Roscoe 11.5" barrel

[greg1147]

I am building a 11.5" rifle from mostly spare parts or parts that are in inventory and decided on a Roscoe barrel, just figure I would run this by to see if anyone has used any of their barrels or provide any insight.
TIA Greg

[scooter22]

Are you going to shoot it suppressed and/or with full power 5.56 ammo? If so, there are a handful of other barrels I would look at first. From what I have seen, the barrels are quality, but may be ported a little too liberally for my uses.

For suppressed or full power loads I would look at the Sionics reduced gas port series, Black River Tactical, or Triarc systems.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_poN2UaJ9s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRqXMvZPAhw

[greg1147]

Are you going to shoot it suppressed and/or with full power 5.56 ammo? If so, there are a handful of other barrels I would look at first. From what I have seen, the barrels are quality, but may be ported a little too liberally for my uses.

For suppressed or full power loads I would look at the Sionics reduced gas port series, Black River Tactical, or Triarc systems.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_poN2UaJ9s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRqXMvZPAhw

Suppressed is my intention, I just read another post a member put up on Roscoe but no range report. Thanks for the reply, I'll keep checking around.

[MistWolf]

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[Furbyballer]

Roscoe actually makes a very good barrel. There are others I would suggest, but its hard to beat them from a performance to price ratio.

[26 Inf]

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I feel your pain, but it is common place.

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Going further, I have reported the posts/threads by the guy in the pistol sub-forum, who is apparently going to post a photo/picture thread of every firearm he owns, and they haven't been moved. His stuff is nice, but there really isn't much gray area as to what constitutes a photo/picture, but, yet they remain.

So, we are apparently peeved at different aspects of the same thing. :)

[26 Inf]

OP - I have a Purebred 13.7" with about 200 rounds through it so far, good solid barrel IMO. The Bloodline 11.5 @ 135.00 would be worth taking a chance on, IMO.

I prefer either stainless or chrome-lined, and for my tastes the m4 profile in an 11.5 isn't what I'd want. I'd probably give this a try @ 168.00

http://www.gmriflebarrel.com/gm-m64-11-5-pencil-profile-5-56mm-nato-with-1-7-twist/

Although the BA 'Joe Biden AR-14' is hard to pass up at 145.00:

https://www.ballisticadvantage.com/11-5-inch-556-gov-carbine-cmv-modern-barrel-jb.html

[TonyAngel]

If being overgassed turns out to be a problem, I just picked up an adjustable gas block from 3CRTactical for around $25. It's made of steel and actually works well. Very slim profile.