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**yocan** · 01-23-2008, 06:32 PM

Why aren'nt there any 20" 1 in 14" barrels for AR15s out there?

spamlovr · 01-23-2008, 06:41 PM

No market to sell them means they new barrels won't be made. 1-9" shoots light bullets well enough for that twist rate to be well represented.

John A. · 01-24-2008, 09:02 PM

unless you're wanting to shoot very lightweight bullets, the faster twist rates work better at stablizing most common weights.1:14 is a slow twist.

**mvician** · 01-24-2008, 11:34 PM

the ar15 started life with a 1/14 twist but was quickly changed to 1/12 when it wouldn't stabilize a 55 grain bullet in COLD weather. The 1/14 did create a spectacular wound channel though

John A. · 01-25-2008, 04:21 AM

Here's some very good historical data on the life and advancements of the M16 platform.

http://www.thegunzone.com/556dw-3.html

AKpredator · 01-25-2008, 07:48 AM

I had an old 1/14 barrel on an old AR in high school. I didn't know it at the time but I was curious at the fantastic damage that little round caused on medium game animals.

01-23-2008, 06:32 PM	#1
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01-23-2008, 06:41 PM	#2
spamlovr XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Washougal, WA كافر Posts: 487	No market to sell them means they new barrels won't be made. 1-9" shoots light bullets well enough for that twist rate to be well represented. __________________ Memento Mori (Remember, you are mortal) When seconds count, the police are only minutes away! People who are pissed at the government have generally underestimated their neighbors. Ziltoid The Omniscient for Supreme World Ruler 2008: "I am so omniscient, if there were 2 omniscient beings in the omniverse, I would be both of them! Bring me your planet's finest cup of coffee!"

01-24-2008, 09:02 PM	#3
John A. XDTalk 500 Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: KY Posts: 507	unless you're wanting to shoot very lightweight bullets, the faster twist rates work better at stablizing most common weights.1:14 is a slow twist. __________________ "The 2nd Amendment wasn't adopted into the Constitution because the authors liked guns or the destruction they could cause, but to give ordinary citizens the ability to protect themselves and their family and to take up arms against anyone in a governmental position who tried to deny those fundamental and God given rights." Ecclesiastes 3: 1-8

01-24-2008, 11:34 PM	#4
mvician XDTalk 2K Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Indiana Posts: 2,828	the ar15 started life with a 1/14 twist but was quickly changed to 1/12 when it wouldn't stabilize a 55 grain bullet in COLD weather. The 1/14 did create a spectacular wound channel though __________________ AR15s...ya I've built more than a few http://www.xdtalk.com/forums/ar-talk...ar-family.html

01-25-2008, 04:21 AM	#5
John A. XDTalk 500 Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: KY Posts: 507	Here's some very good historical data on the life and advancements of the M16 platform. http://www.thegunzone.com/556dw-3.html __________________ "The 2nd Amendment wasn't adopted into the Constitution because the authors liked guns or the destruction they could cause, but to give ordinary citizens the ability to protect themselves and their family and to take up arms against anyone in a governmental position who tried to deny those fundamental and God given rights." Ecclesiastes 3: 1-8

01-25-2008, 07:48 AM	#6
AKpredator XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 398	I had an old 1/14 barrel on an old AR in high school. I didn't know it at the time but I was curious at the fantastic damage that little round caused on medium game animals.

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