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R5

The Remington R5 RGP (Remington Gas Piston) is a 5.56x45mm NATO carbine that was designed and manufactured by Remington Arms. R5 primarily refers the monolithic upper receiver that contains the short-stroke gas piston system, of which actuate the rifle's cycle. The usage of gas piston instead of direct impingement is an attempt to improve the reliability of the weapon, R5 is one of many AR-15/M16 style rifles that make use a gas piston operating system. R5 RGP was introduced around 2010. The upper receiver/handguard is one unit made of high grade aluminium, it has a long piece of integrated top rail. The octagonal shaped free-float tube handguard design allows for eight planes of accessory rail mounting, when left empty the vent holes helps ventilate and cools the free floating barrel. R5 comes with a 10.5 or 14.5 inch barrel design, that can be quickly changed out a single tool, the barrel comes with an AAC BLACKOUT flash hider. Other features on the upper receiver includes the familiar AR-15/M16 style forward assist, brass deflector, dust cover and charging handle. R5 can be fitted on any existing M4 MILSPEC lower receivers, or be shipped out with a lower receiver of Remington's design.