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Has anyone been using a YHM 5.56NATO barrel for a while and can comment on quality and accuracy? I'm looking at maybe picking up a couple of their 1:7" twist 16" chrome lined barrels...
Finish is kinda "flatter" almost greyish. Not shiny black. It is even and haven't had any problems with it coming off. No complaints.
Now performance. The sin I am guilty of is, I tend to be more of a tinkerer and builder than a shooter. So I am not a good shot by any means. The rifle is free floated with a VTAC. It wears a YHM Phantom muzzle brake with a .308 Phantom suppressor. Topped with a Leupold Mark AR 4X12. I have gotten 2" groups with 55 grain PMC and 1.75ish" with Privi Partisan 55 grain mil-spec.
Overall I am happy with my $195 purchase. I wish I could remember where I got it. It was very hard to find one in stock. I do believe I bought the last one on the internet at the time.
This was for a DMRish rifle, which the fluted barrel was perfect for. I wouldn't use it for a designated bench gun but its a decent barrel.
I recently built up a light weight configuration using the 16" YHM barrel with the diamond flutes and shot it using a cheap chinese red dot.
At 50 yards I kept 60 rounds inside of 4-inches.
Backing off to 100 I shot 60 rounds with about 1/3rd of the rounds falling outside of the 4 inch bull, but nothing outside of the 8" orange bull. This was to check to see if I could use it for a pig hunting trip that I wound up not going on.
Ammo was either Radway surplus or Blackhills in 55gr. I don't remember what i had loaded in the mags - but it was not premium stuff.
I have now put a scope on the AR to see what it will really do - but i have not had an opportunity to shoot. I do think the barrel has potential.
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