Being generous - TRYBE Defense Government Profile AR-15 Barrel, .223 Wylde

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 other reason but the pandemic.

I can't be angry at the barrel, but there is a reason why it is 99 dollars, because it's not amazing, is it garbage? No, I don't think so, but rapid fire and heated barrel will show shenanigans.

I no longer shoot these profile barrels, I shoot HBARs of different brands. This barrel taught me that rifling will show issues on lighter contours before HBARs

It was super light though, that part I loved. Full 16" rifle felt like a soft pillow.
Rifle is not overgassed, I had an adjustable gas block and can say it was on undergassed side, and that's a good thing, compared to something that throws brass 2 o'clock