Thanks for doing this. This test made me realize that my AR is not a POS, but the ammo I am using is.

I really like the camera work of these videos. I could watch these all day! Great job, keep em' coming!

As I'm just watching your catalog of videos, I just wanted to say I really appreciate your in depth subject matter. This channel alone is what got me started reloading 223 and 6.5 creed. Now im going to start on .44 mag and .357 mag. Just wanted to say thank you sincerely.

Great video Johnny- The editing work alone is impressive! Subscribed!

Love your videos... I appreciate the extra info..... sometimes I listen to it all sometimes I skip.... buts its always good. Thanks!

Excellent video as always brother! Your Grendel series convinced me to build one. Glad to see you back posting more recently. Also happy to see more ads coming back to your channel and other gun related ones. Keep shootin' and thanks!

Nice to have you back in the groove! Great job today. Loved the camera work in the intro.

I purchased that exact barrel about 8 months ago and was extremely impressed as well. I had great success all the way up to 77 grain and actually had my tightest group to date with the 75 grain hornady bthp can't remember which powder without my log handy but this video has definitely re-sparked my interest in my spr build/load work up project so Thank you for that sir!

One of the best vids i have watched..honest well rounded..

Really appreciate all the work you do for the videos. Thank you bud.

Excellent shooting! I think you're right this barrel will truly show if the Bullets will shoot well or not. Long range shooters of Utah built an AR with a WOA barrel and it shoots fantastic

This is by far the most informative channel I have found Sir! None of this regurgitated garbage that people pull from other channels, filled with useless "facts". I'm in process of the same testing, thanks for being thorough with your presentation. SUBSCRIBED!

Finally! Been looking forward to this!

It's about keeping things consistent, we weigh power, we weigh bullets, some people weigh brass. if everything is consistent the bullets should by theory when fired have all land in the same spot. That's how I was taught. I hope this helps I have seen bullets differences over 5 grain higher or lower than the stated weight ....that may be the fliers... IT MAY TIGHTEN GROUPS I weigh all bullets and group them in boxes... Say they are ( 90 gr match KING ) stated on the box... I have found differences like 90.4grs. put them all together, 90.2grs and put them together and so on. I shoot them in the order of their weights. I have fewer fliers and tighter groups

MERRY CHRISTMAS! Got my barrel! I chose the rifle length gas system. It seems to work good for me. Keep up the good work. Anyone I know that “I” think needs a better loading regime gets referred to YOU. I load the way You do. Happy New Year too.

You did a great job..every barrel and ammo is different and you proved it..when I find a set of bullets that work for my gun I do not buy other ammo..thanks very detailed

A pleasure watching your video. Lots of informative value! SUBSCRIBED!

Fascinating video, thank you for your hard work!

great choice on the barrel that is super with the 4166 I'm glad you're having trouble cuz I can't find a good load in that either the Nosler the partition bullets I've never had good luck with Partition bullet I'm happy for you and your Barrel watching those groups go in was just sweet

I know its an old video but i have fully enjoyed it so much as to subscribe. Kind of reminds me of me and my style of reloading. Good stuff

hey Johnny we live 30 minutes away from the custom shop gun shop that manufactures those Overing jags. I picked up a couple the last time I was there and plan to pick up a couple pistol jags when I go back again. they even manufacture and odorless Solvang that does a nice job on cleaning out barrels. in the end you are right best way to break in a barrel is just to shoot it out take care

That's some awesome shooting, and very useful loading info

I see you are happy now. I was also happy when my CZ came back from factory with a barrel that grouped finally. Other people did say different. Ring a bell? Keep up the good work. Oh yes that vortex is very good choice. You are evaluated.

I sure did Appreciate this video🎥, Johnny. I just ordered one of these barrels yesterday for one of my Lower's. Thanks for ALL the HARD WORK you put into your video's👍🏻

Excellent video as always....in serious consideration for new accuracy barrel for an upcoming build and the White Oak bbl seems to get universally high marks....keep em coming

I just put a WOA 18 inch Varmint barrel on a few weeks ago. Tack driver! I will be working on some loads soon!

Really encouraging to see your break-in groups weren’t a perfect ragged hole at 100 (don’t get me wrong - those are good groups). I just sent my first 20 rounds of factory JHP (cheep range ammo) through my PSA 416R 18” 223 Wylde and was feeling pretty lousy about 2” groups. But seeing your break-in groups with carefully measured hand loads makes me optimistic about what I’ll be able to do with some load development.

