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Thread: barnes precision machine CQB vs Kac sr15

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    Dude. KAC. It's not even a question

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tzook View Post
    Dude. KAC. It's not even a question
    This. Exactly this

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    Quote Originally Posted by SteveL View Post
    I've never even heard of Barnes Precision.
    Same here. This was akin to someone asking "Should I buy a car from Joe's Garage Worx or a Mercedes AMG? Lots of guys on the local forum love JGW's tuners!"

    I would like it if the original poster could explain how he categorized these two rifles together during his narrowing of choices.
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    Quote Originally Posted by RAM Engineer View Post
    Same here. This was akin to someone asking "Should I buy a car from Joe's Garage Worx or a Mercedes AMG? Lots of guys on the local forum love JGW's tuners!"

    I would like it if the original poster could explain how he categorized these two rifles together during his narrowing of choices.
    Yeah this is pretty much what I thought. Since I heard SF guys like barnes precision I thought maybe it's some secretly badass ar that hasn't had the exposure that other high-end makers have had. I'm not knocking barnes. I'm sure they still make a solid AR.

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    What some companies do is give a couple of SF badasses product and advertise that SF guys use their product. It happens with everything from gun oil to pocket knives! It doesn't mean the products are good or bad just that a few SF guys use them on a square range.

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    I've never heard of Barnes either. Even if I had, I'd still go with the KAC, as they are pretty much the Apex AR as has been stated.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Goitch101 View Post
    Hi I'm looking to get either a CQB patrolman or a sr15 by Kac. I've heard great things about the barnes and that a lot of SF guys like these. Of course the sr15 has a great reputation. Can I get any input from anyone who has first hand experience with these rifles? Of course the KAC would be more expensive but money isn't an issue with this purchase. Thanks!
    Who told you this? The Cletus behind the counter at the local gun shop? Somebody from Barnes Precision Machine? Some dude at the range who's buddy was on the Bin Laden raid?

    Let me assure you that no USSOCOM entity of any kind is using a rifle from this no name company. KAC on the other hand is generally regarded as the best manufacturers in the industry and the SR-15 is regarded by many actual real world face shooters as the pinnacle of AR-15 performance. KAC, unlike Barnes does in fact hold many government contracts ranging from federal to local law enforcement.


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    Quote Originally Posted by firefighter37 View Post
    They lost me with the NiB bolt carrier group...
    I would be willing to give them a shot if it wasn't for that, but they don't do anything that other, already proven manufacturers already do. I understand the need for newcomers to be given a fair shot, but I'm not gonna be anyone's test dummy, especially when NiB can cause brittleness.

    With all that out of the way, I own multiple rifles from many major brands (Colt, KAC, BCM, LMT, Noveske) and nothing that I have ever shot tops my SR-15s. I never believed the hype until I owned one, but an SR-15 shoots better than any other AR platform gun, period. I was happy with my Colts and BCMs until I shot one.

    Many say it's not worth the premium you pay, but I would imagine they have never shot one. You won't be disappointed
    Well said and mirrors my own experience. I will also add that bringing a Colt (or any other brand) up to specs similar to the KAC will actually cost more, but you will still fall short of the KAC's bolt improvements. Ask me how I know

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    I'll just point out the obvious. It has an NiB BCG and absolutely no mention of material specs, testing, etc.. Call me crazy but when I see that kind of stuff, the red flags are usually somewhere near by.



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    A local shop by me is a Barnes dealer and I was very close to buying one. It seemed like a good value for the price but for me the deal breaker was the ss barrel. If I'm not mistaken I believe that's all they offer and they use 416 ss which has higher sulfur content than the 416r and th 410.
    I ended up going with a DDM4 V5 and couldn't be happier.

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