I'm building my first upper. It'll be 5.56 for plinking and general use so I'm looking at brands that offer a good compromise between quality and value. Reliability is important because I want to feel like I built a decent rifle that's likely to function rather than always wondering if it's going to fail. Hours of going in circles on the interwebz has led me to the mid and upper level Faxon Gunner and Ballistic Advantage Hanson barrels around $225. Do I just toss a coin here?
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Faxon VS Ballistic Advantage?
- Thread starter mtnbiker26
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Should be fine with either, I have a BA Hanson and it’s great, I especially like how it came with a pinned gas block. That will add to reliability for sure.
hv55maxx
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I have Faxon 6.5 Creedmoor and 308 barrels. Would absolutely buy again and would strongly consider for a 556 barrel when the time comes to replace. Love the lightweight design.
I don’t have any experience with the Ballistic Advantage.
I don’t have any experience with the Ballistic Advantage.
Is it just me or is their website confusing, borderline useless?
I don’t know about the website, I got one through a group by and another was already on a rifle when I got it. Midsouth shooters supply has them in stock every once in a while. Their site is easy to use.
Dave
Dave
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I will chime in as the cheap bastard. I have had very good results with my ar stoner barrel from Midway. Also, I used a 9mm barrel from Spinta, which I am very happy with. Both barrels perform just as good as some of my more expensive ones.
BA, all the way. I have one of their premium series stainless barrels on my 6.5 Creedmoor AR. Tackdriver- 0.6 MOA shooter. Also they make the stainless barrels offered by a super high-end producer of carbon fiber barrels. They stand behind their product as well.
I went with the Ballistic Advantage .223 Wylde stainless premium series Hanson profile. Found it for $180 and free shipping plus it includes the gas block. The same website had some great specials going on so I added an Aero Precision upper, Aero Precision Nitrided BCG, Aero Precision gas tube and a VG6 Gamma bead blasted stainless brake all shipped for $395. Thanks for all your replies.
