BCM Lightweight vs ELM barrels ? 14.5

[tommyrott]

+1 for the new profiled barrels for components, would like to see a med-lite stainless also

[MistWolf]

The reason no one has done this before s because shooters are a conservative bunch and don't like change. When I first came on this site I wondered why no one made a sporter profile barrel for an AR but no one was willing to discuss it. Constant diameter LW barrels were the hot topic as I recall

[Pappabear]

After playing around with Gunz KMR/ELW rifle Im sold. This summer my Colt is getting a switch.

My only concern is how the ELW does with a heavy-ish suppressor.

I thought the same thing, but remember Knights did with their heavy 556 can. It should be interesting.

I can't shoot short guns without suppressor. God made the 11.5 barrel so we could run cans! Kinda like he did with the whole rib thing.

[Eurodriver]

I can't shoot short guns without suppressor. God made the 11.5 barrel so we could run cans! Kinda like he did with the whole rib thing.

I used to feel the same way, but I just got done blasting away on my 11.5" (w/ A2 FH) and it was incredible. The gun feels so much more powerful when it's louder!

[markm]

The one thing I didn't notice until I watched the video above was the lack of a gas block shoulder on the ELW. Another one of those "why didn't I think of that?" items. Free weight reduction.

[Pappabear]

I used to feel the same way, but I just got done blasting away on my 11.5" (w/ A2 FH) and it was incredible. The gun feels so much more powerful when it's louder!

I was halfway joshing. I used to run my noveske 11.5 with A5 and Battlecomp and it was very impressive. But for HD I'm serious. I might fall down after shooting my 11.5 in my bedroom.

[markm]

Yep. We know you don't like to fire loud guns with no Ear Pro on at least once per month.

[Pappabear]

Let it be stated that shooting a gun with no ear protection on will NOT make you deaf. Hold on , what did you say?

[C-grunt]

Ive shot my fair share of guns indoors without earpro. I do have some hearing loss for sure but between multiple IEDs, a real close encounter with a rocket, a training accident using det cord where I lost 95 percent of my right eardrum and operating around a Bradley with its 25mm cannon...... I cant really pinpoint what caused it. HAHAHA

[markm]

Pappabear likes to sound check Muzzle brakes. Most recently a MAC 50.