I love my WOA SPR barrel. It's pretty happy shooting 75gr Swift Scorroco II's with 24.1gr varget, LC brass with CCI 400. 2580fps at 36F. Shoots 3/4" or less at 100yds off a bipod. Likes the 69gr SMK's as well. Hitting steel at 300yds in about 3.5-4MOA patterns.

I have been out of reloading for accuracy because I got into a competitive niche’ . It is so very refreshing to see great groups from designed ammo! I got into the lackadaisical, shoot what factory they used. I let 3 inch groups be okay. However, it is not! I will watch You much more and will be doing a lot more shooting and reloading for accuracy. Thank You, and I’m sorry I got off track.

Awesome JRB, VERY nice barrel and VERY good shooting as well. Nice to see you testing with a match barrel, Congrats on the purchase. Looking forward to watching this barrel in future videos. If through out your testing you don't mind trying some of the following loads it would be great to see. 77 gr SMK's with up to 24.0 Varget 77 gr SMK's with up to 24.1 Vhit 140 77 gr SMK's with up to 23.2 8208 XBR 69 gr SMK, with up to 25.3 Varget. Thanks for making these great vids, thumbs up for sure.

Love the vids, so much so just got a reloading set up......Thanks

Great barrel! Keep up the good work!

welcome to the WOA dark side! The barrel sure makes load development a lot more enjoyable.

My reaction was similar to yours when I first took out my white oak 20" varmint build.....i had to REALLY look around to find even factory ammo it would shoot very much over 1 MOA. Handloads, don't even think of having a big target. No point. I do love me some WOA barrel.

after a year i gave up trying to get under an inch with my spikes upper and did another build last week after seeing ur success with this WOA 18in SPR barrel (aero enhanced upper and Geissle MK8 rail). first time out with H75gr bthp ladder charges and got 5 shots at 100yds at .87in, was so happy. I know I can improve upon that but thank you for the all info and inspiration.

Brother, you're awesome. Love the video.

You got to love a barrel that shoots everything well.

love my White Oak barrel. 18' SPR in stainless and shoots just great when I do my part. When you get into loading in can drive you insane with all the variables to play with....powders, bullets, OAL, primers, etc. Really interesting to see you progress through each load and shot groups.

That is some good shooting from you and that barrel... Real nice.. Dan

First time I've seen your channel. Love it! Would love to see this vs a Ballistic Advantage 18" SPR side by side accuracy test for those MK12 clone-ish guys. I've come around to liking my BA, but it does not shoot nearly that consistent.

Just subscribed, love the content as a noob reloader. That being said, each video cracks me up, as it seems like something out of the Adams family. Thing keeps running around grabbing powder and bullets on screen!

Excellent video!

Great video. Wow info overload but good research

my WOA has close to 700 rounds through it since it's last cleaning and so far accuracy is still doing fine out to 800yds.

Great video as usual, makes me want to get a match barrel for my Stag 5.56.

thats a very nice new accurate barrel!

I'm a fan of those TCS jags. Ended up picking up more in various calibers. I recently bought a WOA barrel for my 18" SPR build. Excited to see how it shoots. I was just going to replace my PSA barrel but decided to build a new complete upper instead so it'll be a little while before I can accuracy test it, along with the new Vortex Viper 5-25. I don't reload, so I intend to use Hornady Black 75gr BTHP .223

My grandson Anthony is building a AR-15 and I load rounds for him. The best group so far has been three shots at a hundred yards which covered with a dime. I loaded 22.6 grains of IMR 8208 XBR powder behind a Hornady 75 grain BTHP Match bullet. With a CCI SR primer. OAL 2.250. He is going to shoot at 200 and 300 yards next.

Well, by God? That'll do it! After watching your results...and my desire to have a relatively accurate ranger...pulled the trigger on the WOA barrel. Gonna use the JP carriage and the WOA bolt (as they'll do a proper headspace BEFORE sending it out). REALLY REALLY wanted to get into a 6mm ARC platform with Odin Works; however, everything was "OUT-OF-STOCK", so? WOA it is, by GOD! VERY informative video series, Mr. Jonny's Reloading Ranch.

