Recommendation on Barrel

andy41567 said:

So....when i was at my last gun show i happen to see a new upper i wanted and when talking to the guy i asked if it was Maryland compliant. He said yes it was an H-BAR. I said great i will take it. Of course i am a noob and did not know what to look for. It was a new built 5.56 for my AR-15.

When i got home I put every thing together and of course took it to my gunsmith to have a few more thing painted and have him sight it in for me. So he gives me a call and tells me that he could not find an H-BAR stamp on the barrel and it had a government profile after the gas block. I not 100% what all that means but from what I now understand that is a BIG no no in MD. So i told him to remove the barrel and i am now on the hunt for a new one that is MD compliant!

So if anyone could better help me understand the above and make sure i am getting the right info!

Also i am looking for recommendation on a new 5.56 decent to high quality barrel! I have a budget of about $200 to $300

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rouchna said:

I normally would recommend a Daniel Defense or BCM cold hammer forged barrel. Unfortunately, I cohttps://danieldefense.com/cold-hammer-forged-barrels/16-inch-chf-barrels.html?barrel_profile=43uldn’t find any HBAR barrels on their site. I’m not too familiar with HBAR barrels but these guys come very highly recommended.

https://criterionbarrels.com/products/ar-15/ar-15-hbar-contour-barrel/

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Mr.Blue said:

I recommend Daniel Defense as well. Their S2W (Strength to Weight) barrel is an Hbar.

I don’t see a 5.56 for sale separately, but they make the barrel. I have it in my DD M4V7 Pro. Give DD a call and see if you can buy the S2W barrel separately.

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rouchna said:

Thanks, didn’t know that. Since I have no need for an HBAR, it is not something I’ve looked into.

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Mr.Blue said:

I’m sorry. I meant that for the OP. I was just agreeing with your DD recommendation.

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andy41567 said:

So....when i was at my last gun show i happen to see a new upper i wanted and when talking to the guy i asked if it was Maryland compliant. He said yes it was an H-BAR. I said great i will take it. Of course i am a noob and did not know what to look for. It was a new built 5.56 for my AR-15.

When i got home I put every thing together and of course took it to my gunsmith to have a few more thing painted and have him sight it in for me. So he gives me a call and tells me that he could not find an H-BAR stamp on the barrel and it had a government profile after the gas block. I not 100% what all that means but from what I now understand that is a BIG no no in MD. So i told him to remove the barrel and i am now on the hunt for a new one that is MD compliant!

So if anyone could better help me understand the above and make sure i am getting the right info!

Also i am looking for recommendation on a new 5.56 decent to high quality barrel! I have a budget of about $200 to $300

this was one i was considering

Faxon Firearms .223 Wylde Flame Fluted Match Barrel

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andy41567 said:

OK so wait... When I bought my upper I was told it is a Hbar. It is not stamped on the barrel but I was told that and I can clearly see it is a Hbar except the profile just after the gas block and then it goes back up. Now my spec sheet I got with the upper says heavy barrel on it as well. So am I good to go. Cause in my research over the last 2 hours I have talked to another young man who in the last few weeks had his AR taken away from him due to the fact that they said his barrel was a "government profile" and was considered contraband. But he bought the gun and shipped to MD as a MD compliant AR with an advertised heavy barrel. The gun was 100% unmodified.

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rbird7282 said:

I am just telling you what the MSP bulletin has said in regards to heavy barrels. It certainly doesn’t make any sense.
If what you bought was advertised and sold as an HBAR, you should be good to go.


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clandestine said:

You can buy a HBAR Chrome Lined Criterion for the same price and it will shoot circles around the faxon.

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andy41567 said:

OK so wait... When I bought my upper I was told it is a Hbar. It is not stamped on the barrel but I was told that and I can clearly see it is a Hbar except the profile just after the gas block and then it goes back up. Now my spec sheet I got with the upper says heavy barrel on it as well. So am I good to go. Cause in my research over the last 2 hours I have talked to another young man who in the last few weeks had his AR taken away from him due to the fact that they said his barrel was a "government profile" and was considered contraband. But he bought the gun and shipped to MD as a MD compliant AR with an advertised heavy barrel. The gun was 100% unmodified.

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andy41567 said:

well i was going to go with the Faxon 16" Heavy Fluted 1.8 twist wylde. Its in stock $35 cheaper 11oz lighter and seem to have very good reviews as well. And MD compliment since it is a Heavy Barrel. Although your choice is too.

I figure you have experience with both barrels and I was wondering what makes one better than the other?

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Ranchero50 said:

What flavor barrel do you have on now? OAL and gas port length?

What are you planning on doing with it?

Seems you are putting the cart before the horse.

Can you post up some pics of your current barrel?

HBAR means listed as such or has a .750" diameter from the receiver to the gas port and ideally no further cut down sections up to the muzzle. Note the 14.5" Colt Socom barrel is approved by the MSP as HBAR and has both the grenade launcher cut outs and reduction for the mount up front. It's much lighter versus a full 16" HBAR and still has a good accuracy record. I swapped out a 16" PSA HBAR barrel that shot fine and I paid $75 for and don't regret it.

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freebird said:

What? Please provide more details if possible.

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