Originally Posted by
-Wes-
I just ordered an LMT barrel on Saturday. To me it's worth it, LMT doesn't sell barrel assemblies anymore so if you consider the price of a 16" LMT upper at $485 - $308, the upper reciever would cost $177.
Colt 16" M4 (LE6920) barrels go for $395.00 from SAW.
I was going to use a Daniel Defense barrel but was a month too late, now they're out of stock. Sabre Defense is another option I considered, as well as BCM and CMMG.
I have one gun built with an MOS M4 barrel. It had all the features, I picked it up from Grant, although I believe those aren't available anymore either.
There are other barrels with comparable features out there but usually don't have ALL the same features such as barrel steel.