Innovative Arms WAR

11B3XCIB · Sep 6, 2012

Picked up one of these during PSA's sale.

It's going to accompany the suppressor I have on the way...hopefully reduce some of the internal fouling and mainly reduce blowback.

Unsuppressed mode:

Suppressed mode:

My gas key on my bolt carrier seemed snug around the WAR gas tube. I might have to swap out the BCG, which wouldn't be a downgrade by any means, but the upper's not installed yet, so I don't know for sure.

thebrasilian · Sep 7, 2012

Sweet!

11B3XCIB · Sep 7, 2012

I was going to throw it on my current rifle and look at doing a precision build in a few months, but I am probably going to sell my current rig and build the new one around the WAR upper. The WAR is going to be getting a Rainier cold hammer forged barrel, thunder bolt, Rainier lower, etc.

Paco · Sep 7, 2012

How much beefier is the gas tube for the WAR versus a normal gas tube?

11B3XCIB · Sep 8, 2012

I'll see if I can get a side by side photo tomorrow.

11B3XCIB · Sep 8, 2012

Didn't take the photo. I compared the new gas tube to my existing one. I couldn't check interior dimensions, but the exterior was identical. I think it would have to be the same so it's compatible with gas blocks and such.

11B3XCIB · Sep 9, 2012

View inside the gas tube for unsuppressed and suppressed modes:

Unsuppressed

Suppressed:

Hopefully, between this and the chrome BCG I've got on the way, suppressed shooting won't be nearly the maintenance chore that it usually is.

Paco · Sep 10, 2012

11B3XCIB said:
Didn't take the photo. I compared the new gas tube to my existing one. I couldn't check interior dimensions, but the exterior was identical. I think it would have to be the same so it's compatible with gas blocks and such.

I was under the impression that it needed a more robust gas tube to handle the back-pressure of operating in suppressed mode.
Perhaps that was just people talking about if it had a "no gas" mode.

Thanks for the pictures.

11B3XCIB · Sep 10, 2012

I don't think just any old gas tube will work; it's got to be one of Innovative's proprietary gas tubes. I think it is notched differently...I don't know the specifics because it's Phillip's design. It comes with a carbine length tube, but I had to swap mine to IA for a mid-length upon request. They make pistol,carbine, and mid-length tube, so sorry about the guys who run rifle length ones, I don't know if they would be compatible.