I'd love to see you go over the aftermath of an IV8888 meltdown on one of their AR's.

I bought a $70 barrel from BCA. Fit like a glove, dimpled….shoots great!

I bought myself a BCA barrel, 5.56mm M4 profile, for about $40. I stuck that on a cheap Stag upper and BCG from their blemished bin and topped it off with a Del-Ton handguard and the cheapest gas block I could find from Brownells. It was my first upper build and I couldn't be happier. I use it for shooting steel cased stuff and similar cheap ammo as sort of a beater upper, in which it excels.

I would like to see a Faxon barrel test in the future if possible :)

I was gifted a new 18" BCA twisted fluted SS Wylde barrel for a build. I checked out what I could and did everything I knew to do to "accurize" it and the rest of the rifle. The crown was unfinished. After a couple hundred rounds my opinion is it is a tac driver.

I had a problem with a barrel from there in 48 hours I had a replacement. I really like bear creek arsenal.

I know this is old, but my new BCA upper in 6.5 grendel shoots mostly less than .5 inch 10 shot groups at 100yards. It may fail soon, only 60 rounds so far, but it beats several of my 2 and 3000$ rifles so far. At 300$ who cares at this point.

I've been hoping you'd do a rundown on one of these barrels. Thanks for another great video!

I have to say, you have the best tool's? I really love the specialty tool's! I do use some of these tool's when I'm building or servicing my rifles. The fact that your so detailed or precise with your explanation and you are always so clearly understandable. When I was in the US ARMY, we were never educated on any of the workings of our M4's... that frustrated me all the time! When I got out I used my GI Bill fund's for welding, AutoCAD, and machine shop, but the machine shop class was cancelled due to not enough students, the college sold the tool's & machine's after that!!! So I bought a few small mill's & lathe's and I'm still teaching my self... P.S. "LOVE YOUR VIDEO'S KEEP'UM COMING" God, Country, Constitution!!!

Just stumbled on your channel for the first time, thanks for sharing so much info!

Holy Moses! Most impressive analysis I have ever seen. The tech, the tools, and the knowledge are first rate. Thank you.

Would love to see you go through a complete rifle from Bear Creek Arsenal.

I love these videos, thanks Chad, Donna, and family!

thanks! as the recent purchaser of a bca upper this was interesting. its about what i expected honestly, not great but not terrible.

This was fascinating. Maybe a must-watch for anyone who owns an AR15, let alone a BCA barrel. Insightful, thorough, concise. Subbed.

You have the most amazing set of 🔧 🔨. Awesome video.

I got that exact same barrel. I got it for free from BCA for Veterans day 2018. That's the only rifle barrel I've got from them that I haven't built yet. I've built 3 AR's with BCA barrels & have 2 Glock barrels of theirs I've used so far. I've had great results from both AR & Glock barrels.

Just came across this. Excellent in-depth video checking barrel specs. Have you had the chance to check out any of BCAs newer barrels in the 223 wylde chambering? I know they have revamped and upgraded their machinining processes and supposed to be very good, yet still at a reasonable price point.

Fire lapping any barrel can be very beneficial for cleaning up new machining.

All of these barrel inspections make me want a bore scope ASAP!!! I’ve got a Ballistic Advantage build going on I’d love to see the inside.

This is the coolest and most informative channel I’ve seen. Awesome. Thank you for sharing your knowledge

14:12, "Usually I reserve cutting throats as a last resort." Lol, me too. Usually a verbal warning is all it takes, but sometimes...

I made the Bear Creek Arsenal mistake myself. I bought a Bear Creek Arsenal upper with 223 Wylde barrel from Classic. I have had bad results with it and I just figured it was my 556 reloads. I have had several primers blow out and stuck cases in the upper. I took it off and returned my DPMS barrel and upper to my lower.and found no problems with this combination. I watched your video this morning and knew the reason for the problems. Thank you for giving us such informative and useful videos.

I have 2 BCA uppers. A 16” 7.62X39 and a 10.5” 5.56 Only issue I had was a gas block that wasn’t secure. I wouldn’t take them to war, but they’re a helluva lot of fun at the range.

Your videos are ez to follow and very informative 👌

For The Price , You Can Not Beat Bear Creek , I Have 5 , And Not A Bad One In The Bunch !

Halfway through this video. I got major case of gun tool envy. Soon as video is over I'm contacting Brownells.

Gosh I'm envious of your tool collection...

