.17 Remington in an AR??

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[ARCHIVED THREAD] - .17 Remington in an AR??

Posted: 7/26/2012 2:17:03 PM EDT

Does anyone know if with the properly chambered barrel, if .17 Remington would feed and fire in an AR? Just and idea that's been floating around in my head for some time.

Posted: 7/26/2012 2:17:51 PM EDT

[#1]

Yes it will. Middle gun in back row is a .17 Remington.

Posted: 7/26/2012 5:24:45 PM EDT

[#2]

IIRC Black Hole Weaponery was making barrels for it.

Posted: 7/26/2012 5:46:42 PM EDT

[#3]

I had Compass Lake Engineering make me one and I'm pretty happy with it.

Posted: 7/27/2012 5:11:23 PM EDT

[#4]

Ballistic Advantage makes some really good shooting 17 Remington barrels.

Posted: 7/27/2012 6:07:53 PM EDT

[#5]

Even the 17 Mach IV will feed fine from a standard magazine, and it is quite a bit shorter.

Tony

Posted: 8/7/2012 9:10:18 AM EDT

[#6]

Didn't a member here make a .17 Rem AR rifle that was about 75% the size of a regular AR? IIRC he was building it for his son.

Posted: 8/7/2012 11:34:29 AM EDT

[#7]

I think that was one of the .17 rimfire cartridges, since the .17 Remington is pretty much the same size as a .223...

Posted: 8/7/2012 6:16:56 PM EDT

[#8]

Quoted:
I think that was one of the .17 rimfire cartridges, since the .17 Remington is pretty much the same size as a .223...

Gotcha I was thinking of the rimfire one.

[ARCHIVED THREAD] - .17 Remington in an AR??

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