Detritus
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due to weight and personal preference, for awhile now i have been contemplating either
some time back (year or two, maybe more), i found a company that was offering a 20" A1 profile barrel with a 1-in-9 twist, including a headspaced bolt (not the whole BCG, just the bolt) for $300something. In the meantime i've lost the link ot that website, and after a troll of the various sponsor links at ARF.com cannot find a listing like i remember. plenty of LW 16inchers, but no thin 20's.
does anyone know of a current source for a 20" lightweight barrel? i prefer 1in9, so that i'm not dependent on 55gr WWB and handloads, but if a good deal on an original M-16(A1) 1in12 was found...
failing that is anyone offering the re-profiling services like Kurts Kustom used to??
basicly i want to make this rifle as close to an A1 config as i reasonably can. If i fail to find either of the above, i'll likely order one of the "Government profile" barrels from bushmaster and call it close enough. but i really would like to have a true A1 style pencil profile barrel on this rifle.
thank you for your time and any info you can share.
- sending the barrel on my wife's AR off to someone to have it reprofiled to the lightweight/A1/"Pencil" profile (don't know who'd do that now that Kurt's kustom is gone)
- finding/buying a whole new A1 profile barrel and installing it myself
some time back (year or two, maybe more), i found a company that was offering a 20" A1 profile barrel with a 1-in-9 twist, including a headspaced bolt (not the whole BCG, just the bolt) for $300something. In the meantime i've lost the link ot that website, and after a troll of the various sponsor links at ARF.com cannot find a listing like i remember. plenty of LW 16inchers, but no thin 20's.
does anyone know of a current source for a 20" lightweight barrel? i prefer 1in9, so that i'm not dependent on 55gr WWB and handloads, but if a good deal on an original M-16(A1) 1in12 was found...
failing that is anyone offering the re-profiling services like Kurts Kustom used to??
basicly i want to make this rifle as close to an A1 config as i reasonably can. If i fail to find either of the above, i'll likely order one of the "Government profile" barrels from bushmaster and call it close enough. but i really would like to have a true A1 style pencil profile barrel on this rifle.
thank you for your time and any info you can share.