New subscriber here And you've earned it! I'm really into the details. Good presentation as well 💯 Now me..... I have caught so much crap in the past from my range buddies for going through the measures I do to make sure each build is on Point....but most importantly SAFE! They laughed about checking headspace, checking gas port, checking bore for true, checking upper to extension alignment, said Lapping was unnecessary. Etc etc. Now here we are.... I lap their recievers and find barrel or bolt issues for them. 😂 It all started when they would buy or build these 1500 dollar rifles with $1000 dollar + optics, and I would bring my "budget builds" to the range and most times out perform these guys. NOTE : I am always using excellent quality stuff, but I buy smart. Cosmetic blems, clearance, bulk, new product, discontinued, etc..... or I may have a buddy who really wants a flashy SS fluted barrel, and wants to sell his "crappy" looking CHF, chrome lined barrel for $50 bucks 😂. I have around 500 bucks in my latest "on a whim build." It happens. Don't judge. Built with lying around parts I had already purchased, including a 6.8 BCG I've had in the bin for 4 or 5 years now. And an awesome deal on Ammo, a handguard and a never fired 6.8 ARP match barrel. I was expecting around 1.5-1 MOA tbh. It's sub MOA all day long. Very impressed. And this is a Short Barrel build. Love when I am surprised. 👍 So, long story short...... Don't rush your builds, go through each step. At minimum you will have peace of mind. I see FTF and FTE along with ruined parts, and severe inaccuracies out of quality parts just as I do out of cheaper low quality parts. A bad apple, rushing, or a small inconsistency can be a.... or become a huge problem somewhere along the line. Sorry for the book y'all! Tactical stuff..... I'm a nerd for it. Y'all take care! God Bless! 🙏🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🙏

I have had no problems with any of the barrels i have got from bear creek to each his own.

Have you ever done an inspection of a Ballistic advantage barrel? I just got a 10.3" hanson profile and soo far I'm impressed with the quality just upon visual inspection.

Looks to be basic QC issues from a company known for QC problems.

I’ve got a 24” .975 Stainless Steel Fluted Barrel and I suspect the manufacturer was BCA. I thought it was good to go as it runs just fine at the range but my goal was to get 800yds+. If I start having any issues I’ll know where to look, thanks for the video!

Excellent video !!

Chad, Another EXCELLENT video!!!!

The fact that a tiny little brush piece preventing a go gauge from turning shows some SERIOUS tight tolerances. Those gauges don’t appear to be very forgiving which is good.

I had a BCA .223 barrel I thought would be great for a build. sure enough I built it up. Did go/no go and a pass. I loaded up the bolt and cycled and it locked up. it locked so bad I had to walk away and start working on it later. BCA quality took about three weeks to get back to me and agreed to replace it. A few weeks go by and the new barrel arrives. Assembled. Gauges passed. Insert bolt. Cycle. Locked up. Called BCA they said it was me. I bought a Stoner barrel. Assembled. Gauges passed. Cycled. No issues. I have no idea where that BCA barrel is now ... left it with my ex after the divorce.

I'm not sure how I ended up on this channel, but I am glad I got to watch! This was as thorough as an operating room! Now I'm a little nervous yet, excited to see other videos you have with various companies barrels! Amazing Work and KNOWLEDGE!

Excellent video, very educational

Hi. Just found your channel and have to say you are very good. Now I am not a gunsmith but I have one r35 years in auto motive business of repairing cars. To pst myself on back I’m pretty friggin good. The way you go over your work and explain what you are doing and why is awesome. I am putti g together an AR pistol in223/556. Was wondering on your opinion on good 10.5 inch barrels. Thank you again love your stuff. Thank you again. Nick.

I have like three barrels from bear creek even the pencil barrel is good no poi shift even when shot with over 100 rounds still holding 1 moa. I have never witnessed a trunnion being crooked. Great parts for the money, especially if you are shooting steel ammo.

Amazing workspace

I have a couple of BCA barrels & both of them HAD NO CROWNS AT ALL. I had too crown them myself & also lapped the barrels. They shot & cleaned much better after that, with in MOA AT 100 YARDS WITH HAND LOADS BOTH WERE 7.62X39 BARRELS.

Thank you for the video.

A few years ago I ordered a batch of 10 BCA barrels in different lengths and contours after gagging them and checking them out only 3 were good to go I was pretty disappointed

I have a cheap BCA 10.5 223 WLD barrel that when mounted in an upper, the muzzle leaned hard to the left. I didn't realize something was wrong until I attached the handguard and noticed that the space between the muzzle and the inside of the handguard wasn't centered. The barrel before and immediately after this BCA fit as expected. Weird.

Looks an awful lot like my free Vet's Day barrel. anyone else snag one a few years ago?

