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3 Inch .45 ACP AR-15 Pistol Upper
« on: November 07, 2020, 10:50:56 PM »
I saw this 3" .45 ACP AR pistol upper with a 4" M-Lok handguard on sale online a couple of days ago and it made me wonder why anyone would buy it? I have a .45 ACP pistol with a 3" barrel. The overall length is 6.5" and the height is 4.5". By the time you put this upper on a lower you would end up with a pistol about two times as tall and three to four times as long (six to eight times the size). And you would get sub-compact pistol velocity and energy from an SBR size package. That may make some kind of sense but not to me. I just don't get it. If it used at least a 5" or 6" barrel it wouldn't be stupid like a 3" barrel. JMHO. The only advantage I can see is that you could use bigger mags with an AR lower than you can with my pistol, but if you're using Glock mags you could just as well use those in a Glock pistol.

So what do you think? You can't wait to get your new 3" upper? Or like me, you're wondering WTF??? ???
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Re: 3 Inch .45 ACP AR-15 Pistol Upper
« Reply #1 on: November 07, 2020, 11:28:11 PM »
It would have to be designed from the get-go to be a suppressor host, right?  That would still make it very compact.  Otherwise, like you said, what's the point?
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Re: 3 Inch .45 ACP AR-15 Pistol Upper
« Reply #2 on: November 08, 2020, 08:51:01 AM »
No place to safely put your support hand. Better off with a real pistol.
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Re: 3 Inch .45 ACP AR-15 Pistol Upper
« Reply #3 on: November 08, 2020, 03:49:30 PM »
I agree 100% Tom. My hand is just over 4" wide. The barrel is only 3" long, and part of that length is inside the upper. It didn't take me long to do the math. ;D If it didn't have a 4" handguard and a blast I could see a real problem there. As far as suppressing it goes, maybe if you wanted an overall barrel and suppressor length of 7" or so with one of the mini suppressors it would work. But it would still be bigger and bulkier than a pistol.

ETA: Maybe they made it just because they could, knowing that sooner or later someone is bound to buy it. George Carlin once said something like, if you nail together two pieces of $h!t that have never been nailed together before, some schmuck will buy it. I think we're looking at those two pieces of $h!t right here. Someone will buy it.
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Re: 3 Inch .45 ACP AR-15 Pistol Upper
« Reply #4 on: November 09, 2020, 09:28:51 AM »
LOL The Pet Rock proves THAT.    ;D
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Re: 3 Inch .45 ACP AR-15 Pistol Upper
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Re: 3 Inch .45 ACP AR-15 Pistol Upper
« Reply #5 on: November 09, 2020, 04:29:56 PM »
I don't see much use in it, myself.

My whole thought process for an AR pistol is to get rifle power in a "slightly smaller than a rifle" package. I'm willing to give up some velocity for the  added power factor and the ability to set someone on fire from across the room.  ;D

Putting a pistol caliber in something that size is a waste of weight....I'd rather carry a regular pistol and make the difference in spare ammo.
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Re: 3 Inch .45 ACP AR-15 Pistol Upper
« Reply #6 on: November 09, 2020, 06:41:03 PM »
I agree with Chuck.
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Re: 3 Inch .45 ACP AR-15 Pistol Upper
« Reply #7 on: November 11, 2020, 04:41:57 AM »
3" barrel, 20 round mags. I had to download a program to rotate the 2 images so I could splice them together. There's maybe 1/10" missing where I joined them together but other than that it should be to scale. The barrel in the pic measures 3" on my 24" monitor and that's as close to life size as it gets. Much handier in my opinion.
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Re: 3 Inch .45 ACP AR-15 Pistol Upper
« Reply #8 on: December 31, 2020, 05:03:19 AM »
Not a 3" barrel, but 4" .45 ACP barrel is available from Bear Creek Arsenal in case you want to build your own SBR. Here's how ridiculous an AR-15A4 might look with a 4" barrel.
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Re: 3 Inch .45 ACP AR-15 Pistol Upper
« Reply #9 on: December 31, 2020, 11:37:15 AM »
 ??? ??? ???
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