Three of the AR projects I have require short barrels.
The XM177E2 is finished and has its tax stamp. 11.5" barrel with a 4.5" moderator on it, so it's actually just 5/8" shorter than 16" overall.
Kaylee (mentioned earlier) and Cheyenne (wife's retroish gun) will both be needing 14.5" pencil barrels.
Kaylee is going to be a clone of an IDF gun and Cheyenne is based on the carbine carried by SSG Barnes in "Platoon"
This is all just for looks. A 16" barrel looks just a little too long, especially in pencil weights.
Cheyenne will have some "farbs". The gun from "Platoon" is a Philippine R653P. It should be gray anodizing; not black and shouldn't have the brass deflector.
Kaylee might have farbs, but with the way the IDF mixes and matches parts; I don't think you'd ever know. There's a lot of choices for barrels, the IDF uses 14.5" pencil profile, 14.5" M4 profile and has been known to cut down an M16A1 barrel to 13" and reprofile it for a carbine gas system.
All for looks...
The overall lengths are not shortened enough to really make them all that much more handy. The weight removed is nearly negligible. It definitely reduces muzzle velocity. Seems like a losing proposition. But they will look right. Proper proportions and all.
Perhaps in the future a 9mm AR SBR will have to be done! At least a 10" barrel in 9mm is an improvement over how most 9mm's are.
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