Pencil Barrels are BAD?
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Rest easy, James. Godspeed and may your soul find rest.
😨 I had no idea till I read your comment! He was controversial, but the best of us always are...
Miss this guy every time I see one of his videos show up in a search. I already know what he's going to say because I've seen them all before -- but when I see it, just have to watch it again.
So lesson learned here is pencil barrels are just fine but all barrels should be kept out of the barbeque grill. Go it!
Ah go it. I thought Lincoln Park boys were the only people who said that.
That's fuckin funny
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The original M16 had a thin barrel for a reason. A big reason the military moved away from it is that 60s/70s barrels had heat treat issues that could shift POI significantly once the barrel got hot. Significantly enough to matter at 100yds.
But with modern cold hammer forged barrels, the shift has been reduced to the point that it’s genuinely insignificant for 5.56, even in narrow barrels.
The military moved away from it because of bad data. They thought they were bending barrels during bayonet practice, a belief they thought was correct because the bore straightness gauge would often get stuck around the gasblock/bayonet lug area.
What was actually happening is there was a burr at the gas hole created during the manufacturing process that was causing a build up of copper over time which would stop the gauge as it went down the bore. They didn't find this out until afte the M16A2 TDP had been signed off on, and it got left as an "upgrade".
Bought a lightweight barrel as part of a BCM upper for a build and it's been great. Lighter than my other rifles and no accuracy issues. Don't regret it one bit.
I agree 100%! I use pencil barrel all day, shoots great. “It’s the Indian - Not the arrow!”
The haters never shoot. They just stroke their guns. They hate the people that dot.
My 1903 Springfield w leatherwood repo 8x optic shoot average .75moa at 100 w hand loads. Fairly skinny barrel. 1918 reciever 1942 Springfield 4 groove and no bedding to be in compliance with cmp vintage sniper match
They will see the accuracy and still question it. I gave up it's like talking to a hesco barrier
There’s an old timer at church who needs help putting together a second carbine. I plan to use a pencil barrel from a bushmaster. Since he had a stroke he’s limited. Things like a proper sling, grip and bipod will assist in him being able to defend him self.
@@cpt.moroni3092 god bless America! "an old timer at church needs help putting together another AR15 build"
I feel better now. I built a lightweight 4lb 13oz rifle with a faxon pencil barrel the other day and I love it. It may stand duty as my SHTF rifle because I just love how light it is. Plus I'm addicted to titanium lol.
can you share your Build List? I am buliding my first AR15 and trying to get to 5.5 with optic. 4.13 is super.
@@tvman54 4.8125. There 16 oz in a lb.
I buy everything humanly -possible in titanium. I love titanium. Even my cookware.
Was it a wwsd 2020 :p
Most of the guys worried about these things can't shoot well enough to see a difference anyway. It's like guys who can't hit the x at 5 yards putting $200 match barrels into a Glock to fix their problem.
UziNineMillomeetah Hahaha shooting low left, add a match grade barrel. Now you’re shooting a tighter group low and left.
@@JohnW-yv6yp Exactly!
Years ago, I was at a match and as I was walking away from a stage, I saw a guy banging the frame of his Glock against a rock trying to get the slide unstuck and out of battery. I asked what he was doing and he told me he put this aftermarket barrel in it thinking it would shoot better. The barrel caused a little dirt to jam the slide closed. I told him the most accurate barrel is the stock barrel with 10,000 rounds through it. He asked "How does 10,000 rounds make the barrel more accurate?" I said "The barrel doesn't need 10,000 rounds. You do."
John Wilburn Good shit, I’m stealing that.
@Dante's Cuckferno I just buy the OEM of many of those aftermarket barrels for like 1/3+1/4 the price 😂
It's all about thermal dynamics and heat deflection. I have heavy barrels on all mine, I cant say what's right and wrong, own what you want there are differences and it's not just weight bud..I do study metallurgy and am a machinist and fabricator. Some things do play into the difference into these profiles.
What you do not have it practical experience. Get some gunfight training.
