Quote Originally Posted by polymorpheous View Post
i think it would be a very good idea to contact wilson then.

this is what blackthorn says:
Blackthorne purchases the barrels in our kits from Wilson and Mossberg. Again, we simply cannot tell the difference in manufacturers so we cannot honor requests for specific manufacturers. Our barrels are made from chrome-moly 4140 steel, except our Stainless steel barrels, these are made from 416R re-sulpherized gun quality stainless steel. We do not normally chrome line our barrels because this degrades accuracy and, because of advances in the quality of ammunition, is not really needed for corrosion resistance for most people. With this said, we do offer our barrels chrome lined on special order. Chrome lined barrels are $50.00 extra. This should not be necessary unless you operate in or around salt water and have an aversion to cleaning your firearm. If you require more corrosion resistance than normal, get a stainless barrel. Chrome lined barrels are ordered by using the item # AR-Chrome.

and this is the barrel:
http://akpartskits.com/cart/index.ph...roducts_id=265

as far as price, it isn't any cheaper than the other wilson barrel that are on 3 month back order or more.
An important thing to remember is that "Wilson" is not "Wilson Combat", which is the implication they all manage to send without actually saying it. They're a 2nd rate contract barrel manufacturer who makes the crap barrels for the bottomfeeders of the AR world (i.e. Sherluk/M&A/Model 1 Sales, et al).