Gimmick or useful?

[Omega]

 

[RED333]

Gimmick or useful?

Depends on price, my bet the rifle will be pricey.

[BigK]

I like that idea better than a folding stock, but I bet I can't afford one.

[ianb]

I'm always suspicious of any takedown system that separates the optics from the barrel. They often need to be zeroed after assembly. I'd love to see one in action.

[Whisper]

I wonder if a folding-barrel AR is that much shorter than a folding-stock AR.  Not a collapsible stock, but a true side-folder.  It would be interesting to see some dimensions.

[Defender]

Don’t have the answer for you but I can say I’ve got a LAW Tactical folding stock adapter and I like it.  I have it on my SIG AR pistol, and it makes it really small.  

[TNHeavyGunner]

I want one!

[DocHawk]

It's cool. However, it limits you to their upper, and their handguard, and costs about $1000 out the door. The great thing about ARs is their modularity and universality. Once you spend a bunch of money making it not an AR anymore, it's better to start with something that isn't an AR in the first place.

By the time you're into a now-proprietary AR (doesn't use milspec upper parts anymore, so you're stuck if they change prices or go out of business and you need parts), you have spent enough for a Bren 2, or a MCX. The Bren pistol, in particular, is wickedly effective, lightweight, compact, and reliable, and folds at least as short as the MoBetta folding AR system.

[1gewehr]

I foresee lots of rifles that lose their zero every time it's folded.  I'll pass.