KnightOfTheOldeCode
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AR-15 standard HBAR Chrome Lined Factory Barrels, How does their accuracy compare to DCM and stainless Match Barrels? Thanks!
AR-15 HBAR Chrome Lined Factory Barrels, How does their accuracy compare to Match Bs?
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Lloyd Smale
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dont know but ive got an hbar colt that will shoot 3/4s of an inch all day long.
cracked butt
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It depends on the quality of the chrome job.
I've heard that Colt does it very well, while others are less consistant.
The chromed barrel that came on my Bushmaster HBAR rifle was not accurate- it got 1.5" groups at best with handloads. I changed the barrel to a White Oak Pac-nor barrel and now it shoots <0.5" groups. The new barrel is also much thicker and heavier than the facotry HBAR barrel under the handguards.
I've heard that Colt does it very well, while others are less consistant.
The chromed barrel that came on my Bushmaster HBAR rifle was not accurate- it got 1.5" groups at best with handloads. I changed the barrel to a White Oak Pac-nor barrel and now it shoots <0.5" groups. The new barrel is also much thicker and heavier than the facotry HBAR barrel under the handguards.
It used to be that a chromed barrel was junk. Or close to junk in terms of accuracy. You could expect 2MOA accuracy and any better was luck.
However many modern made chromed AR barrels shoot very well.
I have a chromed barrel on an Armalite M4, and it shoots sub inch groups on the bench. The rifle is extremely hard to shoot well unsupported, because of the tiny sight radius, fore attached to the barrel, and light weight of the rifle, but on the bench supported by sand bags, it shoots extremely well.
A shooting bud of mine, a gentleman who has placed several times in the Presidents 100 at Camp Perry, told me he is happy to get heavy Colt chromed barrels. He can get them cheap from people who take them off to build a match rifle, and on a rifle that free floats the barrel, they shoot well.
Still, the bottom line is, you will have to shoot it to know how it does.
However many modern made chromed AR barrels shoot very well.
I have a chromed barrel on an Armalite M4, and it shoots sub inch groups on the bench. The rifle is extremely hard to shoot well unsupported, because of the tiny sight radius, fore attached to the barrel, and light weight of the rifle, but on the bench supported by sand bags, it shoots extremely well.
A shooting bud of mine, a gentleman who has placed several times in the Presidents 100 at Camp Perry, told me he is happy to get heavy Colt chromed barrels. He can get them cheap from people who take them off to build a match rifle, and on a rifle that free floats the barrel, they shoot well.
Still, the bottom line is, you will have to shoot it to know how it does.
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