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Thread: Saint pistol. Why so short a barrel.

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    Their logic escaped me on this one. 11.5 all day. What would have really been cool is a 12.5. 7.5 even too short for a silencer.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Shiz View Post
    Their logic escaped me on this one. 11.5 all day. What would have really been cool is a 12.5. 7.5 even too short for a silencer.
    Nah.

    Suppressors exist for the super shorties but choices are narrowed down. The Sandman's come to mind. But, I do believe suppressing 5.56 in the 7.5" range to be kind of a waste.

    The whole point, in my mind, of a 7.5" is for the compactness. The compactness is lost when a suppressor, or even a long muzzle device, is installed. A suppressor or a long muzzle device may take the bite out of the muzzle blast but so will a longer barrel.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Diamondback View Post
    Depends on what your State laws say. Under Federal law, an over 26" "megapistol" is in the same class (unrestricted, non-NFA) as a Remington 870 TAC-14 or a Mossberg 590 Shockwave, but you can also put a vertical foregrip on it where a pistol getting one below that length would become an NFA AOW.

    For example, here in Washington, a "pistol" is defined as "16" or less barrel, no stock, designed to be fired with one hand"--so depending on the flash-hider length I could take the upper of a 14.5" milspec M4 (which on a rifle lower would be a Title II SBR), slap a pistol lower under it and if I can conceal it (not bloody likely with my build admittedly), I can legally carry it loaded, while Michigan says anything over 26" is not covered by a CPL and has to be unloaded while in a vehicle. It's not just what you can own, but what you can legally carry with ammo loaded up and ready to go, and every state's different... I don't know what Tennessee says about carrying AR-pistols.
    Our carry permits cover them.

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    I don't think the use of a K can on a 7.5" 5.56 is a waste. You still have a very compact platform and a K can will take more bite out of the muzzle blast than simply running an 11.5" barrel. The Sandman K doesn't have a minimum barrel length, but I would still run their muzzle brake as a sacrificial baffle if you did run one. I wouldn't plan on shooting a super short barreled 5.56 without a suppressor if you had one available. The 7.5" barreled 5.56 are simply not fun to be around because of the concussion in my opinion. Personally below a 10.5" I would probably lean towards a 300blk over the 5.56.

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