AR Gas Tube Length
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texanron
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AR Gas Tube Length
If the gas tube on a AR measures 7.5" from the gas block to the upper reciever does this make it a carbine length?
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texanron
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Re: AR Gas Tube Length
Thanks Ikd. 
With that information I just added another AR to my build list. There goes another $700-$1000!
With that information I just added another AR to my build list. There goes another $700-$1000!
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Tallinthesaddle
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Re: AR Gas Tube Length
What an excuse to build an AR! I have not heard (tried) that one yet. I can think of " I need a new AR to match my buttstock", "look at my new scope, I plan to use it on an AR to build", "look at that free float handguard I just purchased, I'm going out right now and get a bare lower reciever and start", but the gas tube length reason beats them all! Go for it.
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texanron
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Re: AR Gas Tube Length
After my first build I was doing some more research on various types and lengths and read that the mid-length gas systems are this and that. Since I built a carbine I now need to build a mid-length. Now I just need to figure out how to convince my wife as to why I need/want one. Then I'll have to figure out how to convince her I need/want a rifle length, SBR, AK & .308. So many options and so little funds.
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gigag04
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Re: AR Gas Tube Length
Need...I like that word choice.
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tussery
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Re: AR Gas Tube Length
I have some FCG pins on my desk I think I need to build a new AR.
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gigag04
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Re: AR Gas Tube Length
What's a gas tube?
- piston shooter.
- piston shooter.
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Dave2
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Re: AR Gas Tube Length
It's kinda like a piston, but it doesn't break.gigag04 wrote:What's a gas tube?
- piston shooter.
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Re: AR Gas Tube Length
I use that logic all the time. I once bought my brother a scope and realized I ordered the wrong one. Did I return the wrong one???? NOPE! So naturally I had a scope in my safe that needed a rifle. And thats the story of how I got my 10/22. Then there's the time I bought a boat load of AK gear without actually owning an AK....Tallinthesaddle wrote:What an excuse to build an AR! I have not heard (tried) that one yet. I can think of " I need a new AR to match my buttstock", "look at my new scope, I plan to use it on an AR to build", "look at that free float handguard I just purchased, I'm going out right now and get a bare lower reciever and start", but the gas tube length reason beats them all! Go for it.