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Originally Posted by Ming_the_Merciless
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.
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Well I will be using it primarily for CQB at TTAC3, I found that I really enjoy the pistol qaulities of the Mp5K, but I'm buying all of my gear for my outdoor loadout of an Armalite. So I wanted to simplify my gear (read. Spend less money, improve muscle memory) by letting all of my weapons use the same magazines.
Now I want to pose another question, as I don't want to create a new thread. Does anybody know the LiPo size to fit the Mad Bull patriot short kit? The manufacturer states to use a Li Ion battery, which seems wrong due to shitty power draw, but still doesn't state the size of the battery compartment. The other option is the King Arms 4" Floating barrel setup, does anybody know if a Lipo can be stored in that front end?
I'll shoot a PM to Juggelz as well, but I thought I would open the discussion publically as well.