Are they no longer selling CHF FN barreled uppers ?

And if they are still selling them , when can we expect at least some modernized railed variants of them like they have of all the Nitride barreled options that seem to have taken over their page ?

While the CHF M-4 uppers are a good one and a bargain at times..Its the only upper they consistently have in stock with a CHF chrome lined barrel



How about a middy, true pencil profile, CHF FN barrel (or just a standard FN CL) with a 15 slim M-lok hand guard ?  Just that one model would sell a ton i bet.

 i would buy several myself

The market is screaming for cheaper and cheaper parts, so I expect their nitride models to take over for awhile.

I was wondering this, too.  Last night I searched and every single hammer forged upper was sold out.

love to get the FN in M4 and SOCOM profiles in shorter barrels.

I have one of those bbls from a long while back, it is a joy to shoot and very accurate too.  I don't have a FF handguard yet, but out of a MagPul MOE it shoots like a house on fire, and is easy to carry all day long.

Compared to the CHF FN M-4 SOCOM with the Heavier bbl and you wonder why anyone who does more than bench shoot would do the SOCOM or even M-4

I thought I heard that FN has the mil contract now? If so, I'm sure FN is busy with that. The low volume that does make it to civilians will probably be a bit pricier than they were before.
Now are the days of (decent) VERY low cost nitride barrels (which even I'm a huge fan of).

They have a couple CHF uppers showing up on the site with FN barrels.

http://palmettostatearmory.com/blem-psa-14-7-chf-mid-length-lightweight-unpinned-without-bcg-or-charging-handle-42433b.html
http://palmettostatearmory.com/psa-18-chf-223-wylde-1-8-rifle-length-15-lightweight-keymod-upper-without-bcg-or-ch-516447007.html

So pretty much like what I got as my first AR earlier this year?

PSA 16" Mid-length Lightweight CHF 5.56 NATO 1/7 15" M-Lok Upper with Magup MBUS Set- No BCG or CH - 516445249

https://i.imgur.com/LlcT4Hi.jpg

Come from AKs where pretty much all combloc factory barrels are CHF and chrome lined (except yugos and US builds), so that's what I wanted in my first AR. Found out PSA had the most affordable offerings with those sort of barrels, decided that's what I wanted, then had to play a looong waiting game. Believe it was 2 months where they were literally 100% out of FN barreled uppers? Then they started slowly trickling in.. I remember passing up on a 14.7" that would've required a pin-and-weld. Then ALMOST settled on a 16" carbine length,  heavy profile with a 12" mlok rail.. But they went out of stock right as I was about to cave.

Finally the one that I ended up buying got posted - literally just the title and no pictures or description. Bought it based solely on that. Went on as the weekend deal the next day with pictures and description, but $50 more than  what I paid plus free shipping ($17). So I got $34 off for being impulsive lol. Sold out within a day.

So yeah - about a 3 to 4 month wait between when I decided on what I wanted and when I was actually able to purchase it. Take it from experience: PSA seems to receive FN barrels in runs and will have occasional dry spells like right now. And when they do get them, they're not always the most popular styles. Have to either be patient or look elsewhere. Best of luck!


Wait, chrome-lined and non-CHF? Don't think FN makes any rifle barrels like that.. The thing with Cold Hammer Forging is that the initial machinery to do it is rather costly but once you have it, it's easy to mass produce things which makes it inexpensive and economical after you've made enough to offset the startup cost. If they already have the machinery, there's no reason they wouldn't do CHF. It's why almost all US built AKs are just drilled then nitrided (a startup isn't going to invest into CHF machinery) while imported combloc AKs are all CHF (they already had the machinery/factories in place from Soviet times).

PSA has sold premium line (FN CM 4150 chrome lined), chf/chrome lined uppers (barrel also from FN), and chf nitride (barrel not from FN) barreled uppers. Chf/cl calibers included 5.56, 6.8, 6.5G, and 308win/7.62x51.

I was lucky to pick up a couple chf/cl fsb uppers and the chf/cl gen 2 PA10, but I really kick myself for waiting to buy a pencil railed chf/cl 16" middy. Buy when it first pops up!!!

Wait so FN does make non-CHF rifle barrels? I honestly don't see why a larger company with CHF machinery would opt for cut rifling... unless it's something more specialty that they don't already have a mandrel for? Or source it to another plant to make?

Haha yeah - been very happy with mine. Fairly accurate, noticeably lighter than govt profiles, and a bit less kick than carbine-lengths that I've used. I will say that the PSA mlok rail aren't the highest quality rails I've seen (though more than serviceable). TBH, I wouldn't have been kicking myself too hard if I had picked up an FN 16" middy and switched the A2 handguards out for a Midwest Industries MLOK rail.

PSA has their Premium Line which are FN, Non-CHF, CL barrels ... but it's been a bit since they have had them.
Nice looking carbine and pistol.

Anyway... Quick question... What light mount are you using on your rail for your Surefire? I can't tell by the photo.
I usually like my lights at 4-5 o'clock but have several without VFGs at 11 o'clock and am always looking for different mounts.
Thanks
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Haha I hate to admit it since everything else on the rifle is decent quality, but it's just a cheapo KZ offset 1" ring and a G2X. Had the same setup on my Mak90 so I just did the same for the AR:
https://i.imgur.com/t5FS0M2.jpg

I figure a light is just there to illuminate targets at close range, so it's not like the mount needs to be super duper quality with QD, flawless alignment to the barrel, or return-to-zero. I just set it to where I can press the tail cap with my support hand without breaking my grip too bad - but still a bit out of the way so I don't accidentally activate it (why I'm not too big a fan of tape switches for regular ol HD use)

Gotcha!  Thanks!  I've seen the one you have and would seem solid. I haven't tried that one... yet
I even just got a cheap and simple $5 one, which is similar, but smaller and taller off the rail, from a gun show (ETA: Link no longer available). It actualy works pretty well, but looks and not impressed. Should of saved my $5
I have two Elzetta's and several VTAC's, which I like and work well for 4-5 o'clock ... they just don't seem right used for 11 o'clock mounted on the top rail and I don't really like them mounted on the left side rail. Makes it difficult being a right-handed, left eye dominant shooter and only use 11 o'clock for 1-6 scoped rifles. WOTG has one (never in stock) I want to try but pretty pricey at $60. Could of probably bought two for all the others I've tried
The search goes on!

Sorry for the brief hijack of your thread OP!
I think FN getting the mil contract has slowed things down for the manufactures using FN barrels.
I have two PSA Premiums and four CHFs and were gotten when the going was good.
Can't really beat PSA price point and hopefully the wait won't be too long.
me

So,

PSA, when are you getting CHF kits and uppers back in stock?

i too am waiting on the chf barrels.  

Im in need for a CHF 7" pistol pencil barrel,

and maybe another CHF Carbine length gas system 14.5 would be perfect, without a fixed front sight im thinking... but i'd take one with a fixed front sight too

I bought the 16" PSA rifle kit with the CHF CL barrel by FN with mid length gas and A2 profile Sept of 16 and have only seen them in stock once or twice since.

for the fn stuff, its usually up to FN and when they have time to run for PSA, they have contracts they have to fulfill first. and thats usually their priority from what ive been told.