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    BCM 14.5. Found out something interesting

    I originally posted this in another thread but didnt want to thread drift too far so....
    I would like to know if anyone has run into this:

    I ordered 2 barrels and got them in at roughly the same time.


    One a DD 14.5" middy LW barrel. The other a BCM 14.5" middy standard.

    14.5 being the key 'word' here.

    As I looked at them side by side the DD barrel actually looked shorter. Standing each other up on the barrel extensions the DD was definitely shorter.

    This got me thinking. So the first barrel to be mounted was the BCM. As per the ATF guideline:




    ......I measured the total length with a crushwasher and Battlecomp 1.0 screwed on. Total length was 16.3 inches Yep with a standard BC and the BCM barrel I am ATF legal after pinning. I reinserted the rod and used a second measuring tape and got the same measurements.

    -Jax
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    Wait... So you're 14.5" BCM was legal with just a BC1? Did you measure the barrel itself?
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    No, not yet. But it is 16.3 total length with the comp and crushwasher. Haven't pinned it yet. When I get home I will measure and post barrel only length.

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    Weird. I'm also curious if this has been seen by anyone else.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Wake27 View Post
    Weird. I'm also curious if this has been seen by anyone else.
    There was another thread somewhere on here where someone mentioned their DD barrel was not the advertised length. I searched but couldn't find it.

    I have a BCM 14.5 waiting at home for a build I'll have to go home and measure.

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    Quote Originally Posted by garagejdm View Post
    There was another thread somewhere on here where someone mentioned their DD barrel was not the advertised length. I searched but couldn't find it.

    I have a BCM 14.5 waiting at home for a build I'll have to go home and measure.
    I don't think it was the DD barrel that was off. A 14.5" would need a BC 1.5 to be 16.1" OAL but jax's was 16.3" with the regular BattleComp.
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    There are lots of 14.7" barrels out there specifically designed to get to 16" with a standard A2 FH. Maybe you have one of these?
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    Maybe caporider but this barrel came straight from BCM and it was a 14.5 I specifically ordered. Don't take that wrong as I am quite happy with this discovery. I don't have to spend another $150 on a BC 1.5. I can just use the one off my 16" gun.

    Pretty sure when I measure it from bolt face to muzzle (sans the BC) it will be 14.7

    -Jax
    Last edited by jaxman7; 02-07-13 at 12:58.


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    There was a lot of discussion regarding BCM barrel lengths not too long ago on TOS

    http://3gn.ar15.com/archive/topic.ht...f=118&t=567282

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    It's the end of the ****ing world, your barrel is 14.7 instead of 14.5, the universe is going to collapse....

    At least according to some of those ****tards on ARFCOM it's going to...

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