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Absolutely; every barrel is a law unto itself. That being said, the Noveske N4 barrels are some of the most consistently accurate chrome lined, NATO chambered AR-15 barrels (of the same weight as government profile barrels) that are currently being produced. I personally own two of them (a 14.5" and a 16") and have plans for a third.
I’ve conducted formal accuracy testing on my two different Noveske N4 barrels and their accuracy performance has been nearly identical. Both barrels were free-floated. The same match-grade, hand-loaded ammunition was used for each barrel and the testing was performed under as close to the same conditions as was reasonably possible.
Noveske 16" N4
I performed an accuracy evaluation of my Noveske 16” N4 Light Recce upper following my usual protocol. Testing was performed from a distance of 100 yards. Firing was conducted from a concrete bench with the free-float handguard resting in a Sinclair Bench Rest. The rear stock of the rifle rested in a Protektor bunny-ear bag. Wind conditions were monitored using a Wind Probe. A Leupold VARI-X III with a mirage shade, set at 25X magnification and adjusted to be parallax free at 100 yards was used for sighting.
Using hand-loaded, match grade ammunition I fired three, 10-shot groups in a row. The extreme spreads of those groups measured:
1.29”
1.18”
1.31”
for a 10-shot average extreme spread of 1.26”. I over-layed those three groups on each other using RSI Shooting Lab to form a 30-shot composite group. The mean radius for the composite group was 0.37”.
Noveske 14.5” N4
The 14.5” N4 barrel was tested in the same manner as described above. Three 10-shot groups fired in a row from 100 yards using match grade hand-loads had extreme spreads of:
1.029”
1.360”
1.275”
for a 10-shot group average of 1.22”. As above, I over-layed the three 10-shot groups on each other using RSI Shooting Lab to form a 30-shot composite group. The mean radius for that composite group was 0.37”.
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Last edited by Molon; 08-02-09 at 17:49.
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both of my 14.5 & 16" N4's, average around an inch at 100m using a varity of ammo.
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