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    Quote Originally Posted by Sam View Post
    Let me add one more thing, it's because I just might piss off some liberal that I have an SBR.
    this is an extremely valid reason. i intend to SBR one of my rifles as soon as I recover from election celebration spending, and basically just because it bugs people. its not too often that you get to totally and completely burn somebody, but if you have an SBR those few opportunities increase every time it comes out of the safe.

    i'm sure after i have one, i'll grow to love it for tactical reasons as well.

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    Anyone know the history of why SBRs are NFA items to begin with? I mean, handguns aren't, and AR pistols aren't (are they?) Even pistols in rifle calibers aren't. Restricting full-auto weapons I can understand (whether or not I agree with that is a separate issue...), but what's so evil about an SBR? I live in Alabama, and you can register full-autos and cans here, but not SBRs or SB shotguns. Weird.

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    The SBR rules are because of ease of concealment. It is the same reason there is a restriction on -18" shotguns.

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    Because it was so much fun filling out the Form 4 and getting finger printed!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by DavCoff View Post
    Because it was so much fun filling out the Form 4 and getting finger printed!!
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    My reasons were and are basically the same as Shivan's. I wanted something both short and light, and something that I could suppress without having an elephant gun.

    Of course, this meant I wound up with two; one to suppress and one to keep short and light.

    short and light



    suppressed (on top, obviously)

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    Quote Originally Posted by C4IGrant View Post
    Take a CQB shooting school with a 16" AR and then take it with a 10.5 SBR. This will answer any and all questions.

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    Also try a quick entrance or egress from a vehicle while using a 16" AR and you'll want a much shorter barrel.

    In an odd way, I think that getting my form 1 approval was like being inducted into the brotherhood of the (short barreled) gun. It was a way for me to reaffirm my 2A commitment to myself.

    It was also a progression in my ownership of guns: pistols, shotguns, bolt rifles, EBR's, SBR's. This year I may finally apply for a can for my 11.5 AR or my Ruger .22

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    Quote Originally Posted by jacketch View Post
    Also try a quick entrance or egress from a vehicle while using a 16" AR and you'll want a much shorter barrel.

    In an odd way, I think that getting my form 1 approval was like being inducted into the brotherhood of the (short barreled) gun. It was a way for me to reaffirm my 2A commitment to myself.

    It was also a progression in my ownership of guns: pistols, shotguns, bolt rifles, EBR's, SBR's. This year I may finally apply for a can for my 11.5 AR or my Ruger .22
    +1 as far as getting in and out of vehicles.

    My last tour in Iraq, I was attached to a navy unit. They issued me a 10.5" upper. Over the next 12 months of climbing in and out of HMMWVs, MRAPs and helicopters, I fell in love with that thing.

    When I was initially issued the 10.5, I was concerned about my ability to shoot beyond 200m. So they issued me an EBR as well so I could choose which to take depending on the mission. God bless the Navy.

    Plus either gun made me look like a super cool ninja commando to all the joes in the chow hall. And actually BEING special isn't nearly as fun as LOOKING special.

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    Quote Originally Posted by CMFG View Post
    +1 as far as getting in and out of vehicles.

    My last tour in Iraq, I was attached to a navy unit. They issued me a 10.5" upper. Over the next 12 months of climbing in and out of HMMWVs, MRAPs and helicopters, I fell in love with that thing.

    When I was initially issued the 10.5, I was concerned about my ability to shoot beyond 200m. So they issued me an EBR as well so I could choose which to take depending on the mission. God bless the Navy.

    Plus either gun made me look like a super cool ninja commando to all the joes in the chow hall. And actually BEING special isn't nearly as fun as LOOKING special.
    just curious....but what do you do for a living?
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    I look at SBRs the same way I looked at SBSs when I went that route many years ago: it's a sign of an even greater commitment to our 2A rights, an indication that the owner has chosen to demonstrate a higher level of civic responsibility, and a respectful reminder that the proclamation "Don't Tread On Me" still has applicability in our modern world.

    Beyond the pure principle of the thing, of course, the SBR affords a number of real benefits if you're optimizing an AR for the close-in fight. Most of those have already been mentioned. One might make the case that a 16" AR is a better all-around tool that provides greater versatility at whatever the distance, whereas an SBR is a specialized piece of kit for the kind of confrontation that you never want to have -- but for which a wise man will nevertheless be prepared. In short, the SBR is a sign that you are serious about constitutionality, competence and capability.

    If we're within our legal rights to own both, it seems to me that there is a certain logic -- if not a patriotic obligation of sorts -- to be doing so. I've been posted overseas for the better part of a decade, and haven't yet filed my Form 4s, but I intend to remedy that in the coming year.

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