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white79bu · 05-07-2006, 10:46 AM

Has anyone been around the DPMS Panther Carbine? I am looking at the one with the 11.5" Heavy Barrel with a front hand guard system. It shoots .223 ammo. This will be my first semi auto rifle. It will only be used for plinking and I may try 3 gun shooting along with home defense if my XD can't do the job. I know it has a short barrel but I like the looks of it. What do you guys think? I can get one for $700. Thanks Andy

http://www.rrarms.com/catalog.php?Ac...PMSRFA2-PCAR11

nightraider · 05-07-2006, 10:59 AM

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Originally Posted by white79bu

Has anyone been around the DPMS Panther Carbine? I am looking at the one with the 11.5" Heavy Barrel with a front hand guard system. It shoots .223 ammo. This will be my first semi auto rifle. It will only be used for plinking and I may try 3 gun shooting along with home defense if my XD can't do the job. I know it has a short barrel but I like the looks of it. What do you guys think? I can get one for $700. Thanks Andy

http://www.rrarms.com/catalog.php?Ac...PMSRFA2-PCAR11

If the barrel is below 16" you'll have to pay a 200 dollar transfer tax fee. So make sure to take that into account.

**einheit 13** · 05-07-2006, 11:17 AM

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Originally Posted by white79bu

Has anyone been around the DPMS Panther Carbine? I am looking at the one with the 11.5" Heavy Barrel with a front hand guard system. It shoots .223 ammo. This will be my first semi auto rifle. It will only be used for plinking and I may try 3 gun shooting along with home defense if my XD can't do the job. I know it has a short barrel but I like the looks of it. What do you guys think? I can get one for $700. Thanks Andy

http://www.rrarms.com/catalog.php?Ac...PMSRFA2-PCAR11

If the barrel is below 16" you'll have to pay a 200 dollar transfer tax fee. So make sure to take that into account.

AFTER you apply and are approved for an SBR, which could take up to a year......trust me...DO NOT BUY THE WEAPON BEFORE APPROVAL....unless it has an extension/flash hider/fake suppessor perminantly fixed to the barrel to make it 16" long. Then its a 'standard' rifle.

white79bu · 05-07-2006, 01:39 PM

WOW! I didn't know all of that. I guess I will buy a 16" barrel gun. It's not worth all of that just for a shorter barrel. Thanks Andy

Zach · 05-07-2006, 02:19 PM

I own a 16" carbine and love it. Once zeroed it's probably the flattest shooting gun I own. I would definetly reccommend DPMS for anyone.

**hobocircus** · 05-07-2006, 03:48 PM

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Originally Posted by white79bu

Has anyone been around the DPMS Panther Carbine? I am looking at the one with the 11.5" Heavy Barrel with a front hand guard system. It shoots .223 ammo. This will be my first semi auto rifle. It will only be used for plinking and I may try 3 gun shooting along with home defense if my XD can't do the job. I know it has a short barrel but I like the looks of it. What do you guys think? I can get one for $700. Thanks Andy

http://www.rrarms.com/catalog.php?Ac...PMSRFA2-PCAR11

If the barrel is below 16" you'll have to pay a 200 dollar transfer tax fee. So make sure to take that into account.

AFTER you apply and are approved for an SBR, which could take up to a year......trust me...DO NOT BUY THE WEAPON BEFORE APPROVAL....unless it has an extension/flash hider/fake suppessor perminantly fixed to the barrel to make it 16" long. Then its a 'standard' rifle.

Hey guys, don't scare off my friend Andy

Click on the link and you will see it's the kind with the 5-1/2" permanent flash hider. 11-1/2" + 5-1/2" = 17" You are good to go Andy! Rock and Roll for $700 dude!

Polymerhead · 05-07-2006, 05:26 PM

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Originally Posted by white79bu

Has anyone been around the DPMS Panther Carbine? I am looking at the one with the 11.5" Heavy Barrel with a front hand guard system. It shoots .223 ammo. This will be my first semi auto rifle. It will only be used for plinking and I may try 3 gun shooting along with home defense if my XD can't do the job. I know it has a short barrel but I like the looks of it. What do you guys think? I can get one for $700. Thanks Andy

http://www.rrarms.com/catalog.php?Ac...PMSRFA2-PCAR11

If the barrel is below 16" you'll have to pay a 200 dollar transfer tax fee. So make sure to take that into account.

AFTER you apply and are approved for an SBR, which could take up to a year......trust me...DO NOT BUY THE WEAPON BEFORE APPROVAL....unless it has an extension/flash hider/fake suppessor perminantly fixed to the barrel to make it 16" long. Then its a 'standard' rifle.

Hey guys, don't scare off my friend Andy

Click on the link and you will see it's the kind with the 5-1/2" permanent flash hider. 11-1/2" + 5-1/2" = 17" You are good to go Andy! Rock and Roll for $700 dude!

Not worth it in my opinion. The .223 wastes a lot of powder and produces less velocity in shorty barrels. You're also losing 4.5" of bullet-stabilizing twist! DPMS makes a 5" slipover flash hider that slips over the 16" barrel but doesn't add any more length than the standard A2 hider. I would buy the 16" barrel and then spend the extra $20 if you absolutely had to have the shorty look. I think the only reason they even offer the short barrel w/permanently attached hider is because they didn't want to get stuck with a bunch of short barrels they couldn't sell.

**hobocircus** · 05-07-2006, 05:39 PM

also that 5-1/2" of free tube has got to have some detrimental effect on the bullet.

**einheit 13** · 05-07-2006, 05:43 PM

Short barrels are fun............

nightraider · 05-07-2006, 07:40 PM

EDIT BECAUSE IM AN IDIOT.

05-07-2006, 10:46 AM	#1
white79bu XDTalk Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Ohio Posts: 53	DPMS Panther Carbine Has anyone been around the DPMS Panther Carbine? I am looking at the one with the 11.5" Heavy Barrel with a front hand guard system. It shoots .223 ammo. This will be my first semi auto rifle. It will only be used for plinking and I may try 3 gun shooting along with home defense if my XD can't do the job. I know it has a short barrel but I like the looks of it. What do you guys think? I can get one for $700. Thanks Andy http://www.rrarms.com/catalog.php?Ac...PMSRFA2-PCAR11

05-07-2006, 05:39 PM	#8
hobocircus XDTalk 3K Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: The Nevada Desert on a Dry Lakebed. Living in a trailer with thunderstorms looming in the distance. Posts: 3,343	also that 5-1/2" of free tube has got to have some detrimental effect on the bullet. __________________ Ported V-10 XD9 Service SOLD Tactical XD9 in Basic Black I like to shoot Wolf ammo out of my Hi-Point pistol and rifle.

05-07-2006, 05:43 PM	#9
einheit 13 XDTalk 5K Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Virginia, C.S.A. Posts: 5,662	Short barrels are fun............ __________________ Once is happenstance, twice is coincidence, the third time is enemy action “It is the lack of will power, and not the lack of arms which render us incapable of offering any serious resistance.”

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nightraider XDTalk 2K Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 2,483	Re: DPMS Panther Carbine EDIT BECAUSE IM AN IDIOT.

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05-07-2006, 01:39 PM	#4
white79bu XDTalk Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Ohio Posts: 53	WOW! I didn't know all of that. I guess I will buy a 16" barrel gun. It's not worth all of that just for a shorter barrel. Thanks Andy

05-07-2006, 02:19 PM	#5
Zach XDTalk Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 45	I own a 16" carbine and love it. Once zeroed it's probably the flattest shooting gun I own. I would definetly reccommend DPMS for anyone.