@@TacticalResponseCrew and how do you know this? Assumptions are like assholes bro. I would probably never want to get into a gun fight with a barrel that whips around on follow ups
@@TacticalResponseCrew and more to that..if you read what I put down without you're sole opinion (because that's all it is) in mind you would see that I said I wont say who is right or wrong. I dont care what you or the next guy likes or believes in. Also I would think underestimating someone in a fight could be bad for you. Ego is best left aside. Wouldnt you agree?
@Kijafha yeah I would hope so, I would also like to think that there is no need to promote it by assuming I dont train, or train correctly. No need to jump on his back either he is a big boy and if he feels he needs to explain or make clear his meaning he can do so.
@@fr3k5h0w I agree James is full of himself if u make a comment against something he believes in he automatically thinks u don't know shit when i can wake up hung over and teach one of his classes lol clown 🤣
Isnt the complaint more that the barrel will heat up faster and the point of impact will shift? InRangeTV proved with modern technology a pencil barrel is fine heat wise on a semi auto rifle.
@@FreedomInc or they're doing it wrong lol
This. Shift Won’t matter at close distances for large targets.
I have one gun that has a 14.5in pencil barrel. I have noticed that it does heat up faster and makes the hand guard hotter but I have never noticed much of a POA shift
It's more about barrel harmonics, why precision rifles have heavy barrels.
At 100yds I lost about .5 MOA with a hot pencil barrel. I mean like several mag dumps hot. More than I would ever do in the real world.
I totally agree with you James. I have one AR 15 with 20" pencil barrel, and a 16" Mid length with a pencil barrel. Accuracy is great, and the handling qualities of both rifles is outstanding. Extra weight is so counter productive. Keep up the great videos, and stay safe.
“Heavy is good...heavy is reliable. If it doesn’t work, you can always hit him with it.” ~Boris the Blade
:-)
Isn't the heavy barrel argument more to do with barrel harmonics than the reasons stated?
The pro side of a Mini 14 is a nice butt stroke. :-)
@@conondrom123yes. Ostensibly, the light weight of the thin barrel is a trade off for the vibration dampening of a heavier construction. For sustained, repeated cycles, I would opine more repeatable harmonic signature is available to the heavier barrel with diminishing returns in increasing mass, which is why most normal duty and match barrels are of similar profile and diameter.
I did a video comparing a light weight and medium weight barrel. I got them both hot to realistic standards and a performed accuracy test. The pencil performed just as good as the medium weight.
I have a heavy profile and a pencil profile. They both shoot about the same to me. I do generally like a heavier barrel on my long range rifles but those are for plinking not fighting. The main difference.to me on a HBAR vs a pencil profile is when transitioning targets it is far easier with a pencil profile then a big ass heavy barrel. That's just my $0.02
Yep heavy does close and far away and it keeps accurate longer with the heat . I use heavy because of it
Thanks for this. I never saw a performance hit with mine yet people kept telling me what I should run. BTW wasn't the M16 designed with a pencil barrel?
Automatic fire would ruin a pencil barrel. Heavier barrels + chrome lining can tolerate that kind of heat.
Pencil barrels are ideal for competition single-fire rifles.
You are absolutely right people are ridiculous about wanting heavy barrels talking about barrel whip and heat its all just a joke. Getting hotter can slightly open up your group size but for combat/self defense situation it wont make a difference and if you were shooting far enough that half or even 1 moa is gunna make you miss your barrel would never get hot and if you were in a fire fight with a higher rate of firer youd run out of ammo before your accuracy degraded beyond combat efficiency
Yup
Makes perfect sense to me in a survival situation you need to move lite and fast when you are defending your family are you thinking about a heavy barrel and 500 yards shots no and as far as burning out the barrel you will run out ammo before that ever happens. THANKS JAMES STAY HEALTHY .
No need
At the end of day two you will say screw a heavy barrel.
