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5.56 barrel with integral 3 chamber brake. Which exactly is the pencil barrel and gunner barrel? The titles don’t match the feature list descriptions — 1 Answer

by Brad N, from KS, United States Asked on December 15, 2024

Name Faxon Firearms A-R15 Barrel w/ Integral Flash Hider (5)
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Answered by Faxon Firearms, Manufacturer from OH, United States, on December 18, 2024

The barrel with MPN: 15A58M16NPQ-IMDB is the pencil profile barrel and the barrel with MPN: 15A58M16NGQ-IMDB is the Gunner profile. It does appear that the Optics Planet description lists "Gunner" for both, but the one with "P" in the part number is the Pencil profile.

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