While you're laughing, I forgot to mention it has an Alexander Arms lower and a Brownell's bolt?
Watch the video...350 meters, 5 consecutive shots on about 1" dots. If it's blurry it's because your bandwidth sucks...it's a 1080P video. No doubt this is an exceptional barrel and I have spent quite a bit of time building and shooting accurate rifles. The whole point is that it has not been my experience that BCA "put(s) out some of the worst quality" barrels. And yes, it is for sale...that's more of a public service announcement for those frustrated at not being able to find an accurate semi-auto.
so look at dot size relative to 6" circle. i'd say roughly 1" being generous, probably a bit smaller
So calling bullshit on a man you don’t know, after watching it on video leads to likely untrue. Let me guess, it has to be a cack or some other uber expensive rifle/barrel to shoot good
Yeah knights is what I was talking about. Cack is all you need to hear and associate that name, even you figured it out. Not stupid accurate, but good enough for USASOC and many other agencies to pick up as a SASS. As far as using a wylde or “223” chamber, there are plenty of quality builders that use that chambering for their guns in that caliber.
Yeah, and I'll be the first to admit, it was a litlle (a lot?) self serving. But, hell, like I said, I impressed myself. If somebody just posted that claim with just pics of their groups I would have doubts, that's why I posted the video. I actually have a bunch of these videos on you tube, but they are untitled as they are really only intended for potential buyers to see the accuracy of the rifle they are buying.Maj,
being a member of the hide for 8 years you should have expected naysayers.
BCA got some bad press a few years ago, mostly from resellers that bought in bulk and held them until they rusted.
Barrel makers seem to run in cycles, maybe due to turnover of machinists.
Congrats on your accomplishments.
I currently hold an NRA Expert, F-Open Midrange rating
I was being nice, I just thought maybe you'd gone senile.
That was never stated by the OP, that manufacturer makes and sells wylde chambered barrels as well. Where did you learn it was 5.56 nato chambered
I'd slow down on that bias as I posted pics in the 308 forum of a beater 308 with a $70 bca heavy ss barrel that printed .65 consistently with fgmm 168s. freak of nature maybe but that sucker was a shooter, better than my lmts
No fliers I use ten round mags so my bipod is functional. But that would be my reply as well. Lol
probably better than citizen workers as they need their job and know they'll be let go and replaced easily enough. Remember when we had great manufacturing, the driving force behind that was employee need for job and easily replaced by other workers who would do the job right
Lol... I didn't notice until you said something.
I've had good luck with other BCA barrels. I've never had one that shot poorly...always around 1moa. Several years ago they even offered a 1 moa guarantee...which was what got me to try one. They no longer offer that guarantee. The rifle I bought this for was going to be a "recon" type AR so all I really needed was 1.3 moa and price was a factor. Yes, I do some things that are special. I pre-torgue and then final torque. I bed the barrel and tighten using anti-gall paste. I match the bolt to the barrel by trying several different bolts during accuracy testing. I use several different types of both factory and hand-loaded match ammo. I often cut and re-crown the barrel. The barrel is always free floated, unless it is a copy of a model that wasn't originally free floated, like the XM-177. I would rather be pleasantly surprised than drop big dollars on a "match" barrel that literally won't hit the side of a barn, or in this case a shed, at 600 yards. Just did that and had to just put the upper aside until I figure out if it's the barrel, receiver, or bolt. I've even had the buffer system degrade accuracy. I've never had a Krieger, Lilja, or Bartlein let me down.
Yes, His word is good on the one specific barrel he used. A simple search on here or any other forum will show they consistently have issues. That being said, for a barrel you can purchase for $80 or cheaper. If it hits a 12x12 target at 100 yards off a bench I'd say you got your monies worth.
Absolutely agree.
Youre exchange with this gentleman is rude. While I agree that his barrel is performing miraculously better than expected, you’ve basically called him a liar. There are so many better ways to express polite distrust or caution that were bypassed at multiple points in this conversation.
