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AR15/10 Rifles
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<blockquote data-quote="MSURunner" data-source="post: 2980916" data-attributes="member: 102961"><p>My 2 cents that is worth even less than that... recoil on an AR is really only mitigated through a muzzle device for a given load. All of the items within the cycling system must work together to achieve their end goal; removing one round, and replacing it with another. If we lighten everything in the reciprocating mass and thus turn the gas way down and the spring rate gets lowered, we are getting ourselves closer and closer to a single shot rifle that would impart all of it's recoil through the one primary event (round firing). That recoil is only altered through the muzzle device.</p><p></p><p>3 Gunners go low mass for a couple of reasons. First, they can achieve a higher cyclic rate, which will allow for more time spent aiming between shots without the rifle moving. Second, they can run lower PF loads, which WILL decrease recoil. Less recoil + faster cyclic rate = quicker times between shots. Third, removing half a pound from the rifle's weight allows for quicker transitions between targets. So 3G gets "better" by having faster times between shots and between targets, but this is all 100% dependent on using that particular ammunition. If you throw a hot 77g load in there, the system starts falling out of cohesion.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MSURunner, post: 2980916, member: 102961"] My 2 cents that is worth even less than that... recoil on an AR is really only mitigated through a muzzle device for a given load. All of the items within the cycling system must work together to achieve their end goal; removing one round, and replacing it with another. If we lighten everything in the reciprocating mass and thus turn the gas way down and the spring rate gets lowered, we are getting ourselves closer and closer to a single shot rifle that would impart all of it's recoil through the one primary event (round firing). That recoil is only altered through the muzzle device. 3 Gunners go low mass for a couple of reasons. First, they can achieve a higher cyclic rate, which will allow for more time spent aiming between shots without the rifle moving. Second, they can run lower PF loads, which WILL decrease recoil. Less recoil + faster cyclic rate = quicker times between shots. Third, removing half a pound from the rifle's weight allows for quicker transitions between targets. So 3G gets "better" by having faster times between shots and between targets, but this is all 100% dependent on using that particular ammunition. If you throw a hot 77g load in there, the system starts falling out of cohesion. [/QUOTE]
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