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

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    Quote Originally Posted by C4IGrant View Post
    The 10K question is, how good are they? HPT/MPI? What is the GP size? What is the contour? Seeing how they cannot use ANYTHING from the TDP to make these, where did they get the drawings? Borrow them for PSA again? I hope not.

    At the prices they are quoting, something from BCM, Centurion, etc would probably be a better deal.

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    Quote Originally Posted by markm View Post
    Yeah... But didn't their commercial AR come out with some corners cut? I'm just a skeptic.
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    The reason I asked the question is that from what I have read here, the FN civilian ARs are not up to the same standards that one would expect from a top tier AR maker.
    That was the info that was put out, and it maybe might have been true for the pre-production samples, but it is not correct for what came to market.

    I sent a "chart survey" (Yeahhhhhh, I know...) to FNHUSA Customer Service earlier this year and the specs they returned were identical to the LE6920.

    They did not tell me how this is done within the constraints of the TDP licensing agreement's language on commercial production.

    Quote Originally Posted by TMS951 View Post
    Gas port. They know what each gas prize does, they what what companies like no seek have speced in the past. They can either pick a gas port tailored to 5.56 pressure ammo or they can choose one tailored to .223 cheap steel crap. Obviously as a community we'd like to see 5.56 specs.
    The only spec that differed slightly on the FN15 Carbine was the .062" port.
    Colt quotes theirs as .063".

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    Quote Originally Posted by KalashniKEV View Post
    That was the info that was put out, and it maybe might have been true for the pre-production samples, but it is not correct for what came to market.

    I sent a "chart survey" (Yeahhhhhh, I know...) to FNHUSA Customer Service earlier this year and the specs they returned were identical to the LE6920.

    They did not tell me how this is done within the constraints of the TDP licensing agreement's language on commercial production.



    The only spec that differed slightly on the FN15 Carbine was the .062" port.
    Colt quotes theirs as .063".


    I reviewed the FN civilian ARs at SHOT....and yes I was told all the right things of course. So, having seen conflicting info....
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    Actually your statement is wrong. Many AR companies churn out crap, a handful actually make good ones.

    Quote Originally Posted by turnburglar View Post
    That's a pretty silly question. Alot of manufactures make great rifles. A few make crap. Any great rifle will do. Would I have rather had my bcm kmr than my issued colt? Maybe. My experience over there was heavy machine guns and close air support trumped whatever bullshit you had in your hands.



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    The FN AR's I looked at were not correct. I'm pretty sure we have a thread that discusses all of the issues that were noted.

    Quote Originally Posted by djegators View Post
    I reviewed the FN civilian ARs at SHOT....and yes I was told all the right things of course. So, having seen conflicting info....



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    Quote Originally Posted by Iraqgunz View Post
    The FN AR's I looked at were not correct. I'm pretty sure we have a thread that discusses all of the issues that were noted.
    And that was exactly my point. My first reaction, FN has a great reputation, they provided me all the correct answers about the civilian rifles, but I read here that all is not well. I am really hoping these are top quality AR barrels, but there appears to be at least room for skepticism at this point.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Iraqgunz View Post
    The FN AR's I looked at were not correct. I'm pretty sure we have a thread that discusses all of the issues that were noted.
    If I recall, the discrepancies noted were 6061 RE, which it is a 7075, and unstaked castle nut.

    Were there any other issues noted?

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    Well, Brownell's has them up now, with pics showing a Gov't profile. So that's the first disappointment so far. Their description looks like it was lifted from PSA's website almost. The do list MPI testing.

    I've noticed over the last year or so that CHF barrels from PSA are getting rarer and rarer. I wonder if they're going to stop supplying PSA with these identical barrels now?

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    Quote Originally Posted by jtaylor996 View Post
    Well, Brownell's has them up now, with pics showing a Gov't profile. So that's the first disappointment so far. Their description looks like it was lifted from PSA's website almost. The do list MPI testing.

    I've noticed over the last year or so that CHF barrels from PSA are getting rarer and rarer. I wonder if they're going to stop supplying PSA with these identical barrels now?

    How well do these barrels hold up to use and abuse? Does anyone have first hand experience?
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