I hate the fact that nobody makes a decent 11.5 Pencil barrel with a FSB without costing an arm and leg. Had to go with a heavy barrel and it’s about 7 ounces heavier. I’m not sure someone would notice that weight unless they’re carrying it for miles.
if you have the right tools you can install an fsb your self. Although i hate the idea of trying to line that thing up with the gas port, if you know a gunsmith you could pay them to do it though. I bought a Colt heavy profile 11.5 a couple months ago and that coupled with everything else on my rifle makes it like 10.5 pounds.
Dam i miss James and all of the great information he use to pass along to us
I only run light barrels now. Even my 308 has a faxon pencil barrel. Runs awsome.
Do the groups grow the hotter the barrel gets?. This is my only concern.
@@samanthamoloney7645 the barrel shoots 1 inch with high quality ammo. About 1.5 with good ball. If you dump a mag or two the groups will grow slightly. Maybe .5 inch to 1inch. But the barrel cools very quickly. I think if you took it through a class you would never notice any shift. Mine is 16 inches with mid gas.
H-Bar's to a degree are more accurate, but there is a point where the H-Bar is just added weight.
Not true.
Its 100% true. Look up the difference between socom profile barrels and government profile barrels. Criterion is even offering a barrel thats thicker towards the chamber. They also provide barrels for some midwest rifles. :)
Thank you so much for making this video James. I am fairly new at gun ownership and I'm still learning. I am looking to buy a 14.7" AR15 and finding out that a lot of them come in a "light weight" barrel profile. This video answered the exact questions that I was having regarding the lighter barrels, and has put my mind at ease. Thanks again for the info.
I like the pencil barrels. My old SP1 shoots great. I have a carbine I built years ago with a special run Bushmaster 1/7 pencil barrel that is very handy and shoots great. But there is no doubt the thin barrel has a much greater POI shift when I screw a can onto it, and they are way more susceptible to impact shift from sling tension if they are not free floated.
Thanks for the info I have a pencil Barrel on my AR and what you said was well-spoken 'thanks ! I was really worried about all the things people say when it comes to pencil barrels .
Only reason you'd really want a heavy barrel is if you're making a rifle for high accuracy. And the only way you'll ever see that difference still is if you're using good ammo, have a high power scope, and are shooting 500+yds benchrest
Tiberasaurus Rex agrees with ME.
Yeager is looking lean!
I just watched a 2009 vid and James is lookin better now than he was 10 years ago by a long shot
I've personally done mag dump after mag dump with 6 mags with an M-4 and never once had a cook off. I have had cook offs with a M-60 however. Your AR barrel may get hot but James is right, it's not THAT hot.
You had cook offs in an open bolt gun?
@@BlackHawk2029 i guess It could happen with a light primer strike.
Just bought a BCM 14.5 ELW and was worried a little about this, but I couldn’t pass up the price my local dealer had on it.
The only somewhat valid concern I know of is that pencil barrels can heat up to the point that *technically* it can affect accuracy, but on a fighting carbine you should still be able to make hits on a man-sized target out to 300-400 yards, just maybe not with pinpoint accuracy.
NOT with a semi auto.
@@TacticalResponseCrew true, and if you're building a long range precision rifle, go ahead and use a little heavier contour, but for a fighting rifle it's just not an issue.
I can tell you as a old lady shooting and handling a gun around at the range, I like my AR as light as possible so I can shoot longer with out arm fatigue. heavy barrels and fancy attachments are just unnecessary weight in my opinion. in a fire fight i rather have a 60 rounds of 556 with 2 taped mags than a heavy ass scope or flashlight etc. Good video James :)
You need a flashlight.
@@TacticalResponseCrew being in a rural home location in the mountains of TN We felt that Flash lights are only good for close range like within 25 yards and any pump shot gun, which we have our tact light on would be a better option for self defense at night at close range around the home than a AR. when out in the field we have a million candle power spot light on the jeep that lights up 100's of yards, the right tool for the environment, your in is that not that also what you taught us?
What would I know...
@@TacticalResponseCrew your funny :D
Not going to talk about rifle accuracy with a smokin hot barrel?
