Any word on development of a short GSG-16 barrel?

Hey guys,

I am stoked that you guys are stoked about the idea of a shorter barrel....BUT, please do not call or email us asking for the inside scoop with details about pricing or availability or to be on the list for the first batch. It just kills my day and nothing gets done. I am NOT answering calls or emails on this until it becomes a reality and by then 99.9% of the info will already be in this thread.

Please be patient, we will post what we know when we know it.
 
DavenK said:
What would be the length requirement to keep it NR with the retracteable stock ?
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It's 28.5" OAL collapsed. So if you want to maintain it being able to collapse, OAL needs to be 26", so min barrel length would be 13.75"

If you pin the stock, you could go shorter.
 
Dlask Arms said:
This is something we will look at on Tuesday when we have one in our hands. Alot of time when they make cheap guns like this they slap them together in a way that is very unfriendly to disassembly so I cannot even hazard a guess as to how it comes apart.

Tuesday folks, Tuesday....

Also, would there be interest in a 12.5" barrel so it would be legal to hunt with ? Good little truck gun for grouse.....lol
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Wouldn't 13.75" be the shortest you could go w/o pinning the stock and no modification? Factory barrel is 16.25" long, Gun is 28.5" OAL with the stock collapsed. So you could only shorten it down 2.5" before requiring to pin the stock open a bit.
 
OkayShooter said:
It's 28.5" OAL collapsed. So if you want to maintain it being able to collapse, OAL needs to be 26", so min barrel length would be 13.75"

If you pin the stock, you could go shorter.
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I guess with a beefier and shorter suppressor shroud that would bring me pretty close to a MP5SD clone
 
OkayShooter said:
Wouldn't 13.75" be the shortest you could go w/o pinning the stock and no modification? Factory barrel is 16.25" long, Gun is 28.5" OAL with the stock collapsed. So you could only shorten it down 2.5" before requiring to pin the stock open a bit.
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Could you legally shorten the barrel yourself or would it have to be factory made at whatever length you desire? Disregard overall length for this question tho i thought you couldn't shorten it yourself but maybe I'm wrong?
 
Dlask Arms said:
This is something we will look at on Tuesday when we have one in our hands. Alot of time when they make cheap guns like this they slap them together in a way that is very unfriendly to disassembly so I cannot even hazard a guess as to how it comes apart.

Tuesday folks, Tuesday....

Also, would there be interest in a 12.5" barrel so it would be legal to hunt with ? Good little truck gun for grouse.....lol
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Exactly what i was thinking
 
Y'all can have the 13" to hunt. I am getting them to cut mine to 9".

I took the barrel off once already. Dont look too hard.

The original intent was to make a mp5 look alike with the 9inch barrel, if you want to keep the collapsible stock. Pin it. Unless of course Joe or Leigh wants to make a split with 10 of 9inch and 10 of 13.75 inch
 
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TheCyaba said:
Could you legally shorten the barrel yourself or would it have to be factory made at whatever length you desire? Disregard overall length for this question tho i thought you couldn't shorten it yourself but maybe I'm wrong?
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Nope, shortest you could cut it yourself is 18.5" ( semi auto ) Being that the barrel is 16.25", you cannot cut it anymore. So yes, only way for a shorter barrel is, a new manufactured barrel from scratch. Which is why they are asking.

OAL does matter, because you could put a 5" barrel on, if you make the stock longer. 13.75 is shortest you can go without making any stock modifications to keep the 26" OAL. I have a fixed stock, so I can go with a shorter barrel. I think many would prefer to keep the stock collapsed for packing purpose hunting.

TheCyaba said:
Cant you hunt with it regardless of barrel length as long as it's non restricted?
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Yup.
 
Dlask - ensure the T10 Torx screwdriver you use is high quality. The screws have shallow depth for the screwdriver and strip easily. Some screws like the ones holding down the top rail over the receiver are almost impossible to remove. Have a small easyout handy.

Cheers
Moe
 
Moe said:
Dlask - ensure the T10 Torx screwdriver you use is high quality. The screws have shallow depth for the screwdriver and strip easily. Some screws like the ones holding down the top rail over the receiver are almost impossible to remove. Have a small easyout handy.

Cheers
Moe
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If you're referring to the two screws on the rail section closest to the butt stock, you can't remove them because those screws are not what is retaining the rail. If you had the best screw driver in the world you still couldn't remove them.

They are screwed into brass bushings which are sandwiched between the two plastic sections of the receiver. You must slightly separate both sections of the receiver to get it out...

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Wal-Mart Greeter said:
If you're referring to the two screws on the rail section closest to the butt stock, you can't remove them because those screws are not what is retaining the rail. If you had the best screw driver in the world you still couldn't remove them.

They are screwed into brass bushings which are sandwiched between the two plastic sections of the receiver. You must slightly separate both sections of the receiver to get it out...

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Cool, I guess this is where they expect you to actually mount a scope, which needs to stay solid & zeroed.
The other picatinnies can be just the 2 tiny screws, because they're just for flashlights or bipods etc.
 
Rimfire001 said:
Cool, I guess this is where they expect you to actually mount a scope, which needs to stay solid & zeroed.
The other picatinnies can be just the 2 tiny screws, because they're just for flashlights or bipods etc.
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No, I donā€™t think so. It has to be like that because the screws would thread directly into the seam where the two halves of the receiver meet. They would have had to design a different section of rail for that spot so the screw holes are in a different location. That would have been too costly. So they re-use the same section of rail but add the bushings.
 
Hey boys, cross your finger and hopefully they can pull it off.

Talked to Leigh, the barrels shall be a green mountain and it will be threaded 1/2x28.
 
Wal-Mart Greeter said:
If you're referring to the two screws on the rail section closest to the butt stock, you can't remove them because those screws are not what is retaining the rail. If you had the best screw driver in the world you still couldn't remove them.

They are screwed into brass bushings which are sandwiched between the two plastic sections of the receiver. You must slightly separate both sections of the receiver to get it out...
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Yeah I tried to unscrew those screws, and it just free spun.
 
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