Nice video. I went with WOA when I built my MK12 replica. The barrel is definitely top notch and I get just under MOA with my 75 grain hand loads. My next build will definitely incorporate another WOA barrel.. BTW, a 5.5mm borescope should fit. Not much wiggle room but as long as it doesn't exceed 5.56 you should be ok.

Great video. Thanks

A heavy load of RE-15 has delivered the best results so far for me shooting 77 and 80 grain SMK's from a match conditioned 1 in 7 twist / 20 inch barrel / iron sight AR-15 A4 which I use in Across the Course and Long Range Service Rifle Competition. Typically, 20 round groups at 100 yards are sub half MOA from sling supported prone position. And while the 80 grain bullet can get to the 1000 yard line nose-on, an MOA wind constant of 10, means an un-countered wind change of just 1 mph will displace bullet about 10 inches, meaning few X-Ring hits, since I cannot discern a 1 mph wind change. I have interest in trying out Power Pro 2000-MR for higher velocity and less pressure. I understand that the AMU has used it or something like it before it was on commercial market. At any rate, I think you might want to shoot some factory match rounds rather than going about it as you are. Doing that would give you a benchmark for your loadings based on your marksmanship, which appears to be undeveloped, since at the distance you are shooting to with the optic sight platform you are shooting should literally produce one hole 5 round groupings, even with loads having a high velocity swing from round to round. What you are showing are essentially bullet impacts which indicate no grouping ability at all and the need to learn how to point the rifle with constant sight alignment and pull the trigger without disturbing aim utilizing SMOOTH trigger control. . I'm not doggin' ya, but you just do not have the credentials to profess on this topic. Creds: Military Rifle Instructor assisting USAMU deliver SDM, TTT, and SAFS, US Distinguished Rifleman, and NRA Long-Range High Master.

Glad to see your happy with your new barrel Johnny. I knew this would be a good shooter. Try some Varget and Reloader 15, they should do well.

WOA 18" complete upper free floating varmint barrel fluted 1 in 7" twist attached to a Colt M-4 with a Geissele SSA-E trigger. Using reloaded Sierra 69 grain Match King bullets it shoots 3/8" five shot groups at 100 yards. I also have a Bushnell 4.5-18x40mm scope with Custom Turret label accurate out to 900 yards. The rings are 1" high QD aluminum. The group in the picture was with 65 grain Sierra Game kings which I use for deer..

This is my WOA 18" complete upper free floating varmint barrel fluted 1 in 7" twist attached to a Colt M-4 with a Geissele SSA-E trigger. Using reloaded Sierra 69 grain Match King bullets it shoots 3/8" five shot groups at 100 yards. I also have a Bushnell 4.5-18x40mm scope with Custom Turret label accurate out to 900 yards. The rings are 1" high QD aluminum. The group in the picture was with 65 grain Sierra Game kings which I use for deer..

I'm a White Oak fan, more so on the WOP (White Oak Precision) side of the products but I think everything they do is quality. Looks like you'll have a shooter with the right bullets and load.

I have the same scale! Love it that thing is accurate down to a single grain of powder

ayyyy this barrel doesnt suck

sweet rifle loved the vid

That looks really dialed in👍👍👍

18” SPR barrel ordered from WOA. Rifle length gas w 1/7 twist. My plan is it will never see anything lighter than 77 grain mk262 mod 1 or IMI 77 grain razorcore. $195 shipped on White Oak Armaments Black Friday sale. Thank you for leading me to this barrel JRB!!!

Great video Johnny, love watching your process. If you would like to try some light weight .224 bullets may I recommend Nosler 53 gr. Varmaggedon? They seem to shoot under MOA out of my 18 inch 1/8 BCM. Also I have seen them for $11 for 100 bullets on Midway. Thanks for the great videos, keep em coming!

Very good video

Kick ass dude! This is a great starting point for me. The last of my parts for my SPR will be here this week. I'll be running a 16" Krieger and went light as possible where I could. How much does your setup weigh?

All this 223 testing is starting making me wanting to buy 223 dies. Thanks again.

I see you got your money's worth with the new barrel. lol it's fun seeing your progression.

I use my nylon brush as a jag. Maybe you would, maybe not. But I love it 👍🏼

The Varmint nightmares never group well for me but my buddy has a 1-9 barrel that shoots them well. I even tried them in a 22-250 and it didnt like them either. All 6 of my AR's wont shoot them, neither will my Ruger American or Savage Axis. I have 1000 left that a buddy gave me and I just loaded some stuff up for blasting ammo for my Machinegun. I wont even shoot them through my cans because they shoot so bad, I'm expecting a baffle strike of one to blow up. I did see one not make it to the target in a very hot load another buddy did in his 22-250, it just blew up somewhere at the 100 yard indoor range. He said they were loaded to the nuclear level 4000fps is what he claimed.

