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    Quote Originally Posted by polymorpheous View Post
    Lightweight barrels will heat up faster, but they also will cool faster.
    Groups will open up as the barrel heats up faster than a standard profile barrel will.

    A good question to ask is what your intended use for the rifle is.
    Only in the way a 5 gallon bucket will fill up faster and empty faster than a 10 gallon bucket.

    A heavier profile barrel is thicker at the chamber end and will resist erosion from heat better. Still, a lightweight barrel will feel livelier and give good service life and will be more pleasant to lug around
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    I put a DD 14.5 LT WT in this build and it is a joy to carry and drive between targets. The fit and finish on the barrel was noticeably excellent. I almost hated covering it with the Noveske NSR rail I have not done any serious accuracy testing and need to at some point with the barrel cold, hot and smokin hot. I did notice that it seemed to surprise me how much POI shift there was when the AAC M4-2000 was on it. IIRC it was 6-7", but with my brother shooting it and not me, so do not hold me to that. This was a build for an 11 yr old to hump around for pigs and deer and now I want one Here are some pics to see what it looks like with my Lil'Bro tote'n it.


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    Quote Originally Posted by M4Fundi View Post
    I put a DD 14.5 LT WT in this build and it is a joy to carry and drive between targets. The fit and finish on the barrel was noticeably excellent. I almost hated covering it with the Noveske NSR rail I have not done any serious accuracy testing and need to at some point with the barrel cold, hot and smokin hot. I did notice that it seemed to surprise me how much POI shift there was when the AAC M4-2000 was on it. IIRC it was 6-7", but with my brother shooting it and not me, so do not hold me to that. This was a build for an 11 yr old to hump around for pigs and deer and now I want one Here are some pics to see what it looks like with my Lil'Bro tote'n it.


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    I bought the Daniels defense lightweight version 5. The barrel is definitely slimmer than I expected. I feel like I am going to bend this damn thing. I hope it is durable, we shall see.

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    Quote Originally Posted by M4Fundi View Post
    I put a DD 14.5 LT WT in this build and it is a joy to carry and drive between targets. The fit and finish on the barrel was noticeably excellent. I almost hated covering it with the Noveske NSR rail I have not done any serious accuracy testing and need to at some point with the barrel cold, hot and smokin hot. I did notice that it seemed to surprise me how much POI shift there was when the AAC M4-2000 was on it. IIRC it was 6-7", but with my brother shooting it and not me, so do not hold me to that. This was a build for an 11 yr old to hump around for pigs and deer and now I want one Here are some pics to see what it looks like with my Lil'Bro tote'n it.


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    Are you running a suppressor on a lightweight barrel? Any issues with heat or drooping of the barrel when it gets hot? have you done multie mag drops with the lightweight barrel? I was nervous about running the noveske large break let alone a suppressor. The people at Daniels Defense told me NOT to run a suppressor on the lightweight barrel, only the standard muzzle break.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jerhelo View Post
    Are you running a suppressor on a lightweight barrel? Any issues with heat or drooping of the barrel when it gets hot? have you done multie mag drops with the lightweight barrel? I was nervous about running the noveske large break let alone a suppressor. The people at Daniels Defense told me NOT to run a suppressor on the lightweight barrel, only the standard muzzle break.
    You'll see more POI shift as you heat the barrel, simple as that. If you're doing mag dumps with a suppressor anyway (seriously, why?) then that's the wrong barrel. If you're not trying to see if you can cook the suppressor by running it super hot, even a LW is fine.

    Also, with something as well rounded as a BattleComp, why not just run that?
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    Quote Originally Posted by TehLlama View Post
    You'll see more POI shift as you heat the barrel, simple as that. If you're doing mag dumps with a suppressor anyway (seriously, why?) then that's the wrong barrel. If you're not trying to see if you can cook the suppressor by running it super hot, even a LW is fine.

    Also, with something as well rounded as a BattleComp, why not just run that?
    I plan to run the battle comp that came on the rifle just was surprised to see you running the surpressor on the Lghtweight barrel. I had asked the people at Daniels Defense about running the noveske muzzle break and they advised against that with the lightweight barrel and definitely said so NOT run a surpressor with it.

    Just worried I am going to bend this thing. Did not realize how slim the barrel was until I got it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by TehLlama View Post
    You'll see more POI shift as you heat the barrel, simple as that. If you're doing mag dumps with a suppressor anyway (seriously, why?) then that's the wrong barrel. If you're not trying to see if you can cook the suppressor by running it super hot, even a LW is fine.

    Also, with something as well rounded as a BattleComp, why not just run that?
    Jerhelo it is just as TehLlama has said, I didn't build this gun for classes or zombies, but for a young shooter to hunt pigs with... no extreme mag dumps and yes the suppressor does cause a lower impact.

    If you really think you are going to bend the barrel then I suggest you get a hard jump case for hard landings or stop parachuting altogether otherwise stop worrying about it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by M4Fundi View Post
    Jerhelo it is just as TehLlama has said, I didn't build this gun for classes or zombies, but for a young shooter to hunt pigs with... no extreme mag dumps and yes the suppressor does cause a lower impact.

    If you really think you are going to bend the barrel then I suggest you get a hard jump case for hard landings or stop parachuting altogether otherwise stop worrying about it.
    Funny. Just was slimmer than I expected. I actually ordered an extra gov profile barrel in case I have issues with it. I am all about the weight savings of the lightweight but do plan to attend some carbine classes.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jerhelo View Post
    I want to get about a 30k round count out of the rifle.
    On the low side 1k rounds of 556 is going for $250ish +...

    So, some conservative quick math says

    30 x $250 = $7500

    A new CHF FSB LW DD barrel is $286 from Adco as of right now.

    Even in the event of barrel failure after 9-10 cases, you're looking at $2500 in ammo for $286 barrel.

    This reasoning led me to stop worrying about my LW barrels. I think this debate falls into the shoot more/worry less.
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    Quote Originally Posted by gigag04 View Post
    On the low side 1k rounds of 556 is going for $250ish +...

    So, some conservative quick math says

    30 x $250 = $7500

    A new CHF FSB LW DD barrel is $286 from Adco as of right now.

    Even in the event of barrel failure after 9-10 cases, you're looking at $2500 in ammo for $286 barrel.

    This reasoning led me to stop worrying about my LW barrels. I think this debate falls into the shoot more/worry less.
    I am not so worried about it anymore. I did buy a spare gov profile barrel though in case I do have an issue with the lightweight. We will see. It was just not quite what I expected but I have never heard anything bad about Daniels Defense rifles. Got the version 5 lightweight.

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