6 ARC - Anyone Regret It? Also considering 22 ARC

[MasonSims]

My 6 ARC BA barrel, in a factory Areo upper, was a poor performer with 2" to 2.5" for 5 shots at 100 yds.
I assembled an upper with Proof barrel and a few accuracy techniques and came away with a .5" 5 shot group shooter, at 100yds.
Scrapped the BA barrel and bought another Proof barrel, it too is a .5" shooter too....and sometimes much less.
I've had great success with Proof barrels.

Yeah I’m probably going to wind up going with proof. It’s just tough paying that much for a barrel. If these Craddock barrels work out though I’ll probably do that.

 

[tangolima]

Not regretting anymore. My budget upper build turns out to be the most successful part of my AR experiment. Consistently slightly below 1moa at 150yd with handload with the cheapest bullet I could find ($0.14 a round). I wouldn't mind trying the new .22 ARC next.

-TL

 

[YotaEer]

18” Proof barrel abruptly sped up at 250 rounds. Same load - 29 gr of lever, CCI 450 primers, Hornady brass, 108 eldm 50 thou off lands.

85 degree day so that helps some with the lever powered being temp sensitive, but not complaining one bit.

Bet you could get serious speed out of a 20”+ proof bolt gun…

 

[rlsmith1]

Well, I’m trying to decide if I should spend on a 11.5” or not… after running some numbers, the 80 ELD VT from an 11.5” is in line with or even a little better than a 14.5” 556 slinging 77 SMKs

 

[MasonSims]

Hey all, I’ve been digging a bit more and found a company called Rosco who makes 6 arc barrels and have heard good things about them. Has anyone had any experience with them?

 

[TonyTheTiger]

Hey all, I’ve been digging a bit more and found a company called Rosco who makes 6 arc barrels and have heard good things about them. Has anyone had any experience with them?

I've got a Rosco 5.56 barrel and it's super annoying.
Probably the cheapest barrel I have and it's a dang laser beam.

 

[MasonSims]

I've got a Rosco 5.56 barrel and it's super annoying.
Probably the cheapest barrel I have and it's a dang laser beam.

Do you know of anyone running the new 6arc barrel from them?

 

[TonyTheTiger]

Do you know of anyone running the new 6arc barrel from them?

Can't say that I do.