Re: Good ar-15 barrel for the money
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Jpach</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: nw1911guy</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Jpach</div><div class="ubbcode-body">
The idea of a rifle, however reliable and long lasting it may be, only getting ~~2 MOA on average makes me want to cut my balls off.
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Can I sig that? Lol </div></div>
I would be honored lol.
I just want to find a chrome lined barrel that will shoot as accurate as my LMT 308 Chrome lined barrel does. It seems EVERYONE is getting sub-MOA groups with theirs and I wonder why this is so uncommon for the 5.56 AR realm.
Perhaps I'll just buy a BCM and have it nitro'd so I get accuracy and a long life. </div></div>
Most AR15 5.56 barrels are swelled at the muzzle, relieving the metal down for a 1/2-28 thread allow the muzzle to open up so short 55gr fMJs come out wobbling. I purchased 6-7 different companies barrels this last summer to compare with inspection pins, most muzzles would allow a .219 pin to go into the muzzle apx 3/4" then stop. Another thing is one barrel manufacturer has crooked chambers, every stainless barrel I have seen from them(6 this year) has a crooked chamber and throat and can easily be seen with a borescope.
BCMs 410 stainless barrels are made by Krieger/Criterion and they are right as are most of the more custom stainless barrels from WOA, Noveske, Compass Lake etc. the CHF barrels I had both had bad crowns, one was to replace the other one that had a bad crown so I assume the whole batch did and they were not inspected.
The Colts I have had over the years are done right, with the extra steps needed to keep the muzzle swell to a minimum. We pay for the extra steps needed to control the muzzle swell.