So, I have heard that a short barrel AR 15 or Pistol length upper can cause more wear than a longer barreled upper. My question is this in a 10.5" or so, I have most often seen them with carbine length gas systems. To my understanding the hard wear and tear on an AR 15 is often due to the gas system and timing. Obviously there are factors that could be tuned or out of tune (gas port size, buffer weight, recoil spring, lubes, and gas block and suppressors to name a few) that could make things better or worse for timing and all of that.
There are a lot of you that really geek out on a lot of this stuff.
My question is, if you had 2 uppers with all things being equal in the gas/recoil/cycling system, would an upper with 10.5" barrel and a carbine length gas system wear worse than the same with a 16" barrel?
If one or the other would wear differently please explain as I want to understand.
There are a lot of you that really geek out on a lot of this stuff.
My question is, if you had 2 uppers with all things being equal in the gas/recoil/cycling system, would an upper with 10.5" barrel and a carbine length gas system wear worse than the same with a 16" barrel?
If one or the other would wear differently please explain as I want to understand.