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Posted: 11/29/2014 12:28:35 AM EDT
| New to the forum, but not very knew to the shooting world. However I'm building my first AR15 and im stuck on the barrel i want to use. This is what i do know, i want a medium contour 14.5" barrel with a mid length gas system and am planning on pin/welding a muzzle break onto it. Im looking for a good quality barrel thats at least MPI inspected, along with having either a chrome or QPQ melonite lined bore. I would like to keep the price under $200 |
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I have an FN I bought at riflegear.com and a Spikes(from FN blank) I bought at brownells. Both are GREAT barrels. This is where I would go. The daniel defense barrels as a whole are great also, I do not own one. It is impossible to go wrong with one of these barrels, period. Not to say there aren't other good ones. Edit: Sorry did not see your $200 hardline to start with. All I can say is these barrels are well worth the $. My preference is a CHF CL barrel for hard use. Edit again: I handled the arfcom nitride barrels at an event, they looked very well made. on sale $99 for 14.75" us a regular length birdcage |
| Move up to 16" middy (optimal gas length) and your options open up considerably. Right now PA has a STEAL on Radical Firearms 16" middy melonited barrel for $65. You will NEVER see a (decent) middy less than that. EVER. Is 1.5 inches worth the hassle of pin/welding, harder to find barrels, and not easily being able to remove FH or swap out barrel nuts (change of handguard/FF tube)? |
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I concur...if you want to be able to do work on your rifle later on, you really don't want a pinned and welded flash hider...got one like that now and unless I want to get out the dremel, it stays in its current configuration.
Primary Arms has a nice middy 16" melonite for $65 on sale...its a decent barrel even at full price. If you want something of higher quality, check out AR15Performance. Its a small shop, just a couple of guys that make fantastic barrels, so their inventory fluctuates a lot. |
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If you're looking for cheap and are ok with a 16" barrel (which I infer from your post above), check out Primary Arms. Right now they're selling a 16" midlength barrel for $65 (!) .
Link: https://www.primaryarms.com/Radical_Firearms_16_Mid_Length_Barrel_1_7_Twist_p/rf1617m.htm Hope that helps, -bob |
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How do those primary arms barrels preform? Too early to tell. At the $65 sale price they are no brainer. But by the time reviews come out (the $110 reviews are positive), the sale will be long over. Order it. At worst, you can always sell it later ($65 barrel vs the next cheapest which is $100 and that's carbine length!). I'm truly amazed these didn't sell out instantly. You will NEVER see a melonited middy barrel for that price EVER again. |
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I concur...if you want to be able to do work on your rifle later on, you really don't want a pinned and welded flash hider...got one like that now and unless I want to get out the dremel, it stays in its current configuration. Primary Arms has a nice middy 16" melonite for $65 on sale...its a decent barrel even at full price. If you want something of higher quality, check out AR15Performance. Its a small shop, just a couple of guys that make fantastic barrels, so their inventory fluctuates a lot. I have a 14.5" from AR15 Performance and a 14.5 from Aero Precision. Both mid-length and both nitride/melonited. |
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