Agreed. Inside 300 I dont think your going to see much of a difference though. Maybe from the bench shooting at paper, but not hits on man sized steel targets.
So are we bench shooting for accuracy or doing mag dumps?
@@TacticalResponseCrew How about mag dumps THEN bench shooting for accuracy. Because implausible and improbable reason # internet.
After the 3rd or 4th round, a mid-weight or heavy barrel will provide more accuracy than lightweight barrels on quick follow up shots. The word “More” being relative.
Internet MYTH
I was told that it takes mag dumping to get them hot enough for their groups to open up.
About a mag for a pencil. 2-3 mags for a hybrid profile type of thing where you have medium profile behind the gas block and pencil in front of it. And then it just goes up from there.
And that the opening up when hot might see your 1moa barrel open up to 3 or 4moa.
Considering the army considers 4moa combat acceptable accuracy I see the point in that pencil barrels from reputable manufacturers ought to do the job just fine, especially if you're lugging them around all day.
Fatigue and sway from a heavy gun all day long could throw your shots off far more if you're shooting unsupported.
But yeah, for bench rest shooting after multiple mag dumps (seriously who does this?) it's pretty irrefutable that thinner and lighter profiles open up more..
i HAVE cooked the throat out of a few different Benchrest grade barrels chambered for seriously overbore cartridges(NOT 5.56), and accuracy dropped off measurably, with the erosion plainly evident under a borescope - BUT those barrels were still good for many tens of thousands of rounds with a more than adequate level of "Fighting Iron" accuracy.
That said, i agree with you James; Currently among my most accurate hunting rifles is a Weatherby Vanguard(Howa) in .270Win, with a SKINNY barrel - it shoots into the 4s, free floated in a Knoxx Axiom stock (got it for my wife's use for hunting, she's a bit recoil shy).
Thanks for all you do James.
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Back when the 18 inch Tactical Response rifle was released, they were sold out before i tried to order one. So I ordered another 18 inch rifle from Midwest but it has a heavier barrel, which is fine , its a great rifle. I should have just told Andy to put a light weight barrel on it but it was my first time ordering from Midwest and I wasn't aware how it all worked.
I’ve never ordered from them, how does it work?
Well basically you can ask to have any given rifle built differently than what is listed on the site. You can get it basically how you want, you can get a different length rail, safety selector ect. Andy is a great guy to talk to on the phone. He builds a quality rifle that runs and runs and their customer service is amazing, I've been amazed by the quality of customer service they have. But be advised orders may take longer now than under normal circumstances.
I would be curious to know Yeager’s opinion on stainless barrels and if there is any merit to shorter barreled ar’s. I may have missed those videos if he has already put them out there
What about barrel stiffness and accuracy ? How is the accuracy on the pencil barrels ?
Why would accuracy change?
I LOVE the original COLT AR15 thin pencil barrels. They are sooooo easy to carry when walking over 4 miles ! 💥
Oh I thought pencil barrels lack accuracy when it's heated up
Would the pencil hold up as well during a really hard trip and fall , a drop , an incoming round grazed the pencil rather then a heavier barrel? Gets ran over ? Worst case scenario accidents rather then shoot ability of two perfect working barrels is where my thoughts wonder
Rest in peace Sir.
“Put a barrel in a bbq grill once” 😂😂😂I’m dead
Pencil barrels are just fine. I'm used to the gov't profile myself, but the added weight of the Hbar or socom profile barrels is not necessary imo.
Do pencil barrels whip or flex more after you fire? Does that affect accuracy of a followup shot? Does the thicker DPMS barrel have less whip because it is thicker?
Ray - No.
Eric - Not true.
@@TacticalResponseCrew Ok, thanks for the replies. The price and weight is about the same as the M4 barrel, so I think M4 is probably a better option. Again Thanks.
