Damn that's impressive.. Do you know if KAC makes these in house or are they chrome lined Rock Creeks(or possibly some other company's) like some others have done before?
KAC contracts out their barrels, it's like the only thing they do contract out I think, but they typically use high end cut rifled barrels like Obermeyer or Krieger. They do offer some chrome lined; the "battle version" of the SR25 has a lighter 16" chrome lined, but cut rifled barrel. My 20" isn't chrome lined but is cut. KAC also uses mostly proprietary parts; it's really a misnomer to call one an AR anymore. They look like one, but really aren't. Few parts outside rails and stocks and shit will work on one. None of the guts will except the trigger group. Even the grip on the SR25 is slightly different.
The suppressor they use is one of the best designed I've seen, on par at least with Sico Saker. It's fairly light, solid, it INDEXES where most don't, locks on tight via ball bearings but can also take abuse. Most cans are good for one or the other, either accuracy or abuse. KAC mags are top notch, enough said. In fact, the whole damn kit was impressive, I almost wish I'd just saved and dropped the coin on the M110 deployment kit with hardcase, dragbag, mags, can, scope and all the other shit. They're that nice, and they fucking work.
They come sub MOA or they don't come at all. They all come with the test target. I can't recall if a guy just shoots it, or if they put it in a Ransom rest and do it that way. I saw it once but forget.
My SR25 tested at .98"@100y... But that was a few rounds in a new barrel and they shot 168's, I'm suspecting it'll do better with proper handloads and 175's.
IMO, Noveske makes some of the highest quality shit out there, for .300BLK I ONLY use their barrels. Mostly because in addition to being accurate, they function regardless of suppressor or not, subs or supers and it apparently doesn't matter what the load is either. Even dry they don't hiccup. Oh, and I don't use adj. gas blocks or any of that shit, I may use an H2 buffer if need be but that's it. If it doesn't work on it's own, I'm not depending on it, I'm not depending on something I have to fucking tweak because IME it becomes untweaked when you need it most.
Satern cut the best barrel I have/ever used. It's a no-shit ten shot group .33MOA 6.5G rifle. I got the barrel when he was at the top of his game and selling mostly to alphabet soup agencies. IF you can score one, they are WELL worth it. IF you can somehow broker a goddamn deal with his wife somehow, they can even cut rifling to .001"! Just note I've been waiting four years on one barrel and I don't really expect it to show up any time soon. But he does make large orders and if the twist works and the length is right, GET IT. Midway and others buy his barrels in bulk and that's a good way to score one.
Lilja makes what I consider to be the best button rifled barrel, they better be since they cost almost as much as a cut rifle. The Recce barrel for the M4 is damn nice (the one the Navy uses?).
But KAC has been my go-to since I was in the Army. Their shit never let me down and KAC has always been a stand up company for me. Others complain, but I have a military account with them and I know a lady there that's now in charge of shit so I've been able to even replace broken shit free of charge. The designs, the engineering, the workmanship, it all shows with KAC.
