Threaded Barrels

[giggitygiggity]

I am looking for threaded barrels for a number of my pistols. I have an Octane 45 HD and Octane 9 HD2. I am not sure of the difference between some of the manufacturers that cost $120 and others that cost $300 per barrel. What I am looking at is the following:

Beretta 92FS barrel by Gemtech (1/2x28)
Glock 21 barrel by Lone Wolf (.578x28)
Glock 30 barrel by Lone Wolf (.578x28)
Glock 37 barrel by Lone Wolf (.578x28)
H&K USP9 Full Size by EFK Fire Dragon (1/2x28)
SIG P220 barrel by SIG (.578x28)
SIG P226 barrel by SilencerCo (1/2x28)

My major questions are whether these makes of barrel are good for those particular pistols, threadings, and suppressors?

Additionally, I have concerns over the Beretta 92FS barrel by Gemtech. My understanding is that Gemtech uses factory barrels and threads them. Is there enough room on the factory length barrel that the slide and suppressor won't interfere with one another? Any pictures or feedback on the combos that I am looking at are appreciated. Thanks.

 

[Telekinesis]

The only barrel maker in that list that I would worry about is the EFK Fire Dragon. Several years ago they had a pretty bad reputation regarding quality control and customer service. There were several reports of non-concentric barrels (which could lead to baffle strikes) and barrels being so out of spec that they damaged the frame of the firearm.

For the HK, I would look for a factory threaded barrel (likely expensive) or a barrel from another (reputable) manufacturer.

The thread pitches look pretty standard, but look to your cans to determine what to use. Both of those cans should use boosters which means you can buy a second one in a different thread pitch as well so that you could run the same can on multiple thread pitches.

The Beretta 92 is usually ok with just threading the factory barrel. The standard barrel is longer than the slide which allows the 92 to be one of the few guns that you can actually do that with.

Overall, getting a good barrel is very important, especially when using suppressors. A barrel with concentricity issues can lead to a very bad, very expensive day. It is worth it in my opinion to buy a quality barrel from the start.

 

[redbullitt]

Make sure whatever threaded barrel you wind up with try to have the suppressor have at least a little shoulder on the barrel to butt up against.

I have had a couple Storm lake glock barrels for 9mm suppressors and they performed as they should. No fitting was needed and reliability was excellent suppressed and unsuppressed. All three barrels offered a bit of shoulder for the suppressor to butt up on.

I cannot remember, but I think I read something a while back about the LWD barrels being a bit too thin to give a good index point/shoulder for the can. I could be mistaken though.

 

[Crawfish1]

One company I have personally had very good service from is KKM. They were outstanding to deal with. I really like their products

 

[Crosswire3]

I have run Lone Wolf, Storm lake, and KKM all without issue. All have been perfectly concentric and well-machined.