Reviews & Ratings for TRYBE Defense Medium Profile AR-15 Barrel, 5.56x45mm NATO — 9 reviews — Page 1

This barrel is exactly what I was expecting it to be. And it looks amazing! It was packed very nicely. It mounted into my new BCM M4 upper without any problems. The muzzle threads are clean and very nicely cut. The Nitride finish doesn’t have any imperfections, that I can see. And the lettering is clear and bright. I’m ecstatic about getting this barrel. It’s much nicer than the stock barrel I have on my other AR. I won’t have this build finished until probably, spring of 2026, so I don’t know how it will perform. But I’m highly confident it will shoot just as nicely as it looks. If you get this barrel, you’ll need to get a clamp on style gas block for it, because it’s not cut flat or dimpled for mounting a set-screw type of gas block. But clamp-on gas blocks are cheap and easy to find online. I would like to also share that OpticsPlanet customer service is great when they’re dealing with me. I’m very difficult to please, but the OpticsPlanet staff are responsive and helpful with my questions, every time I order from them. One final note: I paid less than half of what the list price for this barrel is now. I got an incredible deal on it through OpticsPlanet. It’s not my first order with them and it’s most certainly not my last.

It uses a carbine gas tube, not mid length like it is stated in the description. Learned the hardway

First, there is a dip on the edge of the shoulder where the mil-spec gas block meets the barrel. I'm not sure if that's supposed to be for some sort of oring, but if it is, two things-- one, it changes the distance (roughly by 1mm) which makes lining up the gas block very difficult, two, they do not send the oring with the barrel. Also, I'm almost certain that the gas port is off by nearly 2deg from dead center top of the barrel. This has made a very frustrating day at the range. I would have spent the extra $ on a well known barrel, cash that I wasted on ammo trying to get the gas block adjusted and never did. Would not recommend.

Please see other reviewers questioning accuracy of description of product. Specifications said this had a mid-length gas system with a .081" gas port. and he model I received takes a carbine gas tube and the gas port is substantially smaller than .081. It looks like they have since changed the description to say carbine length gas system but haven't changed the specifications. The barrel they sent me definitely has a carbine length gas system. Given the importance of the barrel, kind of concerns me what else they got wrong. Hope they got the 5.56 part correct. I wouldn't buy again from this brand.

The listing is relatively inconsistent, it mentions both carbine and mid-length. Making it a gamble, if you're someone like me who grabbed this, and then a mid-length gas tube from another source; because you trusted the description, then you're kinda screwed and have to make a choice to exchange one or the other. Look, I'm sure this is probably a solid barrel, but that'll have to wait for the time being.

Love this product! Great people to do business with! Thank you

Overall I'm happy with this purchase. There is no dimpling in the barrel for set screws if you want to use a low profile gas block. This makes gas block alignment a little more tedious. Still I think it's a good value option for a full length 20-in build.