Q Honey Badger .300 Blackout
Model: HB-300BLK-7IN
Q Honey Badger .300 Blackout
Model: HB-300BLK-7IN
Full Specifications
Threaded 5/8x24 barrel: compare .30 caliber suppressor prices.
About This Firearm
The Q Honey Badger is a stainless-barreled short .300 Blackout built as a suppressed close-quarters rifle. It is in current production. Its 7-inch stainless barrel has a 1:5 twist, which Q says stabilizes long heavy subsonic bullets, so one barrel shoots both subsonic and supersonic loads.
No sights come with it, and the magazine count has to be confirmed with the dealer. The muzzle tapers into Q's Cherry Bomb flash hider on a 5/8x24 thread. The handguard is M-LOK and comes off with Q's turnbuckle fitting, the safety selector is ambidextrous with two positions, and the stock collapses between two settings. A 7-inch barrel puts the rifle in NFA territory, so a tax stamp is part of buying one.
If you're cross-shopping, a used Sig Sauer MCX Rattler is nearly a pound heavier at 5.70 lbs, on a shorter 5.5-inch barrel at 23.5 inches overall, and it ships with a 30-round magazine. The Sig Sauer MCX Spear LT has an MSRP of $2,179 at 6.40 lbs and 27.75 inches, with a gas piston and a longer 9-inch barrel, so it keeps more velocity for 1.60 lbs more weight.
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Strengths & Limitations
- Q finishes the rifle in a Type III, Class A clear hard-coat anodize, so the aluminum keeps its own colour under the coating.
- The barrel is stainless steel, which is the material Q chose for a bore that runs hot behind a suppressor.
- The LTBTEM trigger is a cassette that fits any standard AR or M4 lower, so it can move to another rifle.
- The receiver arrives with nothing on it to aim with, so an optic comes before the first round.
- The two-piece bolt carrier is Q's own design, so a spare comes from Q and not off the AR parts shelf.
- The stock has two settings and nothing between them, so length of pull is one or the other.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is it a pistol or a short-barreled rifle?
Q lists this 7-inch version as an SBR that needs an NFA tax stamp. Confirm the configuration with the dealer before the transfer, since the platform is also sold in pistol form.
What was the Honey Badger built for?
Q says the platform was originally built for a top-tier military program to replace the MP5-SD, and the company now sells it as its flagship compact suppressed system.
Which suppressor mounts fit the muzzle?
Anything cut for 5/8x24, the common .300 Blackout pitch, once the Cherry Bomb comes off.
