For physical/age reasons I need a shoulder fired HD rifle. I failed the hold your hand steady test miserably at my last checkup with the doc, no longer confident in my handgun or even followup shots with the mossburg 590.
I have a 16" S&W AR, nice rifle and really ergonomic balance just feel comfortable with it, comes right into place much faster than my AK-74.
But the damn 16" barrel plus FH the thing just seems like it has wasted barrel length for inside the home duty.
Now I have alarm dogs, and I think any HD plan should involve throwing on a pair of e-ear-muffs not a fan of suppressors at all.
Basically I've kicked around the idea of a 12.5" barrel AR or even the 12.5" AMD-65 as a cheap alternative to the AR. But I have concerns with handling these SBR's as far as rapid 2nd and 3rd shot follow-ups. Also not too keen on the idea of an NFA for SD? Isn't the stamp for collectable type rifles?
So I am looking at building a DD Pencil Barrel Mid length 14.5" with perm attached brake and the lite weight troy ff tube. I've read reports that these 14.5 middys recoil like a .22 and should have excellent 2+1 rapid accuracy even in my hands.
I want lightweight, fast handling.
Now to confuse things even more the Draco only weighs 5.5 lbs, even after the stamp and adding a light stock its really hard to build an AR lighter than this! Amazing that an modern aluminum AR rifle weighs as much as old steel AK's.
Off course the other option would be an SBR stamp semi auto MP5 clone like the AKI's, very expensive though and seem a bit out of date considering how much they weigh. I guess FA they make up for their deficiency, but that is not an option for me.
Any advice on this. Been stuck on the decision too long.