The Carbine as SBR

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I know not everyone will like this subject, but I have always been enamored of the .30 carbine as an SBR when first spotting a cut down version in some vintage photos from the Viet Nam conflict. And of course, the Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA) used some cut downs in their reign of terror in the mid 70s. Funny how this coincides with the Viet Nam conflict.

The cartridge seems about right for a shorter barrel, as it really isn't a full powered rifle round anyway. I suspect an 11.5" barrel would give almost as good of efficiency as the 18"barrel. That and the fact the gun looks sexy in a short skirt so to speak.

I will post pictures of my SBR once complete, but in the meantime, here are a few pics gleaned from the Internet. Anybody else think this is a sexy SBR?

Btw, as a point of interest, this carbine in the SLA collection might have been one held by Patty Hurst and her two travel companions or one of two women who fled from beneath the burning house they had been hiding, as you can see the stock is intact, unlike all the other weapons in the picture that surely had been in the house, as it burned to the ground in the final conflict.

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