Reviews & Ratings for Faxon Firearms Flame Fluted AR-15 22 ARC Threaded Barrel — 3 reviews — Page 1

Shooting sub-MOA with this Faxon barrel. I couldn’t be happier with my choice. Had to wait awhile for it to be in stock but it was well worth the wait.

I built this AR in 22ARC using this barrel, a Hiperfire HPC556G2 micro brake, Anderson Adjustable gas block, JP polished spring, Kynshot carbine buffer, a BCA Side Charging upper/BCG, an Aero M4E1 Lower with Aero enhanced extension. Used a low-end free floating handguard for now, and a Magpul bipod. Added a Swampfox Patriot 6-24x50 FFP scope, with an Aero SPR mount.
After following Faxon's break-in guidelines, I am getting 1 MOA at 200yds (farthest I have went out so far), using a Lead Sled 2 and Hornady 88gr ELD Match.
This barrel has served me well! It slid into the BCA pretty snugly, without any heat, only using anti-seize. I built this to shoot far, with low recoil, and it fit the bill perfectly! Have not measured hits beyond 200yds, but our local range goes to 660, and that is the current goal- to get it out to that distance, and see how it does. I have high hopes for this barrel / rifle! This is the third Faxon barrel I have used, and all of them perform excellently for me!
I plan to install a JP bolt, and see if that makes any difference. Maybe change out the brake to a self-timing. If I remember to, I will update this review.

After two of these barrels from faxon I have given up on their match series 22 arc. Using multiple lots of factory ammo I could not get better than 2.5 inch groups at 100 yards with the 62 grain VT loads from Hornady. This was using a lead sled and a PST 5-25 scope. With the 75 and 88 grain loads I could get closer to 1.75 inch groups but still seems far from the capability of the 22 arc.