Came across the following from Bartholomew Roberts
Well, by virtue of going with a 16" midlength gas system you are looking at Armalite, RRA, Bravo Co., CMMG, or Sabre Defence. Those are the five factory manufacturers I know of that produce a midlength, though there are a ton of custom AR builders who can assemble a midlength in addition to that.
So I guess that is a start as to where to get an upper.
DMK wrote:
Bushmaster doesn't sell a Midlength and RockRiver doesn't sell a Dissipator.
www.cmmginc.com has 'em.
Agreed, I noted this which is why I have resigned myself that to get what I really want, that I'm going to have to build my first AR myself. (never owned one before) I just thought I would try to limit what I HAD to do this first time...but like everyone, I'm on a budget. Which means, CMMG seems to have nice stuff, but they do tend to be significantly higher in cost, comparatively speaking, than others. To get what I want though, I may just have to ante up I guess. I haven't fully done the math though.
I saw a few post about taking a rifle length system and cutting down the barrel to a Dissipator set up, but in other post people allude to shorter barrels with a rifle length system is bad. Can you please also bring me up to speed on these thoughts.
This picture on the front page of the CMMG sight looks like it may be quite close to what I would like.
Shear_stress, I visited CMMG's site....
http://cmmginc.secure-mall.com/shop/?shop=1&cart=753661&cat=61&noCookiePassThrough=Y&
...but in my ignorance I didn't see the "M10M" designation. I should also mention I would like a 1:9 twist and not a 1:12. As to my use of the term "dissipator"; yes I understand technically that the Bushmaster Dissipator had a regular carbine-length gas system, but with the front sight pushed forward and full-length hand guards installed and also that there's nothing mid-length about the gas system....good points. I should qualify it in that I want that style but want the
Dissipator that BM should have built. One with full length rails or at least hand guards, mid-length system, lighter 1:9 chrome barrel and I personally want with removable
FULL-Length front and rear flip sights. So in the end, it will be the long sighted, long hand guards Dissipator style rifle while having a few upgrades to my taste. The question is am I going to be able to do this for a total of $850? With the fr & Rr flip up sights I am starting to doubt it.
DMK wrote:
You could make a "pseudo Dissipator" by putting a rifle length free float hand-guard or tube over a carbine or midlength gasblock. However, you need a very small gasblock to fit the hand-guard over it.
DMK, I think that this may describe the closest to what I'm trying to get at. The one below that I found on AR15, may also be a good visual but not with the HB...lighter barrel instead.
Why a midlength instead of rifle length gas system? You're going to have to use a lo profile gas block anyway, might as well get the better gas system...
Good question (also see above) and hopefully, someone will help me answer this question. Thank you for your responses and I thank you in advance for your further input.
Cheers,
TOU