Bought this barrel during pandemic, and yeah, it was one of few barrels available, and everything else was sold out.
This barrel is pretty light.
After doing barrel examination with a microscope, I found that barrel had what looked like a brass piece lodged sideways and embedded into the structure of the barrel.
I cannot tell you if it was 2000+ rounds I put through the rifle before. I can't tell you if it's Wolf ammo that is actually steel cored, and not just steel cased. (Not green tip, just Wolf 223)
I cannot say whether it was me submerging this barrel into acetone to get the paint off the barrel, but I do know one thing.
Barrel had incredible POA shift when heated. So much so, it would open up from 2-3 MOA to good 12+, I speculate that barrel whips a lot, and also when heated begins to whip even more.
I am leaving 3 stars because I could make hits to 100 yards pretty easily, but in the end the inconsistency of accuracy led me to remove the barrel and to find a piece of brass looking piece lodged sideways inside. It was sitting flat, but looked like there was a pretty large cavity where it was sitting sideways.
Barrel manufacturing or my own adventures brought it there. I can't tell you, but for what it was, it was a good light barrel, but definitely far from excellent.
I heard Faxon used to make some of Trybe's barrel, but not just them, so quality depends on OEM manufacturer.
Trybe is an OpticsPlanet brand, and I would not be going for this barrel if I had no ...
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