Bushmaster superlight?

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Just wondering if these guns are allowed in Canada?
Is there any other brands that have a 5 lbs carbine or less in there lineup?
Reason why I ask is I'm just under 5' tall and don't have the arm length/ strength for a 7-12 lbs gun.
My mossberg 22 with red dot and forgrip/bipod weight in at 6.5 lbs.
Thanks Andrew
 
I believe what you are looking for is what used to be Corbon,now owned by Bushmaster and renamed the Carbon 15 pistol/rifle.
There was one on here for @$1200.ish 6months back....I don't think many actually came into Canada
 
Like this one. I love it.

Aproximately 4lbs. with pistol upper/ 5 lbs with full length upper.

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This is like the one I had at one time but it had an oval carbon fiber handgaurd(pre bushmaster) I think they were made in Texas if my memory serves me right.
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One of my friends has a Carbon-15 in 9mm and it's a very light gun.

There are a few things you can do to get ultra-light builds, short pencil profile barrels (like a 10" or 11" barrel) with standard front sight base and standard handguards, and something like a magpul flip-up rear sight, or a Daniel Defense one.

Check out the thread called "PDW builds" since ALL those are ultra short rifles, a lot of them being AR15's and such.

A company called Plum-Crazy makes a fibreglass reenforced nylon lower receiver (very inexpensive and very light) then you could try for a slick-side upper receiver (AKA no forward assist button or shell deflector) I think that NEA (North Eastern Arms) makes a slick side billet upper, although it has the shell deflector, it's going to be lighter than a standard upper.

DPMS also makes a light upper without FA or deflector (or the door cover) which would be very lightweight, and since there are DPMS dealers here, you should be able to get ahold of one: ht tp://www.dpmsinc.com/store/products/?prod=821&cat=1704 (past link into browser and remove space in http)

Questar at the top of the page carries DPMS stuff, maybe shoot em an EMail or ask them in their sponsor forum if they can get ahold of one for you. Shouldn't be much more than a normal upper to get.
 
You talking about this?

http://www.bushmaster.com/catalog_xm15_BCWA3F16SL.asp

Rifle is 6.25 lbs unloaded. Don't know why no one seems to bring in rifles with lightweight barrels.

If you can't find someone who can get it than an alternative would be a WTB in the EE for an SP1 carbine which is almost identical except that it uses an M16 slickside upper instead of a flat top with 1/12 twist barrel. You could also look for a Sporter Lightweight (Model 6530) or Government Carbine (Model 6520). They have A2 style uppers with 1/7 barrels. The pivot pin on the last two should be regular size so you could have the upper swapped out for a flat top, you could do the same with an SP1 but you'd need an adaptor or large hole upper from Daniel Defense.
 
I would tend to agree, reports from end users seem to be that plastic/polymer receivers are not very robust.

If you absolutely have to have a light AR, there are ways to do it that do not involve Carbon/Vulcan receivers.

Alternatively, buy an S&W M&P 15-22. Very light, takes 10 and 50 round mags, run like well oiled sewing machines, and can be configured to look like any 16" AR on the market. If you don't have the ability to handle and shoot a .223 AR, and you are only killing paper anyway, what does it matter if it's a .22?

Regards.

Mark
 
http://www.bushmaster.com/catalog_xm15_MAZ-C1516SLORC.asp
This is the gun I was looking for. Is the carbon, plastic not a good material for 223? I would have thought that a small calibur would be able to get away with these materials.
 
People have used the carbons receivers without issue, others have been less fortunate and have had them crack. In my mind it's not worth it, especially when you consider the aluminum equivelant still only weighs 6.25lbs. One thing to consider is that I believe these use a proprietary barrel nut so adding free floating handguards could be an issue if that's something you planned down the road. They also chopped off the front sight, wtf is up with that? The other thing I'd consider is that due to the bad rep, you may have proplems selling it if you ever decided it wasn't for you.

Take the advice about short barrels with a grain of salt. It depends more on the profile then the length. A lot of shorties are heavy barrels, I have an 11.5" Armalite that weighs more (a lot more) than a 14.5" C8 because the barrel is ridiculously thick. I think you're on the right track with the lightweight barrel profile, commonly referred to as a "pencil barrel".
 
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