Re: Think I might by me a AR57
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: BachelorJack</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Zevdogs</div><div class="ubbcode-body">basically one step up from a 9mm AR </div></div>
Are you sure it's not one step down?
I can't think of anything this would do that a 9mm AR wouldn't do better. Except shoot squirrels.
This is coming from someone who has suppressors/short barrels/etc so maybe the longer barrel lengths unsuppressed add some mystical utility. But I doubt it.... </div></div>
+1 more on this. Aside from some perceived "kewl factor" on the AR-57...there is really NOTHING that it does that cannot be accomplished easily with a bone stock AR-15 chambered in virtually any other variety of more commercially available and CHEAPER ammo. Your average "per round" cost of basic SS197 ballistic tips will be between $0.42-0.45/round with 9mm available for <$0.20/round and 5.56 ball for around $0.32/round. So for every 50 rounds you fire through an AR-57 upper...you'll spend between $21 and $22.50 (in comparison with the 9mm where you'll spend $10 and the 5.56 where you'll spend $16).
Where the 5.7x28 round and the platforms that use it really shine is under the following conditions:
1) when you have to haul a huge quantity of ammo around (based on significant weight savings per round compared to 5.56 or 9mm);
2) when controllability/accuracy under full-auto fire is a MUST when you need to put multiple rounds on targets in a hurry; and
3) with certain ammunition, when you need to punch through certain barriers/body armor where the basic 5.56 or other common cartridges fail.
However...each of these "advantages" are wasted on the AR-57 upper since none of the above are going to apply to your new range toy.
The 50rnd mags are just hype for those that buy into the mega-capacity magazines as a solution to some problem that simply doesn't exist on the shooting range and is something that can be easily overcome by a single mag change (either with 5.56 or 9mm).
Again...if you just WANT ONE...GO FOR IT! Just don't expect any mysterious, fanciful, time-saving, force-multiplying advantage with the AR-57 vs. any other common AR-15 platform rifle.
