
Originally Posted by
buckjay
I know, which is why I mentioned I'm having a barrel cut and I'd like to know the exact minimum length to have it cut to achieve the 16" on the dot.
Look man, it appears you are going to do what you're going to do regardless of what we tell you.
Do you have a bare threaded muzzle now? Here's what you do.
Close the bolt and stick a rod down the muzzle until it stops. Mark the rod and Measure it as precisely as possible.
Now add whatever muzzle device you want. Repeat the above.
From there you can figure out what length of barrel you will need to exactly meet 16 inches.
We can all be real and say if your barrel is 15.9, even 15.5 or even 15...no one is really going to be able to tell its illegal. Even if the muzzle device is attached non-permanently and it puts you over 16". Who's gonna know? Unless you have an unfortunate encounter with a Law enforcement officer (which most are not even familiar enough to know 16" is the minimum barrel length) you're in the clear.
What most of us do, is take the cover your ass approach. I'm assuming the guy measuring my bore length (if it ever happens, which we all will admit is almost never going to happen) is an idiot. If he makes the mark too far in the flash hider, and my bore is right at 16"...I'm below the limit now.
The bottom line is, regardless of the improbability:
Adding a tenth or even a quarter of an inch to an AR15 barrel is worth not being convincted of a crime that sends you to prison for 10 years.
Last edited by Eurodriver; 08-03-11 at 21:06.
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