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Thread: LMT Enhanced BCG as a Spare? And the Benefits of a Carbine Gas AR

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    LMT Enhanced BCG as a Spare? And the Benefits of a Carbine Gas AR

    Hello everyone,

    I'm planning to start buying some BCG's while it's still a good time; although I'm going to be putting these away for farther down the road as either spares or for building up more stripped lowers.

    I was eyeing the LMT Enhanced BCG among others, and the description says its recommended for carbine gas systems with barrels of 14.5" or 16".

    Now the plan was to have it as a spare for a Defender 2000 upper receiver, although in the future I may have it rebarrelled with a mid length gas system. So my question is: would I have any issues running the enhanced carrier? Would it just be a safer bet to go with the standard carrier instead?

    I tried reading through older threads on the topic of the LMT Enhanced BCG, and I found that there have been revisions to it through the years, although I was not able to see what year each revision was made. So I apologize if I mention something that has already been addressed in the more recent version of the BCG.

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    This lead me to thinking:

    Is there any advantage to a carbine gas length 14.5" or 16" rifle vs a mid length gas system in the same barrel length? Provided that the rifle is of a reputable manufacture with a proper sized gas port. It seems that the trend among AR manufactures now is moving towards producing mid length gas systems in barrels of 14.5" and 16" lengths.

    I have seen the statement repeated "a properly gassed carbine AR will run as well as a mid length gas AR". The key words being "as well as". But is there any benefits at all that a carbine gas length AR has over a mid length?

    Or do manufactures stick to the longer carbine AR's simply due to military contracts/specs and the budgeting that goes with them.

    Mods: if this should be split into two threads please let me know.

    Thank you in advance for any contributions to the thread.

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    there is no benefit to a 16" carbine, none whatsoever.

    you will have no trouble running an enhanced carrier

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    I have found that the enhanced carrier will work wherever a std mil spec carrier will work when paired with a mil spec bolt. This includes 16" middy, carbine, 11.5", 10.5", 8.5" 300 blk.

    Carbine vs midlength, at the end of the day, they both work. The mid may be easier on parts but they both work just fine.
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    I have a complete Enhanced BCG in a BCM 14.5" middy and it works fine.
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    Quote Originally Posted by zackmars View Post
    there is no benefit to a 16" carbine, none whatsoever.
    Yeah, no benefit except for the boring reliability.

    I wouldn't worry about the carbine vs. middy gas thing. If you already have the carbine run it and the enhanced will work fine.

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    Quote Originally Posted by w3453l View Post
    I have seen the statement repeated "a properly gassed carbine AR will run as well as a mid length gas AR". The key words being "as well as". But is there any benefits at all that a carbine gas length AR has over a mid length?
    I think you got that backwards. A properly gassed and buffered middy will run as well as a carbine. The differences between the two are still pretty insignificant unless you are talking about an intermediate like a Knights.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rifleman_04 View Post
    Yeah, no benefit except for the boring reliability.

    I wouldn't worry about the carbine vs. middy gas thing. If you already have the carbine run it and the enhanced will work fine.

    middys are also boringly reliable.

    so, a carbine still offers nothing

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    Quote Originally Posted by zackmars View Post
    middys are also boringly reliable.

    so, a carbine still offers nothing
    Without turning this into a battle of the gas systems but not quite and obviously depends on the setup. I've seen them choke in the winter and turn into single shots while 16" carbines keeps chugging along. The carbine is standard and has known reliability.

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    there is no standard for a 16" carbine.

    there is no TDP

    as long as both have the proper gas ports, and use good quality parts, both will be extremely reliable

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    Quote Originally Posted by zackmars View Post
    there is no standard for a 16" carbine.

    there is no TDP

    as long as both have the proper gas ports, and use good quality parts, both will be extremely reliable
    Diemaco C8 SFW doesn't follow the TDP but was adopted by certain units to use in the arctic where the cold was a main factor for reliability concerns.

    Edit: No TDP for middy either and frankly nobody cares about the TDP if you buy from a known quality manufacturer.
    Last edited by Rifleman_04; 12-13-15 at 14:35.

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