Tell me why..?

[hippykiller]

Why would someone buy a 14.5" upper for an ar, only to have a 5" flash hider permanently attached? Why not simply buy a full 16" upper?

 

[Chefcook]

 

[Zephri]

who knows, maybe the coolness factor if there is any.

 

[kedie]

Hey! How exactly is a rainbow made? How exactly does the sun set? How exactly does the posi-trac rear end on a Plymouth work? It just does.

 

[hippykiller]

I just wondered... There is a rather lengthy thread about it on ar15.com and since I do not have an account I could not ask... They where getting pretty in depth about the whole thing too... Yet no mention of why in the world you would spend the money to have it done.

 

[IndyBeerman]

Why would someone buy a 14.5" upper for an ar, only to have a 5" flash hider permanently attached? Why not simply buy a full 16" upper?

Well don't you know? The longer the flash hider the less you see it.

 

[glockguy07]

Why would someone buy a 14.5" upper for an ar, only to have a 5" flash hider permanently attached? Why not simply buy a full 16" upper?

HUH? A 5" flash hider?

Never heard of that.

Do you mean a .5" flash hider?

 

[NateIU10]

I assume you mean .5"

Or do you mean the uppers that really do have the 5" FH to bring the barrel to legal length (shorter than 14.5" though:?

 

[Chefcook]

Nope I think he is referring to this....

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[hippykiller]

Nope I think he is referring to this....

Welcome to Model 1 Sales' Online Order Center

Yep something like that... Galati sells them too, as do many other tacticool places... Galati International Online: AR-15 5 1/2 inch Flash Hider with Slots

 

[hippykiller]

Or do you mean the uppers that really do have the 5" FH to bring the barrel to legal length (shorter than 14.5" though:?

Well yeah.. kinda. Why spot welled a 5" flash hider to a perfectly good 14.5" barrel essentially ruining it?

 

[glockguy07]

Well yeah.. kinda. Why spot welled a 5" flash hider to a perfectly good 14.5" barrel essentially ruining it?

It's an 11.5" barrel not 14.5"

ETA - Why do people do that, or buy it like that? Who the freak knows, that's just stupid, just like getting an ar pistol

 

[Chefcook]

I see no tactical or ballistic advantage to be gained in this. There must be some sort of cool factor I am unaware of involved...

 

[NateIU10]

It's not a 14.5" barrel, it's only 11.5". A 14.5" barrel with the 5" FH would be uttely useless, and even more ridiculous looking.

I was actually told that people did it with the CAR gas system because that's what it was designed for. Something about the dwell time in the gas system or what-not. I have no idea if that's true, just what I've heard.

 

[fpdshooter]

This is pretty common to do with the Smith Enterprise Vortex. Take a 14.5 in barrel, pin a Vortex and you get a 16.1 overall length barrel. Plus you get the added benefit of superior flash suppression of the Vortex.

 

[Indy_Guy_77]

Well, if you happen to have a SBR configuration...and then find yourself living in a location that doesn't allow SBRs...then this would be a quick and inexpensive solution to the problem, provided you didn't want to sell your SBR upper before you moved.

Just a possibility.

-J-

 

[JByer323]

I'm not sure. If I ever got a 14.5". I would want to register it as a SBR. You know, because I'm an operator.

 

[jeremy]

Hey! How exactly is a rainbow made? How exactly does the sun set? How exactly does the posi-trac rear end on a Plymouth work? It just does.

Joe Dirt let me attempt to answer you.
How exactly is a rainbow made? Rainbows are optical illusions and meteorological phenomena that cause a spectrum of light to appear in the sky when the Sun shines onto droplets of moisture in the Earth's atmosphere. How exactly does the sun set? The sun does not rise or set. The earth rotates giving the sun that illusion. How exactly does the posi-trac rear end on a Plymouth work? Well the simple explanation is that there is 2 clutch like things in the rear end if either starts to spin the clutch slips and lets the power go to the other side.

 

[Jack Ryan]

Why would someone buy a 14.5" upper for an ar, only to have a 5" flash hider permanently attached? Why not simply buy a full 16" upper?

It looked cool and the color matched their tactical special ops shoes.

 

[jeremy]

Actually the 5" long flash hider is for states that do not allow SBR's. It must be permanently attached. Also someone who may not want to pay the extra for the stamp might go this route.