A little back story to my question.
I'm building a short barreled upper for my AR. I'm looking at cutting my m4 contour chrome lined bbl to 11.5" and making that my beater upper. Then I can put the money that would have bought the short bbl towards a more accurate 16" bbl to fill sort of a "recce" type roll.
I want the bbl to be an SS 1/7 twist with a contour that can handle at least a little bit of sustained fire and also not be shifting everywhere when the can is on the end.
While the BCM ELW bbls seem nice and light, they obviously won't fit the sustained accuracy requirement (at least I think that's the case) and I don't know how they'll like a can hanging off the front.
An SPR or varmint contour is too far in the other direction and while it will handle the sustained fire, it won't be handy enough for the role of the rifle.
The Rainier MedCon comes to mind, but it's 1/8 and I'm unsure of the accuracy.
So if anyone has any suggestions for an accurate bbl that meets this criteria, or insight on the contour issue, I'd appreciate your help.
Sent from my SCH-I500
I'm building a short barreled upper for my AR. I'm looking at cutting my m4 contour chrome lined bbl to 11.5" and making that my beater upper. Then I can put the money that would have bought the short bbl towards a more accurate 16" bbl to fill sort of a "recce" type roll.
I want the bbl to be an SS 1/7 twist with a contour that can handle at least a little bit of sustained fire and also not be shifting everywhere when the can is on the end.
While the BCM ELW bbls seem nice and light, they obviously won't fit the sustained accuracy requirement (at least I think that's the case) and I don't know how they'll like a can hanging off the front.
An SPR or varmint contour is too far in the other direction and while it will handle the sustained fire, it won't be handy enough for the role of the rifle.
The Rainier MedCon comes to mind, but it's 1/8 and I'm unsure of the accuracy.
So if anyone has any suggestions for an accurate bbl that meets this criteria, or insight on the contour issue, I'd appreciate your help.
Sent from my SCH-I500