What's The Allure of SBR's?

[BoringGuy45]

1) Points quicker

2) Lighter and more maneuverable

3) Special operations guys use them

4) The f@&! the government factor. The $200 tax, which was once so cost prohibitive that it pretty much acted as a ban, now barely puts a dent in a lot of people's paychecks. One of the, for lack of a better word, "good" things that have come from inflation.

[glocktogo]

In and out of a vehicle or in tight quarters such as in the home, the maneuverability is far superior. You're giving up terminal performance at longer distances for portability and maneuverability. Anything inside 100 yards should still be a chip shot and most scenarios in which a civilian or civilian LE would encounter fall within this range.

If I were getting one tomorrow, it would be in .300 BLK. You're not giving anything up that would really matter with that choice, short of cheap practice ammo. You could still get a 5.56 upper for that.

[Failure2Stop]

Because within the most effective envelope of performance (200m), an 11.5 does 85% that a 14.5 does, while packing smaller and moving lighter.
With high-performance ammo, they're about 95%.
With a suppressor, they're about the same size as a 14.5.

If NFA regs didn't include SBRs, I bet that the most popular barrel lengths among our community would be between 10.3 and 14.5.

[Flankenstein]

1) Points quicker

2) Lighter and more maneuverable

3) Special operations guys use them

4) The f@&! the government factor. The $200 tax, which was once so cost prohibitive that it pretty much acted as a ban, now barely puts a dent in a lot of people's paychecks. One of the, for lack of a better word, "good" things that have come from inflation.

Yea....registering your guns with the federal government is truly a **** you to them...not us. Give me a break.

[BoringGuy45]

Yea....registering your guns with the federal government is truly a **** you to them...not us. Give me a break.

The fact that it is no longer cost prohibitive and their attempt at a backdoor ban backfired on them is the **** you factor. It's not perfect, but it's showing that we won't be dissuaded from owning the weapons the government says pretty please don't own

[Flankenstein]

The fact that it is no longer cost prohibitive and their attempt at a backdoor ban backfired on them is the **** you factor. It's not perfect, but it's showing that we won't be dissuaded from owning the weapons the government says pretty please don't own

Hard logical fail. You honestly think the gov is saying "pretty please don't own them?" You are clueless.

[Failure2Stop]

Hard logical fail. You honestly think the gov is saying "pretty please don't own them?" You are clueless.

Let's bring this back on topic.

[Flankenstein]

Let's bring this back on topic.

Copy.

[Renegade04]

To me, I think it is mostly about the cool factor than anything else with many who have them. That is except for those who build clones of military type SBRs. Personally, those are the only ones I care to build. I have a Mk18 CQBR clone and a Model 607 clone. I want to build a Colt Commando clone as well.

[Moose-Knuckle]

Let's be honest, the main reason why many of us find SBR's so alluring is the fact that the Federal Government begrudges us having them.

Kind of like teens and alcohol, once they hit 21 it's not "cool" anymore.

Sure the whole small package thing applies but to 99% of gun owners the only time they use the "advantage" of a short barrel is for home defense. I don't know to many SBR owners that routinely get in and out of vehicles with their carbines slung to them. Obviously this doesn't apply to LEO's/MIL who have SBR for work guns, in fact SBRs should be used in these roles unless your AO dictates shooting at distance.