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Palmetto put their middy dissapator uppers on an extreme mark-down.
I am not made of steel and I had a left-over lower already assembled.
Colt originally did something like this back when Vietnam was still going on. Their barrel was a bit shorter (15") with the flash-hider right up against the front sight base.
Bushmaster liked the idea and increased the barrel length to 16" for legal reasons. But they kept the rifle length gas system too, and had pretty much the same reliability issues. They're the ones who coined the term "dissipator."
After a while someone realized that you could put a low-profile gas-port at the mid-length location and get the proper dwell time with the dissapator's rifle sight radius.
I am strongly considering doing some parts swapping and making Dottie an A1 carry handle gun.
I am ashamed that this is not a fully accredited "assault weapon" because it lacks a collapsible stock. The bayonet lug, though, is just there to get AWB points!
8.6 lb. loaded and it points extremely well.
I picked up one of those a couple years back, probably the same batch. Rifle length MOE handguards look pretty decent and give it a kinda FAL/G3 retro vibe. I put a YHM flash hider on there too.
ReplyDeleteIt would look pretty neato with a C7 upper receiver. I prefer the A2 aperture on the A1 style sight, and I like having a brass deflector too. Makes it a bit expensive though.
I just need to figure out a chopped down bayonet to get on the lug and still have the ring on the flash hider for extra assaulty goodness and maybe some sort of shoulder thing that goes up.
BC