gas tube vs the carbine length one, which is the exact opposite from a 10,5" pistol or SBR in 5.56x45mm. I've actually seen full length carbines with 16" barrels use a pistol length gas tube with .300 AAC.