Besides BCM, is there anyone currently producing lightweight 11.5 or 12.5 barrels? I’m having trouble finding anything.
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Besides BCM, is there anyone currently producing lightweight 11.5 or 12.5 barrels? I’m having trouble finding anything.
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Black River Tactical- https://blackrivertactical.com/WP/Barrels-c1852006
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I like their stuff, but at 23.1 oz I don’t know that I would consider their 11.5 “lightweight.”Originally Posted by MistWolf
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Ballistic Advantage 11.3 Hanson with .625" gas block may meet your needs. Weighs 20 oz.
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If you can find one of the older Colt 6933 uppers or barrels, that'd be your best bet. All the new 6933s have a .750" gas block journal, unlike the older versions which had a .625" journal.
Spikes markets an FN 11.5" LW barrel like the one linked below. If you look around, you can find them for less than $250. Not a bad piece.
https://www.spikestactical.com/colle...htweight-11-5/
https://gun.deals/search/apachesolr_search/sb51106-lw
Brownells has two 11.5" LW barrels, including one made by Faxon (first link). I don't know who makes the other one I link to.
https://www.brownells.com/rifle-part...rod122046.aspx
https://www.brownells.com/rifle-part...rod114047.aspx
Last edited by justin_247; 03-28-20 at 18:29.
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Thanks for the info. What’s the consensus on Faxon around these parts?
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I used that Spike’s barrel for a 733 clone, bought it stripped and had a non-F FSB pinned. At the time it was the only game in town for an 11.5” pencil barrel with M4 ramps. I don’t know what the port size was but the SBR was wickedly overgassed and required mitigation in the form of a BRT gas tube to fix this.
At one point BCM offered lightweight 11.5s but they seem to have phased those out some time ago.
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If you're looking for chrome lined I thought DD made LW versions of all their barrels, it seems though that they've phased them out since I last checked. Centurion Arms' 12.5" carbine barrel is 21.5 oz, not pencil profile weight but lighter than gov. If chrome lined isn't an issue the Ballistic Advantage barrels are top notch, and like others have said search around and you'll find them with a pinned gas block for $170-$180.
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I have a Spikes/FN barrel, also for my 733 clone, that I bought last year. The port on mine was .076, measured with numbered drill bits.
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Definitely take a look at criterion's new core series of barrels. Just an awesome profile from a company that makes exceptionally accurate barrels for the money. If you want to spend more, I would be hard pressed to find a better barrel in 12.5 than the Jim Hodge's barrels which have never been more available. They are stupid light, sub moa, and you won't ever kill one with semi auto fire.
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