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LDT AR15's
Whilst on holiday I have been mulling over the possibility of buying another AR15, ones been missing from my cabinet for far to long.
LDT in Luxembourg apparently make very good AR's
http://www.luxdeftec.eu/
Anyone have any experience of them?
My interest would be the A4 build, they apparently have a beefed up barrel (somthing akin to the old AR15 HBAR I think).
It fits with my standard remit of don't buy anything you can't fit a bayonet on and has a bonus of readily available .22 LR conversion kits.
How do 20" barrels with 1 in 9 twist handle .22 LR guys?
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07-17-2017 06:17 AM
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Colt Model 606 HBAR
Back in the early 1990's some upper Colt Model 606 HBAR's were imported from Canada
into the USA
, only the uppers were allowed as the lowers were selective fire
I was able to purchase a Colt 606 upper from a dealer, this was the first heavy barrel Colt and came with the 1 in 12 twist. Mine is the early variation without the forward assist as both the Colt 606A and 606B had the forward assist. These Colt 606 uppers used a white plastic type buffer too.
Accuracy at 100 yards is not much different than the standard issue barrel. I have used the 22 rim fire conversion with the standard barrel with 1 in 12 twist, not bad but a rim fire barrel would be a lot better.Attachment 85980Attachment 85981Attachment 85982Attachment 85983
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I agree, the 9" twist isn't much different from the 7 or 12. I've used conversions in all of them and the accuracy is fine. I don't know where the info came from that's in "The Black Rifle" showing stripped bullets fro the 7" twist. I used a conversion in those back in the '80's and there was excellent accuracy. 9" will be even easier on bullets. Yes, a full time .22 barrel is better because it's the right twist and diameter. A full dedicated upper is simple to build and will eventually show it's value. Then you'll end up with a lower so you don't get the sandy fouling inside your 5.56 rifle...it's gritty and unpleasant.
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Thanks for the info guys and very interesting to see the HBAR profile barrel RCS, thanks for taking the trouble to post.
I completely see your point Jim re the dedicated AR, it's just limited cabinet space and the "Minister of Finance" won't understand why two AR's are needed!
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Colt 606 front end
mrclark303, I forgot to show the front end on the Colt heavy barrel Model 606.
Concerning 22 rim fire: a lot of shooters have just a dedicated upper in 22 rim fire to use with their choice of lower receiversAttachment 85992Attachment 85993
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I did that too until I lost patience with the gritty leavings...
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