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    "FN America Launches New AR-15 Commercial Barrel Line"

    McLean, VA – FN America, LLC is pleased to announce the launch of its new AR-15 commercial barrel line, produced at the company’s manufacturing facility in Columbia, SC. Product specifications for each are listed below.

    The following models are available: 14.5-inch, carbine-length; 16-inch, carbine-length; 16-inch, mid-length; 18-inch, rifle-length; and 20-inch, rifle-length. The 18- and 20-inch barrels with rifle-length gas systems retail for $379, while the remaining models retail for $349.

    “FN barrels are among the best in the world,” said Mark Cherpes, FN America President and CEO. “Our parent company, FN Herstal, has spent decades perfecting the art of making cold hammer-forged, chrome-lined barrels. This knowledge has transitioned and is the same process we use today in South Carolina. Top-quality materials, state-of-the-art equipment and rigorous quality testing produce the most precise, long-lasting barrels money can buy.”




    So, should we expect these barrels to be the same high quality as the FN barrels used in military weapons, like the M16, or will this be a "civilian" product?


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    Waiting for the other shoe to drop.....

    Just seems that Big gun companies aren't capable of doing something like this without "ACRing" the idea up.
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    They are already making tons of commercial barrels on this same equipment, no? And they are considered some of the best.

    My understanding is

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    BCM? (I have never seen who makes BCMs barrels)

    CHF barrels are all made on the FN equipment. It would seem to me someone at FN finally realized they should be selling these themselves. I don't see why they would dumb them down for civilians. I also don't think FN uses Forged barrels in their current US military contracts m4/m16. So yes we would get a different barrel, that I think is actually better than mil spec.

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    Quote Originally Posted by TMS951 View Post
    They are already making tons of commercial barrels on this same equipment, no? And they are considered some of the best.
    Yeah... But didn't their commercial AR come out with some corners cut? I'm just a skeptic.
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    Could be good, could be awful. Depends to what specs they are making the barrels to and what level of QC is going to be held to. As I have said before, it isn't who makes the parts, but to what specs and QC said parts are made to. Garbage in garbage out if you will.

    Unfortunately until a few members on this forum who know what to look for get their hands on a few there will be no way of knowing.
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    Grant, and other dealers - I'd be interested in a 18" or 20" one of these with (ideally) a pinned low profile gas block installed, or (2nd choice) the barrel dimpled for a set screw block.

    It would be better yet if FN would get away from the GI style with a heavier profile towards the muzzle, and do a continuous taper apart from the gas block seat.
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    Don't they make Rainiers Mountain Series barrels?

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    didnt know military barrels were 'better' than civilian issue...
    how is a military m4 barrel better than what i have?

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    Quote Originally Posted by markm View Post
    Waiting for the other shoe to drop.....

    Just seems that Big gun companies aren't capable of doing something like this without "ACRing" the idea up.
    Are you saying that these big gun companies are capable of "SCARing" their reputations? Sorry, as father I am now expected to have bad jokes. FN is an interesting company because they tend to do things relatively well with out applying the Freedom Group mentality. That said, their looking to make a buck in a market that is ever shrinking after Newtown, and the more desperate these companies get for our dollars the more options we have
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    Quote Originally Posted by Proteus View Post
    didnt know military barrels were 'better' than civilian issue...
    how is a military m4 barrel better than what i have?
    Depends what you have. If you buy a BCM or Colt, you've got a barrel made to the military specs... short of any barrel length variances due to NFA considerations.

    The possibility for FN to mess this up lies in the raw materials (unlikely they'd screw that up), to gas port sizing, and even in to quality control.
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