He had big balls may he rest in peace
This is not true at all! Your Mission should dictate the barrel profile. If you’re a new gun owner think about what you plan to use the weapon system for and let that dictate what profile and length is best. Heavy barrels tend to allow more accuracy for greater length of time. This doesn’t always occur but thin barrels tend to have a tendency to walk as they heat up. What he should’ve said was” if you plan on moving with your weapon or walking long distances get a pencil, fluted barrel, or hybrid barrel”. If the gun is meant for planking heavy barrels tend to be more accurate. All you have to do is Google barrel harmonics and it will prove Yeager was absolutely wrong. More mass equals less vibration thus more accurate, but ounces equal pounds and pounds equal pain
Those people are stuck decades in the past and don't realize that technology has improved over the years. My go to rifle has a Midwest Industries upper and that upper has a pencil barrel. It shoots just fine.
I agree. I always thought that having a heavier barrel helped with heat, but I've never heated up a barrel to where it made any difference from what I could tell. I bought my first AR back in 1979 and we put 1,000s of rounds through them on our weekend get togethers. Heck surplus ammo was $89 a case and cheaper when you caught sales, so we burned through it like crazy. Now, I want to carry some thing that's light weight as possible.
I wonder if you could talk about "DOUBLE CHROME" lining on barrels and if it's worth it or what's the deal? Thanks, and keep up the great work.
Whew!! So size (thickness) does not matter! 😉
😂
See InRangeTV's video: "WWSD: Pencil barrel Stress & Heat Zero Testing"
Thank you for this video. One of my favorite rifles has a pencil barrel, and I sometimes get flack for having it.
I have both a pencil barrel 16"
And an 18" rifle length heavier barrel ( Daniel Defense DDM4vPro) now the DD shoots "better" especially longer range for me but that most likely is due to the rest of the gun Giessele trigger , Trijicon optic
But I still would rather carry and use the lighter thinner barrel. I guess harmonics could play a part but my shooting isn't that refined to matter.
Hi James. My only pencil barrel experience has been with Faxon barrels and they are less accurate than their heavier barrels. They are accurate enough at under 100 yards though and the lighter rifle handles better. I always liked your comment about heavy rifles when you said "which are you going to do more, carry it or shoot it?"
Wrong
@@TacticalResponseCrew Not wrong. My Faxon pencil barrels consistently are about 2 MOA less accurate than my medium profile. Just a data point of reference, not an affront to the video. This may only be true for Faxon pencil barrels
@Jones Hi Jones. Certainly not a scientific test in a controlled environment. Just my observation from shooting several types of 556 and 223 from several rifles with different barrels at 100m. The variables you list should absolutely be controlled for a true scientific experiment. This is my experience and nothing more. James recommends Midwest rifles. The last I checked Midwest was using Criterion barrels which are very high quality. I do not own any Criterion barrels. My experience is with Faxon, Ballistic Advantage, and BCM. At this point I would say no one on here is interested in my differing experience so I will stop commenting
@Jones I apologize as I did misunderstand what you were saying. I've done a good bit of AR shooting. My Faxon barrels have disappointed me in both 556 and 308. I thought it was just me until I got the BA and BCM barrels. I'm not a great shooter by any means, but I can group my BAs and BCMs 1.5-2 in at 100m on the gov't and med profile barrels. My heavy BA and BCM I usually am right around 1in. My Faxons even on my best lowers really concentrating I am always getting 3-4 inches across multiple brands of ammo. The 556 is 55gr and the 308 around 150gr
@@tlrinc2343 Whoa. Have you contacted Faxon? They would be appalled at those results and I've seen them reach out to folks reporting that accuracy and offer to replace their barrels. Their CS is really responsive.
Think about it, the scar17 uses a pencil barrel and it's chambered in 308 meant for battle rifle use. FN knows what they're doin, pencil works
SCARs are SHIT
What about accuracy when you get it hot? I would assume a Hbar would stay on target better.
No
@@TacticalResponseCrew yes, I’m a 23 time world champion hbar aficionado, you are incorrect according to my 0 amount of research.
It will
They always say "pencil barrel will heat up faster " well yeah but it also cools down faster ...so..
I actually heard from someone at Faxon that they cool down slower due to less surface area for heat to dissipate.
