This post makes me lol
No kidding...
This post makes me lol
HBAR stands for heavy barrel. During the US involvement in Vietnam and the M16 was introduced, they made a prototype of the M16 called the M16 HBAR which actually meant it was in 7.62x51 AKA .308. It took the same capacity magazines as its 556 brother of 20 rounds. HBAR just mainly means a heavy profile barrel.
And how would you fit a 7.62x51 round into the mag well of an M16?????
And how would it cycle with the a round longer than the bolt stroke?????
The 7.62x51 rifle was the AR-10, which looks like an AR-15/M-16, but it pretty much totally different parts, except the fire control group.
Oh, the HBAR comes from the Colt HBAR Match Sporter rifle. It was the target model of the standard AR-15. And it is specifically exempted in the ban list.
I don't think that is what he is saying... I read the post as, Colt made a 308 caliber prototype M16 that they branded HBAR and also came with 20 round magazines.
How is it an M16 if it is totally different?