Don't need it, have no use for it, but I want one...AR-57

[Absintheur]

This is one of those things I have absolutely no use for, it doesn't fill a niche in my firearms collection, doesn't do anything my various AR's won't already do, and is just plain unnecessary...lol. But I want one. This is an upper that will fit any standard Ar lower. Uses the standard FN P90/PS90 PDW 50 round magazines, ejects down through the magazine well. It is chambered in the 5.7X28mm round and should be just about recoilless. It will make for a great GF gun tho and with the downward ejection should be fine for ambi-use as well.

Time to start saving pennies again...

 

[joeshredd]

Looks like a way cool toy!

Is it the same recoil operation as the normal AR? Shows ya I don't know that much... I'm still wading through the optics thread I started...

 

[Absintheur]

Should be less recoil than the standard AR upper...key word "should be". But it will also change more perceptibly than a standard AR as the magazine empties and the weight out over the forend decreases. One of those will have to wait and see things...

 

[TR Graham]

Neat. Straight blowback or gas operation?

It illustrates one of the nice things about an AR - modular design. New items are "plug & play"...

TR Graham
The Glocksmith

 

[Absintheur]

Straight blowback from what I can find out so far, it does not have a gas system but don't know if it uses a fluted chamber or not. I have several ARs and it is nice to be able to change things around tho I now have a lower for each upper. I will be needing more lowers if I go this route tho as I also want one of JD Jone's 458 Sucom uppers, I already have his 300 Whisper.