Comparing AR15 barrels -Faxon vs. Bear Creek arsenal-

Wanted to point out that BCA actually has a WIDE selection of nitrided barrels in many calibers. They aren't limited to parkerizing by a longshot.

I've bought several BCA barrels in stainless and carbon with a nitride finish. For most needs, if I'm building from scratch, I can't find a better barrel in a price I can afford, or at least one that I'd shell out the money for. For example at PA I picked up a 6.5 Grendel heavy 20" spiral fluted 416R 5R rifled barrel for about $55+shipping. Looks smooth and well finished. Haven't assembled it yet but have no concerns about the accuracy, since the others have all been great so far.

You may want to polish the feed ramps or they may be fine. I think the most I've paid for one of their barrels was $110 for a 24" stainless heavy spiral fluted Grendel. Heck of a lot of barrel steel for the price.

For the money (and maybe 20-30 minutes of your time of you want a nicer-looking feed ramp and it didn't come that way), I don't know that you can get much better. I believe most (if not all) are guaranteed MOA or better with match-grade ammo (though some take a few boxes of ammo to get there). MOA, $50-100, your choice of stainless or nitride/parkerized stainless 416R, or 4140 with nitride or parkerizing, and numerous profiles (heavy; bull; pencil; etc.), lengths, fluting options (no flutes or straight, spiral, hornet (missing 1 or 2?) flutes), target crown or threaded, and almost every standard-ish cartridges (223 Wylde, 300 Blackout, 6.5 Grendel, 6.8 SPC, 7.62×39, 9mm, 450 Bushmaster, 458 SOCOM, and I BELIEVE 224 Valkyrie)…
I'm not convinced that spending 2-10x as much on a barrel will get me 2-10x better performance or utility.

I wouldn't use them for a 458 or 450, since those take some more finesse (stick with Tromix. Period. Wish I had.). There are also a few combinations they haven't made yet (16" Blackout heavy in Nitride or stainless with a pistol length gas system; 16"or 18" heavy/SOCOM 6.8 SPC in Nitride or Stainless; 277 Wolverine…), so they aren't the total solution, but they are getting there.

Did you dimple the Faxon barrel?

I'm glad I got Faxon !!!

ROSCO BARRELS ARE NICE AS WELL.

Ok i have a question. Besides the "looks" was the faxon more accurate or were they pretty much the same. They got a 6.5 grendel bca barrel on sale for 50$ and a faxon 6.5 on sale for 165$. Is the faxon worth 125$ more or is the bca accurate enough? Thanks!

I'm pretty sure the bear claw spiral fluted barrel is 416R stainless steel. I have one of their stainless steel spiral fluted heavy barrels and the feed ramps looked very well finished. As far as one inch groups go that would be under perfect conditions, like free floated barrel and really good ammo. I get 1to 1 1/2 inch groups. But as long as BCA keeps making quality affordable barrels I'll keep buying them.

I have many bear creek barrels, run just fine, and I'm not giving double for 5 min polishing time

I see absolutely nothing wrong with any of those barrels, period.

I prefer my broach cut Olympic Arms Stainless Ultramatch barrel to these. http://www.olyarms.com/shop/parts/barrel/barrels-ultramatch.html

BILL NELSON OUT OF TOUCH,

I don't trust BCA. Too much deception. You get what you pay for. Faxon would be a quality barrel at a reasonable price. Odins are overpriced. JMO

Who cares what it looks like. What's the actual accuracy?

HAHA… The camera makes the barrels look like they're bent.
Those Bear Creek ones are garbage… holy shit those look rough. The HBAR is flippin HUGE, I have an HBAR… those look like they just bored the hole in a blank and stopped.

I could not get my Alexander 18" 6.5 barrel to shoot under 1". I bought a 20" BC barrel and now shoot sub 1 " groups. I always polish my own ramps. I will buy all my barrels from Bear Creek from now on.

BCA do vacuum test. Also I am buying one of there stainless steel 223 Wylde 1:7 spiral heavy barrels. All the reviews I found had mostly good things to say about them. Also I believe they carry a life time warranty.

Did you do the accuracy reliability test on these barrels?

I got who from bear Creek where the barrel pin was clock at 2 instead of 12 turning feed ramps to the side.

I bought a .223 bca complete upper for 199$ from classic firearms. Its accurate and reliable, but ur right bca products are not "polished up" like the more expensive brands. I think thats how they cut costs

Can you please do a follow-up video? I'm very interested on these barrels. Thank you

BCA barrels are trash. Most inaccurate barrels I’ve ever used.

I just bought a 22 inch heavy in 6.5 CM

How do they shoot?

the bear creek flutted barrel is stainless and nitrated not parkerized

Have you thought about shooting with them?…. I'd be interested in real accuracy….

the middle one is the bear claw not only is it stainless but also nitride.

did you ever have a chance for accuracy comparison of these barrels?

I have a Bear Creek 300 blackout barrel it is awesome it is freaking accurate as hell

The fluted barrel is 416r ss not 4150 and its nitrided not parkerized

The Bear Creek Arsenal is also a Black Nitride Finish. I own 3 of them.

You get what you pay for . You can't buy match grade for $125.00

That ring on the fluted heavy is there because they test fire every barrel

I am new to guns, an in buying a new bear creek 5.56 barrel, I found that a 5.56 round does not fit completely flush in the breach of the barrel. Also the projectile part of a 5.56 round does not fit in the tip of the barrel. The diameter of the projectile seems to be too big. Are these normal configurations, or is the circumference of either the inner part of the barrel, or the projectile, too small or to big? Because they just don’t fit.