Gas Port Data

[Furbyballer]

Not surprised at all

Pin gauged two of Noveske N4 barrels.

Noveske N4 16" Mid-Length = .083
Noveske N4 14.5" Mid-Length = .082

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[OldState]

Good info in this thread. Thank you for organizing it and thank you to those that have helped populate it. I reference it frequently.

A set of pin gauges are cheap.

https://www.amazon.com/HFS-0-061-0-2...70_&dpSrc=srch

Is there a better option to buy a smaller set of gauges ?

[markm]

Pin gauged two of Noveske N4 barrels.

Noveske N4 16" Mid-Length = .083
Noveske N4 14.5" Mid-Length = .082

Although not totally absurd, those kinda defeat the purpose of a middy.

[1168]

My last Noveske 14.5 middy measured somewhere around .078 using the finest drill bits in my collection.

[Wake27]

Sounds about right. I’ve said many times that my last Noveske was the harshest shooting AR I’ve ever used, including stock M4s with M855A1. And it had a WarComp and A5-3. I actually sold it, mostly because I thought it was ridiculously gassed.


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[alx01]

What's the general take on recent barrels from Noveske both CHF and Stainless? Is it a hard "No" from members here who tried them? Is it even worth trying? I was planning to get a 14.5"+pinned muzzle device, but if barrel is no good this is pretty much $600 down the drain (barrel, muzzle device, and pin+weld job).

Now I have concerns about doing it.

[Wake27]

What's the general take on recent barrels from Noveske both CHF and Stainless? Is it a hard "No" from members here who tried them? Is it even worth trying? I was planning to get a 14.5"+pinned muzzle device, but if barrel is no good this is pretty much $600 down the drain (barrel, muzzle device, and pin+weld job).

Now I have concerns about doing it.

It’s not a hard no from people here, but I think many would say there are less risky options. It is a hard no from me though, the one I mentioned above was a replacement barrel after my original had a defect in the chrome lining, which meant it wouldn’t group for shit. Noveske was pretty good about fixing it - they got it back to me quickly and were able to save the WarComp I had pinned on, but between them, KAC, and BCM, Noveske is the only one that made me pay to ship it back. I was a little irritated by that since it wasn’t my fault that it had to go back. Then when they sent me the gas hog, I decided that I was done with them. I’ve had two factory Noveskes and neither one did anything that my BCMs didn’t, in fact my BCMs typically performed better, and for less money.


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[bamashooter]

Is there a better option to buy a smaller set of gauges ?

Perhaps ebay. Most likely, anything cheaper will have a max diameter of .060" which in most cases is too small regarding gas ports.

[Circle_10]

I'd like to know the GP size of Spike's 11.5" pencil profile barrels.
I had to use one for a 733 clone since it was the only chrome lined 11.5 lightweight barrel I could find. Shoots ok but it seems overgassed to all hell. I'm going to be swapping out the gas tube for one of the BRT EZ-tune tubes at some point soon.
Spike's won't divulge their port sizes because it's "proprietary" information but I'm kind of curious what size they are using.

[alx01]

It’s not a hard no from people here, but I think many would say there are less risky options. It is a hard no from me though, the one I mentioned above was a replacement barrel after my original had a defect in the chrome lining, which meant it wouldn’t group for shit. Noveske was pretty good about fixing it - they got it back to me quickly and were able to save the WarComp I had pinned on, but between them, KAC, and BCM, Noveske is the only one that made me pay to ship it back. I was a little irritated by that since it wasn’t my fault that it had to go back. Then when they sent me the gas hog, I decided that I was done with them. I’ve had two factory Noveskes and neither one did anything that my BCMs didn’t, in fact my BCMs typically performed better, and for less money.


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Good info. Thank you.
I'm sorry to hear that you had such a bad experience with them. I really like their barrel profiles and nothing BCM makes is similar to that. I understand your frustration - it's not just the bad product, but a waste of time, money and nerves of sending barrel back and forth and testing it. That was one of the reason I was thinking of going with Noveske in the first place hoping they go an extra mile with QC to avoid that kind of extreme case scenario for the end user.