The EXT gas system makes even quality regular barrels feel overgassed. Especially if you head back to carbine setups with carbine gas/carbine RE.Originally Posted by Clint
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The EXT gas system makes even quality regular barrels feel overgassed. Especially if you head back to carbine setups with carbine gas/carbine RE.
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To be honest, buying a barrel from a known quality manufacturer (Colt, BCM, Criterion, Sionics, etc.) isn't going to net you much difference between them. As alluded to elsewhere, when you pay a little extra for one of these barrels, you're also paying for the QC methods and tolerances that come with them.
For the uses you listed, you aren't likely to notice a lick of difference between them.
That said, I also second the suggestion to buy a complete upper assembled by a known quality shop. You don't want to be in the position of knowing you bought quality components, but don't know if bubba gunsmith at the local shop actually assembled everything together (assuming you're not doing it yourself, which is a whole different set of questions). If you don't go the factory route, you'll always be wondering if any shortcomings in performance are from you or a questionable assembly job.
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Great point. Never considered that perspective.
That said, I also second the suggestion to buy a complete upper assembled by a known quality shop. You don't want to be in the position of knowing you bought quality components, but don't know if bubba gunsmith at the local shop actually assembled everything together (assuming you're not doing it yourself, which is a whole different set of questions). If you don't go the factory route, you'll always be wondering if any shortcomings in performance are from [I
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