Franklin Armory Reformation

[Edwardteach72]

So Franklin Armory made waves last year building up to Shot show when they released a picture of what appeared to be a 11.5" AR-15 with a rifle stock.

The big catch was they claimed it wasnt an NFA item and not considered an SBR. There was a lot of speculation and guessing on how they did this. Then Shot Show happened and it turned out to be a smooth bore "other" that fired 5.56.
***edit*** ok it's not smooth bore, it has lands and grooves but they are straight not twisted so not tech. rifled


I figured this died almost instantly after it was finally revealed how they did it and how horribly inaccurate it was (even with the weird proprietary nerf football rounds that they were going to sell to increase accuracy by like a fraction)

While I give them credit for trying something and more importantly giving the NFA the middle finger it really isnt something worth anything.


And yet here we are a year later and they are releasing it again now in .300blackout

Franklin Armory's 'Reformation' Non-Rifles Non-Shotguns Are Now Available - The Truth About Guns

 

[ArmedCorgi]

Well, novelties do sell. I give them props for trying something unorthodox. If it takes off or not is yet to be decided. I know the price point is dumb, but we'll see.

 

[BDinPutnam]

Who doesn't want to shoot "3.5" groups at 100" with knuckleball 300 Obama for a grand and a half?

 

[Marine Cpl]

What's the accuracy at let's say 50 yards? If it's 5 moa or less, it would be suitable for home defense.

 

[Marine Cpl]

And if someone manufactured a muzzle device kind of like a rifled choke for a shotgun being that it isn't permanently attached, it still wouldn't be a rifle.

 

[Edwardteach72]

What's the accuracy at let's say 50 yards? If it's 5 moa or less, it would be suitable for home defense.

The moa isn't the real issue, the real issue is it key holes every round

 

[Marine Cpl]

The moa isn't the real issue, the real issue is it key holes every round

Oh. No bueno then. Somebody manufacturer a rifled choke stat!

 

[Marine Cpl]

Something like that for a pistol caliber carbine would be perfect. The rifled choke need only be 3 in long to stabilize the bullet.

 

[Eddie Gunks]

The moa isn't the real issue, the real issue is it key holes every round

So what? I would prefer keyholes in a gun taht i would use in a room, hallway , or short alley.

I bet it makes a mess as it keyholes through you. 3.5 inches at 100 makes it sub MOA in the hall or short alley.

 

[That_FNG]

All I care about is the barrel. I will build my own for less. At 25-50 yards if I can do 3-4 MOA I’m happy. Who cares if it keyholes? Let’s be honest if I’m 25-50 yards away from someone and they start shooting at me with this, I’m not gonna be like “well that is shooting rounds that are keyholing so I’m perfectly safe and it is not going to hurt. A 125-200 go round keyholing at 1000+ FPS is still gonna hurt

 

[Toecutter]