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I'd just call that a 16" rifle with a rifle length gas system, to me dissipator is about have 2 gas blocks. The rifle length gas system isn't necessarily the most reliable, you need to match the gas system length to the barrel. The popular opinion seems to be that the midlength gas system is the match for a 16" barrel. CMMG offers a dissipator setup with such a gas system. |
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Dissipators Mine is the second pic down, the only thing I had to change after cutting it down to 16" was drilling the gas port. It is my favorite AR to say the least..............Hope this helps.... |
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The dissipator with a carbine length gas system tends to be the more reliable. It does provide cycling reliability at the expense of overgassing the carbine and putting more stress on the moving parts. This means they may wear faster. A midlength gas system would probably be the optimal solution. CMMG offers midlength dissipator style barrels. If this is not the option you elect, then you may want to consider slowing the bolt/carrier group down by using a heavier buffer. This delays extraction until gas pressures have dropped to lower levels and will increase the life of the bolt parts. You may also want to upgrade the extractor parts for longevity as well. |
See, that's what I'm curious about. I see CMMG's offering, and have been leaning toward it, but I don't know how much more reliable it would be over, say, a normal carbine-length system with the 16" barrel.
Yeah, that looks like exactly the setup I had in mind. Out of curiosity, why did the gas port have to be drilled? I thought the only thing that needed to be changed was the length of the barrel. |
It would be more reliable than a rifle length gas system. It would be softer shooting and easier on the gun than a carbine gas system. To my knowledge there is no reliability issue with a midlength 16" gas system guns that is the fault of the gas system. Ymmv. |
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