AR Pistols?

TX-Dennis · Aug 1, 2019

Here's my AR pistol.

It's a cheap ATI Omni Hybrid 7.5 inch 5.56mm. Receivers are polymer. Trigger group is composite. It was very inexpensive. The stock trigger is very light and very smooth despite the low price. It's a definite upgrade over milspec. So far the thing has been completely reliable. It's accurate and fun to shoot. Loud, yes, but it's not uncomfortably so as long as you wear good hearing protection. I use 32DB rated foam plugs, and they're just fine with the pistol.

It does look a little different now. I changed out the brace to an SBA3, and the pistol grip to a Magpul overmolded grip.

Grayfox · Aug 1, 2019

Well since my old thread has been revived, I thought I'd show y'all what I ended up with.

Extar EP9

Its proven to be reliable, accurate and very light. I'm happy with it. Best of all, even with the add-ons and extra mags, I've only got a little over $500 in it.

Click on the link to go to Extar's web page for full details

dr. mordo · Aug 1, 2019

SgtStone said:
The worst day at (public) range: dude blasting away at 7 yards (6m) with rifle-caliber pistol from table next to mine. Even with double ear protection -- -23 dBm ear plugs covered with -30dBm cans -- the sound levels were excessive. The blast waves standing a few feet (1m) away were very uncomfortable, possibly less for the shooter.

Sure enough, AR pistol dude retired after two mags, complaining about high ammo costs as if anybody left at the range could hear.

At my local range, those guys keep blasting away until they are the only ones left. The last time, I was next to a guy with a .308 SBR/pistol with a muzzle brake. I left as quickly as I could pack my bag.

The only reason I have not raised hell to the range owner is I am an RSO and almost always rent my own range when I want to shoot.

That said, I do like the idea of a AR-9 or AK-9 with a brace. They seem like a lot of fun and certainly a improvement on a real pistol for home defense.

DADoser · Aug 2, 2019

May 2019 purchase -
Ruger 556 pistol -
Added - Sig Romeo 5 Red dot; Magpul grip, hand stop, rail guards, back up sights.

JayFramer · Aug 2, 2019

A 7” AR pistol makes a fantastic home defense option.

Something like a Springfield SAINT with BUIS, Aimpoint, and Surefire tac light plus a Magpul 40 round mag loaded with 77gr. OTMs would be an awesome indoor fighting rifle to engage multiple home invaders and could be put in a small case or even book bag for covert extradomestic defensive applications. Much greater fire superiority than any handgun to overmatch any threat. Can lay down suppressive fire support and the 5.56 cartridge is a proven fightstopper with modern loads.

It’s modern advanced options like these that are making the old home defense standby, the 12 gauge shotgun, totally obsolete. A decade or more ago, we couldn’t have dreamed how far the civilian MSR market would go, and these little braced pistols are probably the most practical and useful for everyday self preservation applications.

midnighthammer · Aug 2, 2019

8.5 300BLK and 7.5 300BLK
It gets a little scary having both 5.56 and 300 BLK ammunition around.

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