ULTIMATE INFANTRY RIFLE (Centurion)

[wild_wild_wes]

WWW: That weight of 8 lbs 10 ozs is with a fully loaded mag?

No, empty mag.

And when you talk of the LWT Centurion barrel, don't they have more of a Noveske-ish profile instead of a straight up gov profile? On their site, the LWT seems to have more of a taper from the receiver end to the muzzle, no?

I have a Centurion Lightweight barrel right here waiting to be built up. The barrel under the handguard has a standard Lightweight profile: after the chamber swell it tapers down from .680" to .600" right before it flares up to the gas block soulder; I'm pretty sure this is a bit skinnier than a Noveske N4. In front of the gas block it is a straight .680". I intend to have the section in front of the gas block turned down to .600" (standard Lightweights are .575" here, but I want just a tad more beef in this area.) to turn it into a true Lightweight.

And one last thing: The mid-weight sure reminds me a lot of Denny's GTS Operator barrel. I used to have one, then I sold it to a friend.

The Operator is a great barrel too:


In fact I prefer the Operator's profile to the Centurion midweight- the Operator has a tapering profile, while the Cent is just a straight .750" run, as you can see above in the OP. I forgot to weigh the Cent before it was installed, so I don't know which is heavier, but I'll bet the Cent is. No big deal though.