@@mitchschutter4302 If both barrels retained exactly the same BTUs, yes, the heavier barrel would cool down faster. However, the heavier barrel has more mass which means it will retain more BTUs. I have never seen a gun with a pencil barrel next to a gun with a heavy barrel take longer to cool if they were on similar firing schedules. Pencil barrel always cools faster.
@@hammanvideo Interesting. I'm a lightweight barrel advocate so that's good news.
@@hammanvideo But those BTU's are spread through more mass which results in less temperature for a given BTU.
@@phillhuddleston9445 If you had the exact same btu content the heavy barrel would be cooler. However, since the heavy barrel has more mass, at the same specific heat, it will require more BTUs to raise the temperature and more BTUs will have to be expelled to lower the temperature. A BTU is a constant.
This is the same thing as people who like big heavy knives, overbuilt means better, no not always lol...I can hand a non knife person 2 knives one thats very nice and light and a cheap POS thats heavy almost always will they think the heavy one is better quality...
I never understood this argument either. Top manufacturers wouldn’t continue making them if there was an issue. I use a 16inch barrel from Ballistic Advantage that’s slightly tapered but not considered a pencil barrel and I’ve had people tell me it’s one of the lightest AR’s they’ve seen. Pencil barrels take out the bulk. Glad you said this. Mrgunsngear is a big fan of pencil barrels. He never said there was an issue with them
BigBeansM3 kind of a stupid statement given they would risk their reputation if they continued selling a product that produces problems
Im currently into medium or "socom" barrels. they seem to be the best balance. hbar is dumb, m4 govt style is dumb. pencil might indeed be ok, but i just dont mind the little extra weight of a medium profile.
Get into training.
I think jerry miculek is the only one that could put that semi auto meltdown to the test.
Heavy barrel made my m&p sport 2 affordable and im ok with that. Rock on James!
Them gun are very accurate I love mine
Yeager droppin them gems like always 💎
I'll take my standard or (pencil) on my 4 inch barreled early 50's S&W Regulation Police Model .38 S&W caliber any day over a bull barrel !!! It's just as accurate and well to me it just looks sexy as hell better than the bull barreled revolvers !!! What did they use call them back in the day tack drivers I believe it was !!!!
Like he said the bore is the same thicker just takes longer to heat up but.... unless ur firing full auto with belt fed ur not gonna over beat the barrel
Now a subscriber. Was considering purchasing a foxtrot mike upper with a light barrel profile and was wondering about this. Makes perfect sense, thank you sir.
Really like all your latest videos, good common sense and well presented. Want to come take a class with my boys sometime soon!
Sounds great!
Remember light weight barrels are light at front sight post going forward, most government or m4 profile are light under handguard!, the same as lightweight configuration, Go light there's no compromise of strength at all!.
my 6.5 creedmore because of the weight. It is used bipod only. Would not want to truck that through the woods on a sling strap.
Something else ppl worry about is round Count, most folks will never put enough rounds down a good barrel to ever have to worry about it. Just look at all the sks's out here selling higher than original cost and owned by several hundred users. SMH buy once cry once.
but James the super secret special ninja forces ONLY use HEAVY barrels therefore it must be the best.
He makes sense to me, maybe heavy barrel’s handle heat better?? Due to having more material the heat dissipates through. IDK. I’d rather save the ounces
Pencil barrel cools faster.
I miss this guy
The only reason why I entertained the idea of an "HBAR" was to comply with Maryland law. I was trying to get proof research to relabel their intermediate as heavy since it has a heavier profile than Colt's "HBAR". And with Maryland law, it only has to be marketed as heavy.... No luck so 300BLK here I come.
Jesus people really just have to have something to pontificate on. Before guys like James, Clint, Farnam, Hackathorn etc. came into main stream there was a whole lot of gun “theory” out there. People just worry about the wrong shit. To me this is like “sight radius” on a pistol.
Yep
Good point.
Can someone please explain what exactly a pencil barrel is? Do springfield saints have pencil barrels???
