Are Ballistic Advantage barrels accurate on your builds? I have a 20" on my Colt H-Bar. My Springfield Saint with 18" out shoots it!
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What ammo? Not all guns shoot the same ammo the same……. Surely you know this……….Are Ballistic Advantage barrels accurate on your builds? I have a 20" on my Colt H-Bar. My Springfield Saint with 18" out shoots it!
Are Ballistic Advantage barrels accurate on your builds?
I bought a WOP 7 twist Krieger chambered in 224 Valkyrie ,it should arrive this Wednesday.Most of mine have been 3-5rounds into an inch at 100 yards using decent ammo which to me is good enough for a carbine.
If you are wanting a good 20" heavy AR15 barrel for your colt hbar get a service rifle barrel from white oak imho.
So does SOLGW.Springfield uses BA barrels sooooooooooo..........
I thought they said on m4carbine they use Rosco? Did that change?So does SOLGW. Lol
maybe they’ve changed.I thought they said on m4carbine they use Rosco? Did that change?
I didn't read it the soglw thread, I read it in another thread where the centurion arms owner was a part of. Let me see if I can find it. you could be right but I'd find it odd they'd use different brands in their rifles unless they changed over.M
maybe they’ve changed.
@RUTGERS95
I looked in that thread, the only thing I saw was that their Sage Dynamics rifle used the roscoe barrels. I didn’t see a difinitive answer on the rest. Comparing the profiles and the font of the laser engraving on the barrels is where I drew the assumption that they were using BA barrels. This is as close to confirmation as Mike would get. View attachment 7959751I’ll edit my post.
I've used several Faxon barrels and never had 1 that didn't shoot extremely well. I've put together 3 - 6.5 Creedmoors with identical Faxon barrels 20 in nitrided. All shoot sub 1.5 in at 300 yds and most days around an inch. For an AR-10 platform I certainly can't complain about accuracy. My bud killed a yote at night with his off a tri-pod & white light at 409 yds. I had a Faxon 223 Wydle barrel that was simply unreal. A true tack driver even with factory ammo. Also a couple 308 AR barrels that their owners rave about.Friends don't let friends buy BA/Aero/Faxon barrels.
Hate to do it, but, I’m calling bullshit. Kind of fun to stir the pot…I've used several Faxon barrels and never had 1 that didn't shoot extremely well. I've put together 3 - 6.5 Creedmoors with identical Faxon barrels 20 in nitrided. All shoot sub 1.5 in at 300 yds and most days around an inch. For an AR-10 platform I certainly can't complain about accuracy. My bud killed a yote at night with his off a tri-pod & white light at 409 yds. I had a Faxon 223 Wydle barrel that was simply unreal. A true tack driver even with factory ammo. Also a couple 308 AR barrels that their owners rave about.
I really don't care what you think. My rifles perform and I really don't need to prove it to you or anyone else. Testing methods, shoot off a good rest on a bench, not hard to duplicate. Have very good loads with accurate bullets/powder. Good barrel/trigger/stock etc. One guy once told me that I should have his smith chamber my barrels, my reply was when the indicator reads 0 in 360 degrees how does he improve on that? I also just shot a 1 3/8" group with my 6.5 GAP at 515 yds thru a Burris 1.5x8 Tac scope so you can call bullshit on that also.Hate to do it, but, I’m calling bullshit. Kind of fun to stir the pot…
I don’t trust your testing method. An AR10 shooting 1/3 MOA groups consistently is an unbelievable rifle. The type of rifle that most people spend thousands upon thousands of dollars for, am I to believe that this is repeatable for 10 five round groups? Five 10 ground groups?
My guess is that you have a rifle that from time to time manages to put three on top of each other, I don’t believe that you have a rifle which can stand up to true precision testing.
These are gas guns?I really don't care what you think. My rifles perform and I really don't need to prove it to you or anyone else. Testing methods, shoot off a good rest on a bench, not hard to duplicate. Have very good loads with accurate bullets/powder. Good barrel/trigger/stock etc. One guy once told me that I should have his smith chamber my barrels, my reply was when the indicator reads 0 in 360 degrees how does he improve on that? I also just shot a 1 3/8" group with my 6.5 GAP at 515 yds thru a Burris 1.5x8 Tac scope so you can call bullshit on that also.
fan of the rosco barrels as wellIn my experience, BAs are more miss than hit. I ordered the last batch during the scarcity of parts a while back. Maybe QC was having a bad day, or the demand was causing rushing, but the machining on the bores was pretty miserable. The only barrel of 8 that I built on was consistently around 3"s with a variety of loads. I inspected three others and found them... shitty.
I have less experience with Rosco, but 3 of 3 have scoped very nicely, and the builds were all acceptably (very MOAish or better) accurate. I would say that Rosco outshoots its price point significantly. They are the biggest manufacturer I would choose in the $200 range.
Right?! How many people actually throw a scope on their rifle to see what their rifle can actually shoot? How many of those people can actually shoot well enough and shoot enough rounds to give you an honest assessment? Answer - not many.I had a lemon BA barrel, best group I could get was about 3". Had to fight a bit to get a replacement, installed the replacement and it would hover right around 1" with 1 ammo. I ended up pitching it and put a 18" Criterion Core on it and that things is unbelievable Fiocchi 77gr is coming in about .3'-.5".
At the shop I gunsmith at most customers aren't capable or willing to spend the money on an optic and ammunition to really put the MOA guarantee to the test. So in my experience BA is a coin toss. Personally I'd go Criterion, WOA, X-Caliber, Proof, any of the big name manufacturers.
Right?! How many people actually throw a scope on their rifle to see what their rifle can actually shoot? How many of those people can actually shoot well enough and shoot enough rounds to give you an honest assessment? Answer - not many.