Daniel Defense thinks that small will be big this year and has made their ARs even smaller, introducing the V7P AR Pistols in 5.56mm and 300BLK in a 10.3 in barrel.
The pistols features a law tactical folding folding stock with an SB brace.
This little Daniel comes in handy as a truck gun or an on the go AR pistol. A combination of both compactness and the relaibility that Daniel Defense is known for.
I am looking forward to seeing more AR pistol variants from Daniel Defense.
I thought about signing up … But for a caliber I don’t already have, it was a bit too much of a flyer. And I realized I could always go for a Deagle first if I want to try out the general power and recoil feel.
I’m following their updates, though, and wish them well.
“We need, once more, a 500m rifle that shoots bullets that actually go THROUGH things. We don’t have anything close to that now.”
I go back and forth on this. Previous commenters have covered various reasons why we may not need a rifle that is devastating at 500 meters. If we decided to provide such a rifle to at least some of our troops, what caliber should it be? I am thinking .243 Winchester might be a good solution since it has substantially more oomph than 5.56x45mm NATO, it is straight-forward to chamber an AR-10 in .243 Winchester, you can shove 25 cartridges in a standard magazine, and the cartridges are still relatively light-ish in weight. (Cartridges in .243 Winchester are obviously heavier than 5.56x45mm NATO cartridges — and yet they are notably lighter than 7.62x51mm NATO and significantly lighter than .30-06 Springfield.)
The only question in my mind is ballistics at 500 yards. I don’t really see any caliber providing outstanding ballistics (for penetrating barriers) at 500 yards unless you are willing to consider .270 Winchester or the Magnums — which doesn’t seem doable since the size and weight of the rifle increases significantly as well as the weight of the ammunition. As it stands, the tried-and-true .243 Winchester cartridge is still zipping along at almost 2,000 fps at 500 yards, which is an advantage over many other calibers that are below 1,800 fps at 500 yards.
Just bought the RI 1911 compact. Took to the range. 200 rounds of cheep ammo FMJ & HP. No burps no how. Other than the fact that it has a little kick due to the short barrel I don’t have a bad thing to say other than better sights would be a big help. All the reviews I’ve seen at Buds where I bought it were positive and I would stake my life on it’s performance at this point. Trigger is just as good as the more expensive Ruger 1911 although the Ruger is a pretty weapon. All and all for the money I’m pleased. If you just want a no frills 1911 it’s a pretty good choice in my humble opinion.
After looking up how barrel length affects 7.62×39 velocity… I’m digging this now. Hopefully factory 7.62×39 AR’s start to get made and cost around 500 like other sporter AR’s currently go for.