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Posted: 12/15/2010 5:30:29 AM EST
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This is the 16" Fluted. If it shoots half as good as it looks I'll be a happy camper 
http://i726.photobucket.com/albums/ww262/HS2/IMG_1168b.jpg http://i726.photobucket.com/albums/ww262/HS2/IMG_1179b.jpg Is that scale reading 1 pound, 15.3 oz.... a.k.a 31.3 oz? I was wondering the same. Around 2 lbs seems right to me. |
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Posted: 12/15/2010 8:26:01 AM EST
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This is the 16" Fluted. If it shoots half as good as it looks I'll be a happy camper
http://i726.photobucket.com/albums/ww262/HS2/IMG_1168b.jpg http://i726.photobucket.com/albums/ww262/HS2/IMG_1179b.jpg Is that scale reading 1 pound, 15.3 oz.... a.k.a 31.3 oz? Yep... just a tad under 2 lbs. |
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Posted: 12/15/2010 9:08:59 AM EST
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Ive got two.....a 16" and an 11.5" Both great barrels and shoot very well.
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Posted: 12/15/2010 9:34:27 AM EST
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I've got a Sabre upper with their 16" mid length barrel and it's really nice.
I would buy another Sabre barrel for sure. |
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Posted: 12/15/2010 11:13:45 AM EST
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They seem to be a sleeper barrel of sorts...on the outside from a few feet away it looks like regular old USGI garbage. On the inside, it's a killer precisely made implement of war. I can't want to establish my first group with mine. I really need the weather to warm up though for that to happen, da-gum-it!
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Posted: 12/16/2010 8:53:30 AM EST
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A picture speaks volumes...18" midlength stainless fluted barrel http://i983.photobucket.com/albums/ae316/stangluvr04/gun%20stuff/100_0805_2.jpg Nice work. Looks like without that flyer you would have come in at around .60". What is the twist rate on your barrel...I assume 1:7.7 or 1:8? 1:8 twist. I am saving up to get another one soon...They are a little on the expensive side, but I figure you get what you pay for. I am completely happy. It took a few rounds to break it in...100 or so, but once that was done I imagine it shoots better than I am capable of. edit: added quote |
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Posted: 12/16/2010 9:55:00 AM EST
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A picture speaks volumes...18" midlength stainless fluted barrel http://i983.photobucket.com/albums/ae316/stangluvr04/gun%20stuff/100_0805_2.jpg Nice work. Looks like without that flyer you would have come in at around .60". What is the twist rate on your barrel...I assume 1:7.7 or 1:8? 1:8 twist. I am saving up to get another one soon...They are a little on the expensive side, but I figure you get what you pay for. I am completely happy. It took a few rounds to break it in...100 or so, but once that was done I imagine it shoots better than I am capable of. edit: added quote I am in a bit of a self-imposed dilemma with my Sabre 20" barrel. I bought it with the intent of building my first ever USGI A2 rifle...everything matching gov't specs to the last pin. That would involve employing a USGI plastic hand-guard of course. Now I'm asking myself if I really want to employ this awesome barrel on a non-floated upper. Seems like it really deserves a float. I was told by John Holliger at White Oak Armament that floating a barrel does on average tighten up a group by 16 inches at 500 yards. I do 95% of my shooting at 100 yards but still, if what John says is true, that's quite a difference. |
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Posted: 12/16/2010 10:22:39 AM EST
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I am in a bit of a self-imposed dilemma with my Sabre 20" barrel. I bought it with the intent of building my first ever USGI A2 rifle...everything matching gov't specs to the last pin. That would involve employing a USGI plastic hand-guard of course. Now I'm asking myself if I really want to employ this awesome barrel on a non-floated upper. Seems like it really deserves a float.
I was told by John Holliger at White Oak Armament that floating a barrel does on average tighten up a group by 16 inches at 500 yards. I do 95% of my shooting at 100 yards but still, if what John says is true, that's quite a difference. A good compromise might be one of those free float national match tubes that mimic the classic handguards. |
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Posted: 12/16/2010 2:55:25 PM EST
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I am in a bit of a self-imposed dilemma with my Sabre 20" barrel. I bought it with the intent of building my first ever USGI A2 rifle...everything matching gov't specs to the last pin. That would involve employing a USGI plastic hand-guard of course. Now I'm asking myself if I really want to employ this awesome barrel on a non-floated upper. Seems like it really deserves a float.
I was told by John Holliger at White Oak Armament that floating a barrel does on average tighten up a group by 16 inches at 500 yards. I do 95% of my shooting at 100 yards but still, if what John says is true, that's quite a difference. A good compromise might be one of those free float national match tubes that mimic the classic handguards. Oh that sounds cool....who sells them? |
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Posted: 12/16/2010 4:09:58 PM EST
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I am in a bit of a self-imposed dilemma with my Sabre 20" barrel. I bought it with the intent of building my first ever USGI A2 rifle...everything matching gov't specs to the last pin. That would involve employing a USGI plastic hand-guard of course. Now I'm asking myself if I really want to employ this awesome barrel on a non-floated upper. Seems like it really deserves a float.
I was told by John Holliger at White Oak Armament that floating a barrel does on average tighten up a group by 16 inches at 500 yards. I do 95% of my shooting at 100 yards but still, if what John says is true, that's quite a difference. A good compromise might be one of those free float national match tubes that mimic the classic handguards. Oh that sounds cool....who sells them? DPMS and RRA among others. |
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