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Originally Posted by sc_rufctr
More weird spoons.... Does this qualify?
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Saw this on "Inglourious Basterds" earlier today.
As for the AR pistol...it depends on what you want to use it for. The one in your OP has the Gun Smoke buffer tube which makes the pistol completely unreliable. Some guys want a short buffer tube and will keep on trying to make it work well.
There has been a lot of discussions about ballistics with the shorter barrel, The 7" or 7.5" barrels are mostly range toys for the owners who have several other ARs. The flash and percussion from a 7" barrel shooting a 5.56 round is intense. And lets face it, in close quarters, the 7" barrel will be useful...some guys argue it needs to reach out to 100 yards, or it's just useless. The thing about an AR pistol, is you can have a short barrel (say 10.5" to 12.5") without having to get a stamp....or if you can't get a stamp in your state. with a longer "pistol" barrel, there isn't much left on the table compared to a 16" barrel.
So with a long pistol barrel, an AR pistol makes a lot of sense to some folks. Small and concealable (as someone mentioned about VIP protection), and just as lethal as a 16" barrel). Muscle memory. Ammo selection (or similarity with the rifle one may have). There are some advantages.
Snipe - I'm not sure how expensive 5.7 ammo is or how easy it is to get, but for less than an FN 5.7 pistol one can have an AR pistol (custom built if you'd like) and ammo is common enough.
