Are Lightweight Builds the Pinnacle?

[1168]

Reducing the mass of components such as receivers, carriers, and buffers is for gamers.

Those of us that treat our guns like work guns stay a little closer to fighting weight, with perhaps a shorter or non-203 profile barrel.

[titsonritz]

Lightweight AR's cost more money to build

How do you figure that? I just built my daughter a LW middy and was one of the cheapest builds I've done. Granted, I had all the lower parts on hand and used a normal BCG not one of those gay chopped up titanium things.

[titsonritz]

Reducing the mass of components such as receivers, carriers, and buffers is for gamers.

Those of us that treat our guns like work guns stay a little closer to fighting weight, with perhaps a shorter or non-203 profile barrel.

Yep, LW barrel & LW handguard & don't drape a bunch of shit on it.

[Hulkstr8]

I really like picking everyone's brain. A lot more experience just in this thread than I can ever have.

[Todd.K]

I prefer an "original" weight carbine. It's just an original (6720 or similar) profile barrel, no ultra LW parts. Lighter weight smooth vs quad rail if it has a freefloat.

[ghostly]

You probably didn't see too many basic bitch carbines because 10/10 bubbas can't help themselves but to buy an AR15 and piss as many shekels as possible into it to get that "competitive edge."

Or because they aren't suited to the role in factory configuration. But you can continue to bitch and moan at everybody that doesn't have a stock 6920 and G19 or preach that gospel.


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[Fordtough25]

I have an A1 carbine that's light and handy but it has a regular profile barrel. My 6920 has a KAC M4 rail and a surefire light, it doesn't bother me carrying all night. I had a lightweight upper once, like a 6720 profile although not Colt, groups opened up after moderate fire. No thanks,

[Outlander Systems]

Cool.

Or because they aren't suited to the role in factory configuration. But you can continue to bitch and moan at everybody that doesn't have a stock 6920 and G19 or preach that gospel.


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[GeneralPurpose]

If you want a lightweight carbine it's pretty easy.

Buy a 6920. Do nothing. The end.

That sounds like a great solution if it never gets dark in your magical land, and if you're already deaf so you don't need a silencer.

[Outlander Systems]

Here's what's a fact:

An M4C is approximately right at 7 lbs, which isn't exactly deltoid-snappingly heavy.

That sounds like a great solution if it never gets dark in your magical land, and if you're already deaf so you don't need a silencer.