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Ken,
No problem, Glad I could help. I know this question comes up on a regular basis. Sorry my pictures couldn't be better. My camara and lack of photography skills makes for a bad combo! :-)
I agree with you in the sence that I wish Armalite and RRA had placed the gas port in the same relative position to the end of the barrel as is done on 20" and 14.5" barrels but I wonder if there is a reason for it? Just guessing out loud but maybe that extra 1" makes a difference in some other way that we are not aware of? Maybe that just wanted to make the gas tube\sight radius as long as possible while retaining the ability to use a bayonet which brings up my other point...
IMO, a bayonet is just as useful in this configuration as it is on a normal 20" rifle or 14.5" M4 meaning that the bayonet did not need to be modified, locks on just as tight (or loose as it were) and does not block the FH or cause any other negatives that I can see or think of?
Chris
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