So I had a friend, who though he was a real know it all a few years back. I had bought a bolt .223 tc venture rifle to be a varmint gun. I can hold a 3" group out to 400yds with it. It has a fluted barrel. I didn't care that it was fluted, straight, heavy or light. I know I. Never going to get it hot enough for it to matter, it's a bolt gun with a 3 shot mag. But my friend though I was crazy and bought the same gun with the heavy barrel because it would " handle the heat better". 7 years later and both with probably close to 1000 rounds through each. Neither is showing signs of significant wear. But his is almost 2 pounds more. He doesn't pack his away from the truck because it's too heavy. Mine is lighter, and better to pack with in the fields.
Right, people that SHOOT know what I am talking about.
Thank you for saying this! I love the pencil barrel and always took shit about it!
In a real world situation you have "Bigger" problems to consider if you're running your firearm to the levels of heat deformation and accuracy loss.
Love your videos. Keep up the great work sir.
People always make the heavy barrel superior accuracy argument as well ... smh
This is something that comes from the precision shooting dudes. Does it have an effect on POI? Sure! but i shot 50-60 rounds of .308 between 500 to almost 1000 yards today and the only misses i had came from wind gusts and when i pulled a shot.
If you are in a competition and have a caliper measuring your shots it would matter. But its not detrimental.
This is not a competition channel.
I agree!
Do you think it’s worth re-barreling a rifle with a lighter profile if you have a heavier government profile barrel?
Thanks! I have a BCM & a Daniel Defense & I have had buyers remorse to some degree because I didn’t get the lightweight barrels. They’re government profile & shoot fine, I just think sometimes about replacing the barrels.
No
Thanks James. I've always thought what you teach in this video was the case. Appreciate your video to verify my guess. Always grateful. Stay well. Take care.
I knew better! I was told this year's ago by another shooter like James & Rex and then I still got a standard weight. Anyone want to buy an FN 16" HF NATO barrel or trade for a pencil barrel?
I cut my babyteeth on the M-16 A1 in the Marine Corps in the mid seventy's. It was and is a fine weapon. The only rifle that I was issued that was truly a piece of shit was the last one I received when I re-enlisted in K-3-24 during the Iran hostage crisis. It was a General Motors, Hydrodynamics Division rifle. A piece of shit if there ever was one. Colt rifles were excellent in my opinion. The barrels were great and the weapon was light....I have spoken. 😎 👍 Good video, James!
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@@TacticalResponseCrew I've been thinking about your channel and a very few others. I'm retired and on limited income but not dead yet. Stand by.
Thank you for that one James.
I've always lived by this rule....during a shooting session....I dont touch the barrell.....its probably hot
Speaking of which, James, if you could convince S&W to bring back the pencil barrel 4" version of the model 10, that would be an handy piece.
James, what do you think about the WWSD rifle?
Thanks again JY
99% of people will never shoot their gun enough to worry about heat or wear.
And yet they DO.
This is one of the things that I didn't know when I was building my Frankenstein AR, good info.
I have a colt lightweight sporter. It's like a laser cannon. Boom
I thought that myself about the old SP1s...
Yeah, our optics are heavy enough. Makes me want to go slick and just run some bulletproof iron's. 3oz total.
I run into the same level of ignorance in my field witch happens to be off road motorcycle s. Pretty sure it exists everywhere
I was signed up for the BMW 2-day off road last month and it got cancelled. :-(
I’m a tattoo artist, it is definitely rampant in my field. Ink masters made everyone an expert.
I think if you are knowledgeable in a certain field then you start to recognize all the b******* if not you have no way of knowing right
Absolutely. I build cars and see guys all the time trying to buy performance when they don't understand the science behind what they're buying. Some of the most knowledgeable builders use a lot of stock parts and tune their way to success.
fuck h-bar , i want heavier , give me the raw bar stock with the bore drilled through!!
On one of your videos you should show examples of barrel profiles. And explain
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I'm a HBAR guy....only because Maryland forces any AR after 2013 has to be.