Based on what you're saying and what I can find online right now I think you may be looking at the CR6720 which does list a 1/9 barrel. What you would want is the AR6720 (maybe also listed as LE6720?) which has a 1/7 barrel, as shown here:
http://colt6720.com/index.php/the-colt-6720
Steve
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Being that I don't intend to carry this thing all day everyday, I don't see any advantages in a lite barrel.
For years I have been planning on getting an AR and finally have decided to "pull the trigger". That being said, I originally wanted a precision target gun with a heavy barrel. (since I've been into guns I've always agreed with old Townsend Whelen that "only accurate guns are interesting").
Now I've decided on a fighting gun (at least for my 1st AR). I joined a second club that is into the practical shooting disciplines. My old club always had a precision shooting culture (bullseye pistol, NRA High power, CMP - also skeet and trap...the old fashioned stuff)
I guess that's part of the reason I'm having a hard time wrapping my head around it.
Last edited by OldState; 02-14-11 at 13:13.
Sure, but when you do (or take a carbine training class), you will appreciate it.
Heavy barrels don't mean that they are more accurate. It just means that the GUN is heavier and thus less likely to move.For years I have been planning on getting an AR and finally have decided to "pull the trigger". That being said, I originally wanted a precision target gun with a heavy barrel. (since I've been into guns I've always agreed with old Townsend Whelen that "only accurate guns are interesting").
Now I've decided on a fighting gun (at least for my 1st AR). I joined a second club that is into the practical shooting disciplines. My old club always had a precision shooting culture (bullseye pistol, NRA High power, CMP - also skeet and trap...the old fashioned stuff)
I guess that's part of the reason I'm having a hard time wrapping my head around it.
C4
Understood. And I don't expect a chrome lined non-free floated barrel to be super accurate...but there are also thermal benefits of more mass. Don't you fire a lot of ammo in a carbine class, etc?
I will give it another look. The price of 6920's seems to have gone up over the weekend. To bad the wife gave me the go-ahead Saturday night.
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