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Posted: 1/27/2014 11:05:29 AM EDT
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Would love to have one of new 9mm conversions but its hard to shell out that much for it - 1350.00. I have a brand new A3 - if I made the coversion permanently would the original parts net me back anything significant?
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The barrel and bolt carrier group are the parts that you would swap out. In like-new condition, those two parts would probably get you back 70-80% or so of the cost of the conversion kit it you could find someone that would want them.
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No need for a shoulder fired 9mm pistol I have a $500 Glock that shoots 9mm just fine My AUG is 5,56mm  You're missing out on "shoulder fired 9mm" fun. http://i.imgur.com/KsnLAoZ.jpg And unlike the above pic, there isn't any silly NFA paperwork to deal with AND you get better ballistics from the 16" barrel ;) |
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And unlike the above pic, there isn't any silly NFA paperwork to deal with AND you get better ballistics from the 16" barrel ;) Quoted:
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No need for a shoulder fired 9mm pistol I have a $500 Glock that shoots 9mm just fine My AUG is 5,56mm You're missing out on "shoulder fired 9mm" fun. http://i.imgur.com/KsnLAoZ.jpg And unlike the above pic, there isn't any silly NFA paperwork to deal with AND you get better ballistics from the 16" barrel ;) Actually you get worse ballistics from a 16" barrel 9MM has full powder burn in under 10" of barrel after that the friction of the barrel is greater than the force of the expanding gases so you lose velocity |
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No need for a shoulder fired 9mm pistol I have a $500 Glock that shoots 9mm just fine My AUG is 5,56mm You're missing out on "shoulder fired 9mm" fun. http://i.imgur.com/KsnLAoZ.jpg And unlike the above pic, there isn't any silly NFA paperwork to deal with AND you get better ballistics from the 16" barrel ;) Actually you get worse ballistics from a 16" barrel 9MM has full powder burn in under 10" of barrel after that the friction of the barrel is greater than the force of the expanding gases so you lose velocity Same for .45 |
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[Actually you get worse ballistics from a 16" barrel 9MM has full powder burn in under 10" of barrel after that the friction of the barrel is greater than the force of the expanding gases so you lose velocity I've heard this batted around and I'm not disagreeing but just curious if anyone can link to data showing this effect? I don't have any 10" 9mm to compare, but I can say there's a clear velocity improvement from a 16" vs a 4-5" (visible in expansion of hollowpoints - no chrony here). TIA, Richard |
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I shot mine for the first time yesterday. Worked perfectly and once I got the red dot sighted in, I shot 100 rounds that tore a single hole about the size of the end of a beer can in the target at 75 feet, offhand without a rest. For shooting it the first time, I thought that was pretty good and my fears about the reliability of the conversion vanished.
Interesting feeling to the action also and I think you get more of a chance to feel the movement of the mechanism than with the .223 incarnation. I'm very pleased indeed with my conversion, just need more magazines. 
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Thanks. Do we have any actual real life experience on the 16" barrel. "discussion"? It can't be a bad thing with all the PCCs outthere currently out there and more on the way. I fired a full auto one at the bullpup shoot last year. Second stage to get it full auto is so dam heavy I asked the styer guy if they had put the full auto trigger pack in it as I thought trigger was all the way back already  . Practical as in doing more than pew pewing at a high rate of speed I got nothing.
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http://ballisticsbytheinch.com/9luger.html Thank you ColtsR4Football. I checked the Site and it looks to have good ballistics(they start to drop after 17" IIRC). This makes me feel better about my two PCCs sitting in the to be fired next box. As appealing as the 9mm aug is I can't justify it AND a new a3m1. And the mag cost; when is manventure going to wind up with a buttload of those? eta And the new KKM rifle. |
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Wow, awesome! I never knew this site existed - and I'm in awe of what they did!!! Nice also that it puts the "10-inch" assertion firmly out to pasture! http://ballisticsbytheinch.com/mepngs/9mmluger.png Quoted:
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http://ballisticsbytheinch.com/9luger.html Wow, awesome! I never knew this site existed - and I'm in awe of what they did!!! Nice also that it puts the "10-inch" assertion firmly out to pasture! http://ballisticsbytheinch.com/mepngs/9mmluger.png That's okay if you are not shooting 147 suppressed, that's the whole point of having a 9mm rifle. |
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