A 16" barrel Colt 9mm(what!!!)

Lee Barner · Jul 15, 2018

got this yesterday while the wife was getting her nails done. she knows better than to turn me loose in a town with two gun shops. it's a Colt AR-15 9mm carbine. the handguard thingie extends about 3" past the muzzle and is supposed to reduce noise to some degree. i'll report on that later when it cools off enough to go shoot it. I really liked the tiger stripe camo from "back in the day" for some of us old farts. 32 rd mag. the reflex sight has four choices of reticles in either green or red with five brightness settings. this is my first reflex sight so it may take a little getting used to but these old eyes need all the help they can get. enjoy. lee

GF · Jul 15, 2018

Be careful with the barrel setting back like that.

It'd be easy to burn your hand!

GF

Lee Barner · Jul 15, 2018

GF, thanks. I don't hold them like the pro's on TV do so that won't be a problem for me. LOL. lee

billwill · Jul 15, 2018

That should be a blast to shoot. Give us an update

Speedo2 · Jul 15, 2018

I had read somewhere (Ruger "Ultimate 10/22" book, I believe) that the AFT frowns on anything that reduces a guns report, unless it's registered. The discussion was on bloop tubes, as I recall. So.....are you confident that it's legal? If OEM, then most likely it's not a problem; just curious. -S2

Pisgah · Jul 15, 2018

May be wrong, but I believe legally that's a pistol. I don't think the barrel makes 16", and I know that is not a buttstock but a "Blade"-type pistol "forearm brace".

hkcavalier · Jul 15, 2018

Pisgah said:
May be wrong, but I believe legally that's a pistol. I don't think the barrel makes 16", and I know that is not a buttstock but a "Blade"-type pistol "forearm brace".

Absolutely a pistol.

There is a reason why muzzle devices are not made of aluminum. With 9mm it might never happen, but with a high pressure rifle chambering you'd likely destroy the end of that handguard in an afternoon.

If you simply must leave it like this, please install a hand stop shy of the muzzle

Lee Barner · Jul 16, 2018

it is NOT a pistol. says carbine on the receiver and the barrel is 16". lee

moralem · Jul 16, 2018

That is a face only a mother could love......but if I had to love that face I would opt for a Rock River entry butt stock kit that really lends itself to the carbine size....then I would add a more conventional Magpul handgaurd if you stay with no front sight, or a Midwest Industries rail handgaurd with a front sight and I would add a different red dot if your current one doesn’t co-witness with an added front sight......hopefully you didn’t pay what a stock colt 6951 goes for these days.....it has potential.

Watchdog · Jul 16, 2018

Lee Barner said:
got this yesterday while the wife was getting her nails done. she knows better than to turn me loose in a town with two gun shops. it's a Colt AR-15 9mm carbine.

I've never been a big fan of ARs, but I like this one, simply because it doesn't have a bunch of those "tactical" geegaws hanging off of it everywhere. It looks...functional...direct and to the point. Looking forward to a range report, Lee.

andy52 · Jul 16, 2018

This is one that I built it's a pistol with a 10.5 barrel and a Sig brace.
Cheap and fun to shoot.

HOUSTON RICK · Jul 16, 2018

I would like ti get a 9mm rifle at some point. That looks interesting. Thank you for posting.

hkcavalier · Jul 16, 2018

Lee Barner said:
it is NOT a pistol. says carbine on the receiver and the barrel is 16". lee

Why put a Shockwave brace on a legal rifle? That makes zero sense.

It doesn't matter what the receiver says. People buy lowers as "firearms" and build them into pistols all the time. If you buy a lower as a "rifle" you cannot.

Now that I look at the picture better, it looks like there is some kind of muzzle device like a Noveske Flaming Pig at the end which will protect the handguard. Unless that device is pinned and welded to the barrel it doesn't count toward the length. E.g. you can take a 14.5" AR barrel, pin and weld a 3in Flaming Pig on the end, and make a legal >16" rifle barrel.

Not trying to be pedantic, but I've had this chat with numerous people at gun ranges or shooting pits who assemble their own or buy something from a buddy.

A 16" barrel Colt 9mm(what!!!)

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