As the bolt carrier is critical because it's the heart of your functional system. You should invest a little bit into a bit better bolt carrier group. But it makes you quite well as long as it locks up good in that chamber that you have on that Barrel. Almost exactly the break-in procedure my gunsmith gave me for breaking in the stainless Barrel on my M1A. Fire 20 rounds, clean it good, shoot it. He has more experience and Firearms then any other four people I know and at least as much experience as any other expert I've ever heard of. He's been shooting National matches since he was 13 years old. When he went into the military and was shooting it the 500-yard range with his m14a Sergeant came up and told him all the things he was doing wrong. He looked at the sergeant and told him that when he can out shoot him he will listen to him. The sergeant immediately called what his score was and it was 13 Rounds in the ten ring. So he immediately dispatched him down to teach the people who have never fired Firearms before how to get the gun to shoot at least on a cardinal direction of West. Is your brass when you first shot it going forward of the rifle which indicates being over gassed, straight out the side, which indicates a pretty good adjustment. We're towards the rear of the ejection port which indicates undergassed. It looks like you're reaching back for the brass but it's hard to tell with the tight video shot you have. I replayed it at 1/4 speed, and it look like it was going straight to the right of the rifle. Your gas block does not need adjustment if that is so. When you move to 100 yards your shell came out and went to the rear. That means it's under gassed. JB is not an aggressive cleaner. It is a bore and chamber polishing agent. And 5.5 mm should fit into a 5.56 millimeter bore. It's whether or not it's truly smaller than the lands. Even with the 75 grain loads you're still ejecting the cartridge to the rear of the ejection Port. You still have it slightly under gassed. Even with the suppressor on it.

This was a very interesting video. It's proof that even with a good barrel, the performance lagged with bullets that were historically crummy. What do you do, when you have a bullet that's supposed to be great, yet everything you try yields zip..? You're headed in the right direction, keep on trying different powder type and charge variations until you find something that works. This is what we do... Thanks for sharing your info!

If those 55 gr vnx are anything like the hornady 55 gr flat base spire point, BL-C(2) worked well for me. That was the first bullet I tried in a bone stock savage axis and got about an inch at 100 yrds.

Really enjoying your vids and channel. Thanks for the hard work and the time spent bringing us this info mate. Doing the same thing with a PSA upper, for $299 I ended up with a lot more then $299 in solid parts (upper, M-Lok rail, Mbus Sights, some spares) and a fairly "meh" barrel that's just begging to get replaced with something quality. Right now I'm leaning towards Sionics or Faxon and if I go Faxon I'll likely buy a matching BCG (really like Faxon and their mentality as expressed on P/S and INRangeTV have been very eye opening).

After watching this video many times and seeing other videos with suppressors, does the suppressor help the accuracy? Just a question, super great video so now let me get back to watching it again. Keep them coming!

While I know it's not really up to your standards, I'll take sub 2MOA with SS109 all day long. For that bullet? That's freaking great. Very excited to see what you can do with that barrel.

I enjoyed this video! That WOA is nice fo sho! I've had a really hard time getting an AR to shoot this well, so it's nice to see its possible! I'm currently runnin a BAD LightRigid with very good results. Do you find it necessary to crimp when reloading for an AR? I've done some bolt gun reloading, but no semi's. Anyway, it was interesting to watch the ejection pattern, and note how the gun became progressively over-gassed as your powder charges increased. You probably already know, but a 4 o'clock ejection pattern is ideal 1-3o'clock is a sign of over-gassed because the casings hit the deflector so hard that they bounce forward. Cool to watch that on film, thanks for the vid!

Awesome... Excellent Video.!! Great Information... .. I wonder how a Intermediate Gas Port on that barrel would perform...

Johnny's Reloading Bench hey bud, I love the beginning of this video. Lot of work went into that. Maybe you could speed it up 1.5x add a little cool music and make that your channel intro. Great job and info as always. Love that barrel. Was the adjustable gas block a good investment and would you recommend that model?

