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Thread: 18 inch or 16 inch barrel

  1. #11
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    Great post, USMC03.

    OP- are you getting a secondary upper, or replacing the barrel? If the latter, why? For a better sight picture, why not spend the money instead on a good red dot or variable power scope?

    "This is why on a 16" barrel, a mid-length gas system is slightly smoother than a carbine gas system."

    I'm glad you mentioned "slightly". Some guys act like if they don't have a midlength gas system with a PWS or Battle Comp muzzle device, the gun will recoil so hard that it will buck out of their hands.

    I have an 18" BCM stainless barrel with rifle length gas system. Great barrel, but 16" hammer forged barrels have been my "go to" setup for range day.
    Last edited by Boss Hogg; 07-06-10 at 15:57.

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    Thanks for the kind words, Gents.


    Check this link for a bunch of pics of guys shooting a practical rifle match from 3 to 425 yards:

    https://www.m4carbine.net/showthread.php?t=2475

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