Why don't vendors include weight in their specs

breamfisher

Midway's advertising a "lightweight" barrel for the AR. It's new, seems to be a good price, lists twist, material, gas block diameter, finish, an incorrect gas system length, all sorts of stuff.

Except for weight.

http://www.midwayusa.com/product/463786/ar-stoner-barrel-ar-15-223-wylde-lightweight-contour-1-in-8-twist-16-chrome-moly-melonite

I've noticed other vendors do this sporadically, if at all. Seems to me if a person's speccing out a firearm for building, weight for some would be kinda important.

Six-Gun

That definitely is annoying. You can't accurately advertise a product as "lightweight" without a valid comparison point.

tennmike

You could just call and ask. :tooth:

breamfisher

tennmike wrote: »

You could just call and ask. :tooth:

Oh, I know, but then I'd also have to ask for the HBARs and other barrels so I could get a comparison. The point of an internet vendor is... not having to deal with people.

Farm Boy Deuce

What bugs me is side focus and adjustable objective scope that don't list the minimum focus distance.

tennmike

breamfisher wrote: »

Oh, I know, but then I'd also have to ask for the HBARs and other barrels so I could get a comparison. The point of an internet vendor is... not having to deal with people.

Farm Boy Deuce wrote: »

What bugs me is side focus and adjustable objective scope that don't list the minimum focus distance.

Well, if enough people called on a regular basis asking for that data then maybe they'd see the need to start listing it! :rotflmao:

JasonMPD

On a similar token I get annoyed that barrel makers don't state the length of AR barrels from the upper receiver thread tenon forward.

A 14.5" barrel isn't 14.5" from the receiver threads it's that length from the breechface which is inset from the breech of the barrel extension.

With the plethora of options regarding hand guard lengths and people wanting various aesthetic configurations knowing these technical details is desirable.


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therewolf

IMO, they either KNOW what they're doing, or they DON'T.

Translation:

They either KNOW it's too heavy, (or light) and their excluding the information is attempting to

E-screw you with a lie by omission, OR the happy little terds advertising this stuff just have NO IDEA

what they are doing, and these little incompetents should be employed at an open air market, shoveling fish guts

for a living.

The only way I know of to fight back, is to order ONLY from vendors who provide you with the info you need,

rather than forcing you to make a risky assumption when you order.

breamfisher

knitepoet wrote: »

You can click "no" under the specifications and get to type in a suggestion for improving the product description.

Thanks, just did that.

breamfisher

JasonMPD wrote: »

On a similar token I get annoyed that barrel makers don't state the length of AR barrels from the upper receiver thread tenon forward.

A 14.5" barrel isn't 14.5" from the receiver threads it's that length from the breechface which is inset from the breech of the barrel extension.

With the plethora of options regarding hand guard lengths and people wanting various aesthetic configurations knowing these technical details is desirable.


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That tenon length should be fairly standard, no? If you already have that information, simple math should allow you to figure out the dimension you're looking for.