Ballistic Advantage, Thank you for taking time to watch the video and post a reply. Great response as well.

And that’s why I still support BA!🤙🏻

Ballistic Advantage is the only barrel I use in my AR builds. I recently used their 14.7" pencil barrel...which is quite accurate, light weight at 20oz. And the gas block is pinned with set screws...comes this way from BA. The entire build is bomb proof, light weight and shoots well. I think the entire AR is 6lbs and 6 oz with an MRO optic on top....add another lb. when there's a full mag. Mags usually weigh about 4-5 oz and 30 rounds comes in at 12 oz.

I'd be curious to see how a smooth bore 5.56 barrel would shoot

@@tedundercarriage8183 this barrel but with a .22lr conversion shooting the 22lr rat/snake shot would be really interesting and entertaining to see nonetheless lol

Flannel patch, powder horn, tamping rod, ball... dangerous old men.

Assault Unrifle!

@@atomic_wait Maybe call it an Assault Non-Rifle.

Semi auto musket.

​@@largelarry2126 made me laugh 😊

So how did a gauge pick up the no rifling?

​@@johnkruer7557He didn't. He's talking about gaging in general. There were other checks performed using gauges in this video. It wasn't all about the rifling.

You're no doubt in good hands with the armourer wizardry this awesome gentleman commands.

Yeah rifled muskets were never a thing.

@@johnqpublic2718 no shit

@@johnqpublic2718 joke went right over your dense head

@@derek3154 rifled muskets are a thing

Works phenomenal, provided shooter gives a proper gay “Tally Ho!” Before letting loose onto a line of Red Coats.

I would much rather have a barrel that simply skipped an entire manufacturing process, rather than a barrel out of spec. It's shows that they know how to make a barrel, but humans are fallible creatures, and sometimes 3:30 on a Friday causes a worker to mistake the barrel he just chucked into the machine with the one he just finished.

@@TheMachRider "Get thee to an Appleseed shoot, and with all due haste!"

​@@rsh4599CCB barrel, you say?

@@mastur_grunt4244 Ya sometimes the taco from the taco truck ain't sitting right and the dude will make mistakes because he's got more important things on his mind.

All the folks who wander in here to seek reason to complain, they should be reading your post over and over. As well as reading BA's direct comment elsewhere in the thread.

If anyone is in Southern NH, you'll want go over to 2a tactical and check them out👍👍 awesome to see your comment here! (I type this from Alaska now, but I'm from NH, and you guys were always great! 💪) One of the best shops in New England for sure.

@@chriskenny6520 thanks for the kind words and be safe up there in AK!

Rob I'll be sure to stop in next time I'm home for a visit 👍👍

​@@buckaroobonsi555the irony of your statement talking about complaining liberals is hilarious. As you yourself complain about something that's not even an issue 😂 that was the most "I'm offended blue haired liberal" comment you could've made bud. Yikes!

Awesome. Did you send it back to ARP for them to use as their QA/QC demo reminder? Anyone who's done a fair amount of engine work or general auto mechanical work has seen, or knows an honest person who's seen, a manufacture goof. Even the most reputable companies have them, they just have fewer.

Dude I fully understand,

@@seanoneil277 I did not. I kept it and they just sent a replacement.

thats impressive, ARP rarely misses

@@hreindustries Yeah, they replaced it pretty quick. That's why I thought it was funny.

I have one of their 18” barrels. So far I have been impressed with it

I'll buy from you. Since you can't say, just give which state and a wink then we'll basically know.

@@ericmckinley7985 GA.

I’m a Hanson fan as well very accurate.

@@oldscratch3535 DD

​@@ramzankadyrov6035DD is butt buddies with the ATF

That Makes 2 of us

Three of us!

Gauges aren't that expensive. At minimum, I would recommend a headspace gauge. My problem is I can't find all of them.

Gauges can be add up quickly and be expensive and as he has stated in previous videos not all of his gauges are available. @@pale_2111

It's got to be a process step oversight, as you suggest. In all human manufacture such things can happen, and even an automated process line can make mistakes! BA undoubtedly would fix this issue with a replacement barrel.

I used to work as an inspector for a machine shop. For large quantity of items, you normally do a percentage check on dimensions that have large tolerances, and only 100% inspection on things with super tight tolerances (Like 0.002" or less) unless the customer requests and pays for 100% inspection. I have seen parts come back from heat treatment where they missed 1 part, but had we not done 100% inspection (heat treat is easy as it leaves scale on the parts), it could have slipped back into production. I have also done inspections where a part had a +/- 0.0002" tolerance on dimension, and out of 200 parts only 1 failed. For something like this barrel, it could have been as simple as a shift change, and the person running the rifling pulled a part out of the machine without having actually been run and threw it in. Afterwards all other milling was performed, and this barrel didn't make it into the final 20% check (or whatever % BA uses), was checked for some other dimensions like thread tolerance and gas port hole diameter, and then got packaged and sent out. Some manufacturers like Foxtrot Mike do a 100% inspection on every barrel, which reflects in the cost.

@@MichaelPetty I've got a Foxtrot Mike PCC (glock mag pattern) lower on my PCC, it's very nicely made & assembled.

@@MichaelPetty Thanks for the explanation, this particular barrel is from their Modern Series which is their lowest tier of barrel so I imagine they check a lower percentage of these barrels than their more premium barrels so it just slipped through the cracks. It does go to show though that the barrel passed every other check quite well so this is pretty clearly a fluke. While I'm sure Ballistic Advantage would be happy to replace this barrel I'd have a hard time not holding onto it if I got an un-rifled barrel just for the novelty of the thing.

​@@phosistkar6425lol the amount of comments here of people wanting this barrel is hilarious😂 Yes I want it too!

I can't fault him for not, but I agree. Done in the exacting & professional way he does it, it'd be pretty hard to argue with his results on what each company is putting together. The sample size he's able to inspect would be the only problem. That and his time.

"Concerning" is misused above, though I'd forgive it because many mis-use the word "concern" in the same fashion. Your fantasy of every item given 100% QA/QC is not the sort of thing that results in mass-produced, lower-priced barrels. You're talking about small batch or individual custom maker territory with that fantasy. Bet you've never done a lick of mechanical work in your life.

@@seanoneil277 Your self-importance fantasy is of no concern.

@@seaswirl79 Projecting your issue onto me. How clever. Remind us all of your business that makes barrels in bulk, inspecting each one at each step with 100% QA/QC checking, and sells them at a price comparable to BA.