Comments by "" (@neutronalchemist3241) on "When M14 Meets M16: The Fort Ellis XR-86 Frankenrifle" video.

The project is neat for being something made for fun, but, since he was at it, it's weird that he simply didn't rotate the M14 gas system 180° so to have the gas piston at hour 12. That way he could have mantained the entire AR15 lower as it was.
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@jic1 Yeah, but, in any case, it seems that it would have been easier to simply assemble the gas piston of the M14 upside-down, and retain the AR15 trigger group and handle in their position, than link the AR15 trigger group 90° with the actual trigger. It's like the designer purposedly wanted to do it strange. OR he absolutely wanted the rifle to eject from the bottom for some reason.
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@joshualance6005 the M14 gas system is short stroke.
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@jic1 It seems he had at least an handle and a trigger group.
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The project is neat for being something made for fun, but, to have sense, he should have simply rotated the M14 gas system 180° so to have the gas piston at hour 12. That way he could have mantained the entire AR15 lower as it was.
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The project is neat for being something made for fun, but, since he was at it, it's weird that he simply didn't rotate the M14 gas system 180° so to have the gas piston at hour 12. That way he could have mantained the entire AR15 lower as it was.
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