I got a 22" 8 twist barrel on my bolt gun in 223, and it shoots like crap with any 55 grain bullets. 50 and anything over 55 shoot fantastic though. Great video and awesome barrel!

Excellent!

I cannot wait until my 20" WOA upper comes in!

White Oak Armament barrels are well worth the money. Plenty of matches have been won with them.

Happy Thanksgiving. Today is the day after,. I received my White Oak Arms barrel today. I have high hopes.

Nice video. Just wondering, why not 77 grn. Sierra MK. After all the White Oak SPR 1/8 is designed for them you know? As a long time White Oak SPR rifle length 1/8 barrel owner, mine LOVES 77 SMK's.

I have a 16 inch WOA with ambi barrel extension I used on my first build using a Stag lefty upper. I shoots lights out with everything from 50gr to 77gr bullets. Maybe I'll build a longer barred upper for a bench gun with a WOA tube!

Pretty great video. If your interested in trying an accurate hunting bullet you should try the 65 gr sierra game king. Ive got a 16" 1-7 that consistently shoot those well bellow 1/2 moa and a 20" 1-9 that shoots then inside of 1 moa both with Varget.

You could try to stick a bit of felt to the deflector to see if that helps against the brass getting dents. I see that alot on SIG 550s :) interresting Jag, and tbh i wouldnt worry to much over the O-Rings. You can buy bulk pack of those things in any half decent hardware store

I used to use all sorts of different brass but I would sort by headstamp to try to keep it consistent. I saw a box of lapua 223 brass go on sale so I bought it to try out. It made quite the difference. It reduced groups by about .2-.25 MOA. Would love to see what that would do for your gun!

Those gas blocks are made by SLR Rifle works, and just have WC markings. Them and Superlative arms are the two adj had blocks I trust. Ranging from $84-115. Check out armorally for superlative arms& righttobear for the best price on the sentry series gb.

JLB, how about the 62 gr Hornady hpbt at midsouth shooters supply. I've been trying to find some load data for them but can't. Can't even find a review anywhere for these bullets. Was wondering if you had any information?

I love me some 23.1gr of 8208 and the 69gr smk. shoot great out of my .223

Have you tried the hornady 55grains non vmax? Considering they are the cheapest available bullets on the market it'd be a great challenge for this impressive barrel

have you heard anything good or bad about rosco barrels? thinking of getting one for my 5.56 16 inch gun but didn't know if you could tell me if they are accurate barrels or not...

I just got a <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="67">1:7</a> on Brownells and I'm honestly thinking about sending it back and getting a <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="68">1:8</a>. I simply don't shoot anything above 77gr pretty much ever, so this is kind of overkill. Any thoughts? I pretty much shoot from 55gr to 77gr with the most common being 62gr M855 and 69gr SMKs.

Hi Johnny? Do you have top 5 barrels for best sub-moa on 5.56 or 223 wylde 1-8 twist barrel from 16 to 18" that you have tested? I wonder who makes the best of all of them. I'm torn between this White Oak, JP, Vseven, Ballistic Advantage, Daniel Defense, proof research, others you would prefer, etc... This video on White Oak Armament seems like #2 or 1 accuracy test you had conducted. Thank you for your time, if you ever see this or you have an upcoming video.

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Ive got a varmint build using their 20" <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="68">1:8</a> service match barrel. Excellent. Really favors the heavy stuff. Been using factory ammo out of it so I'm sure there is more to squeeze out of it.

i have a 20" krieger sdmr from compass lake will shoot crap pmc green tip 3/4 moa cant believe it.. wonder what ur ammo would do

damn nice groups

I was trying to see how bullet resistant white oak lumber was from other peoples experience. I had a slightly more than 2.5 inch thick white oak slab (as in the tree/lumber) catch one of those hornady slugs. Blew my mind, might need to retest with videos. This is cool to, just don't have anything to do with white oak- the tree.

Great video, liked and subscribed. Why do barrels come in even number inch lengths and why do twist rates come in integer numbered twists? What would have been great if if you had crony the shots, too that way we could calculate the RPM at the 100 yard range and deduce which weight bullet maintained a better gyroscopic stability to lead to better accuracy. Also, as others have commented about weighing the boxed bullets to remove the variable of weight inconsistency unless your reviewing the bullet from the manufacturer out of the box. When I win the Mega Lotto, I will support your channel, completely. The only problem is, I don't believe in gambling or luck. You are very entertaining, educational and inspiring.