Quote Originally Posted by Former11B View Post
He could use my new mod Griffin Explorr .30 cal, its like 6.5in and 10oz or use it as an excuse to get an Optimus 6


Another point with the rifle itself; probably easier to sell the entire rifle if I end up not liking the performance of it than a very expensive niche barrel

And nothing says I cant change barrels in the AR if the bolt gun is a hit
I am running an Explorr 30 on my 6 ARC.

I definitely would not classify 6 ARC as niche. I actually like mine a lot.

The reason why I lean towards the bolt gun is that he's 11.

The second factor is the cartridge is kind of gassy. I have a rifle length gas system. I am running a very heavy buffer and an adjustable block. I had to do some tuning something akin to making my 10.5" 5.56 run smoothly to slow it down some. If I recall correctly I'm running a 5.6oz buffer in a suppressed 24" rifle.

It's not the end of the world but I did have to sort it out. Now it's pure butter. It's possibly my favorite one to shoot now.

I bought a custom barrel way back in the early stages of the 6 ARC and didn't know what I didn't know. If I were to do it again I would probably ask for a reduced gas port or a longer gas system. I was just shooting in the dark at the time so I just made it work, but as I said it's my favorite one now.

Going like 16" or shorter with a 6 ARC I would ask around more now that it's out there and people have more experience with it in that configuration.