The best?
Bartlein or Krieger.
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The best?
Bartlein or Krieger.
Thanks very much for the info. I really don't know anything about ARs yet, I assumed the longer the barrel the longer the better. However, you all seem to agree an 18" or 20" is the best choice. I'm just a weekend plinker, I just like the look of a thick heavy stainless barrel on these guns. I'm sure the stock government profile barrel my gun came with is more accurate than I am anyways. I'm starting to realize these ARs are just like Harleys, you get one and can't stop thinking about what parts to switch out to make it look cool:cool: Thanks again for the help
IF I was going to get a 20" barrel (or a barrel of any lengthy for that matter), a government profile would be literally the last thing I would ever consider. There is no good reason for it, except for maybe if you got one for free.
Shitty and absurd weight distribution, harmonics, etc.
Hells no
Too much bullshit in this thread.
The only two acceptable choices are the Noveske and Colt solution. Or you could get an LMT MRP with 20" match barrel.
All the other brands listed do not have a pinned on gas block.
Most of the custom barrel markers have no clue about making an AR-15 barrel work. By work, I mean reliable cycling of ammo. These places are good at boring, chambering, and rifling a rod of metal but suck at eveyting else surrounding the barrel such as gas blocks, threading for silencers, and chamber extensions. These places make barrels for bolt action guns.
Yes there is a lot of bull in this thread. Some right ^^here^^.
Krieger makes excellent AR barrels. If you want the muzzle threaded to less than .0005" eccentricity, they can do that. Pinned? You can do that too.
He asked for the "best".
If you want "the best", and are willing to pay for it, Krieger is certainly one of, if not the, "best". Are Colt barrels single-point cut-rifled and hand lapped?
(And, they're damn reliable.)
Define "best". Seems application dependent. Best accuracy? Best accuracy with a chamber designed to cycle when the gun is hot and dirty? Makes a difference.