POTD: The FB 223 S BERYL M1 Carbine
Today’s Photo Of The Day features the FB MINI-BERYL S 223, a semi-automatic AK-platform carbine chambered in .223 Remington. Built around a cold-hammer-forged, chrome-lined barrel, the BERYL M1 delivers consistent precision.
Standard AK-style iron sights come fitted from the factory, but a quick-detach Picatinny rail is available for mounting optics and other accessories. The Mini feeds from a semi-transparent 30-round magazine, so you can monitor ammo count at a glance. It’s also compatible with most .223 Rem AK magazines on the U.S. market.
Image below from Fabryka Broni’s Instagram.
The technical specifications of the Mini Beryl S 223 are as follows:
- Caliber: .223 Rem
- Muzzle velocity: Vo = 920 m/s
- Muzzle energy: Eo = 1690 J
- Fire mode: Semi-Auto
- Barrel length: 457 mm / 18"
- Barrel twist rate: 228 mm - 1/9"
- Magazine capacity: 10, 30 rounds
- Sight radius: ~370 mm / 14.5"
- Over to the dimensions of the Mini:
- Overall length: 959 mm / 37 3/4"
- Weight with magazine: 3.4 kg / 7.5 lbs
The Mini-Beryl can be optionally equipped with:
- Beryl carbine telescopic stock
- Beryl carbine pistol grip
- Handguard with Picatinny rails
- Quick-detach Picatinny rail
According to Fabryka Broni, this configuration of the firearm is currently only available on the US market through specific companies.
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"...delivers consistent precision." ?
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Thats one sexy little beastie there with the 235mm short barrel, the soviet 5.45
AKSU was a favorite of mine also and that had I beleive a 200mm barrel
and needed that special flash hider/bas booster for proper operation .
This Polish would be cool in the original 7.62 x 39 also .
I think a different stock design would make this peice even cooler, I'd be thinking
along the lines of something akin to a modified Valmet tubular side folder
but it'd be adjustable for lenght like a M4 stock can be adjusted for lenght .
so it'd have to be a tube inside a larger tube with a simple to engage locking
system of some sort . i