12-28-2017, 03:37 PM
earlwb Wrote:That is quite interesting. But it got me to thinking if one could simply use a side charging upper receiver with side handle BCG without the gas port connected. The bolt itself ought to stay locked until you pull the bolt carrier back to unlock it and extract the spent case. With the side charging handle out of the way, you don't have to move your head out of the way when pulling it back to extract the case and load another round. Do you think that the cases are too tight to manually extract them?
I thought exactly as you are thinking. The rounds stick to the chamber and require mortaring or whacking the side charging handle with a 2x4 to break them free.
This effectively made it a single shot. I even removed the spring and buffer and the AR shot fine with the bolt staying locked.
When I considered the cost of a youth mini action Grendel complete from Whittakers it was a no brainer compared to the cost of an AR upper complete.
The trigger on the Howa is far better than anything on an AR.