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Originally Posted by Harbinger of Darkness
Who the hell needs AR15 pistol? I really would like to know this.
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Airsoft
If its for airsoft, not real, whatever works for you, personal preference.
For real-steel on another hand:
In the US, its used to circumvent and go around the NFA 1934 which includes a ban for short-barreled rifles. By getting a virgin receiver, one that has never been built to a rifle, declaring it as a pistol, one can attach whatever length barrel to the upper, unfortunately however one cannot place a stock or vertical foregrip to the AR pistol.
In my opinion the AR pistol is neither great for shooting it two handed like a conventional pistol nor shooting it from the shoulder like a conventional rifle. More important however than aesthetics and how great it feels in CQB is terminal ballistics, the critical wounding/incapacitation factor with rifles rounds is fragmentation which is dependent on velocity.
Running a barrel on a AR with 11" averages a velocity around 2700 to 3000 ft/sec, which is on the low side of the threshold for fragmentation. Basically in layman terms, you've turned your AR to perform with the terminal ballistics of a 22 LR with barrel lengths less than this. Sure it will go bang louder and brighter than a 22, but you better be damn good with shot placement if your using it for defense.
BTW, the holster for the AR pistol is an interesting idea, thanks for sharing it, even though that wasn't your intention.