Have you... would you... do the same review of one of their top tier cold hammer forged barrels? I would think that process would yield better results...?

This thing is getting more treatment than my wife 😂😂🤣

I want to see a Danial defense barrel in the future. Good video

Great video Where did you get all those gauges Reminds me of my time spent running blanking press die sets We had all types of guages for the line up of all the punches in the blanking dies

I just sent my BCA upper for a loose gas block and over gassed. It was ejecting brass at 1-2 o’clock and had a very jumpy/bouncy recoil.

I laugh at some of these videos. BCA makes barrels for many manufacturers.

How concerned would you be on reaming a nitrided barrel? Are carbide tools an absolute must?

I just bought one of their side chargers and a faxon barrel to replace the BCA barrel lol.

Please review anything LWRC please. Great work.

In a case where a rifle has a short throat does that just mean your projectile is seated closer to the lands? Basically more suited to shorter lighter projectiles?

I have a quick question for you , what is the proper gas port for 20" 6.5 grendel barrel with rifle length gas tube on rifle buffer combination ? ... Thank you and Happy New Year to you ...

“Where does he get those wonderful toys?” 🃏

Why don't you take a real military issue one and show us how horrible they were the ones that actually went to war?

Extremely informative stuff

Ballistic Advantage barrels next?

Very good show

I was just gifted one of these 10.5 inch uppers for Christmas. What kind of accuracy can be achieved? I handload for accuracy on some other rifles and I’m curious.

Can you do a video of the BCA bcg inspection-spec like the other vids

I prefer my FN barrels over all others, but I do have Ballistic Advantage, Rosco and a couple BCA’s. While my BCA’s may not look as nice as my others, they do shoot just as accurately. They go toe to toe in the accuracy department! So, unless your building your personal battle rifle, which I would only use FN, then BCA’s are just fine for range, hunting, training and the like. People get so stuck on the marketing hype of one name over another, when most often then not, it’s unwarranted.

You always further my love for all things ar

Do you have a list of companies that do thermo fit uppers?

Do you also deal with the AR10 platform, more specifically the Armalite brand? I built an Armalite AR10 over ten years ago while I lived in California, but it's been highly modified by myself after I moved to Tennessee. It's actually quite a Frankenstein build as the only true Armalite parts are the upper receiver, 24" inch stainless barrel, magazine catch, bolt catch, and the front and rear takedown pins. The lower is an Aero Precision, trigger is a drop in Timney AR10 variant, Magpul PRS buttstock, buffer tube, buffer and buffer spring, Radical Firearms nickel boron bcg, Midwest Industries 15" inch aluminum key mod handguard, LaRue pistol grip, and I believe a low profile VLTOR gas block. I was just inquiring if you had any experience with and worked on them as I'd like to have you take a look at it, maybe perform an autopsy/physical, and possibly get some things fixed that are beyond my capabilities and skill set. Thanks in advance.

I would like to see you check some Mass defense products.

Congratulations on reaching 20,000 subscribers

I got a 16in 7.62x39 and 10.5in 5.56 bca barrel and they both shoot pretty good I can get 1in groups at 100yrds with the right ammo the wrong ammo and it will group 4 or 5in I have shot 4 deer with them so far

Man to have a set of tools like that!

Really want to see a DD barrel

Would you be intetested in doing an autopsy of a psa gen2 308? I'd be more than happy to send it to you.

I just got the 762x39 upper bca side charge gen2 and I am getting light primer strikes and at the base of the round when fired its impregnating it is that a gas problem or head space?

So could I bring my barrel to a gunsmith and clean it up a bit? I have a Bca upper in 7.62x39 doing my research I’m kind of expecting to get an enhanced firing pin, and 6.5 ejector. Because it had issues but maybe it’s the whole barrel?

Class is in session. Recent SubER, can't get enough SOTAR 🤘🇺🇸

I had read back in the day that CMP shooters would actually use longer AOL loads so that the bullet would engage the lands when chambered to enhance accuracy so there wasnt a jump from throat to rifling which could cause, as you said accuracy issues. Do you really need to lenghten the throat on that barrle if its probably just going to be a range toy?

Been hoping for one of these

I have 10 of bca barrels I am impressed with them and the over experience thank you sir Chad

Where did you get the pin gauges to measure gas hole size?

Boy I hope the BCA 16 inch Wylde I’m getting next week is better than that one ☝️ getting a complete upper and a PSA lower

In all seriousness,where can I get all the gauges you use in these videos.

Can you please do a video about the effect of steel bullets on rifle bores? Luckygunner did a good write up about shooting steel and barrel wear vs brass. A detailed video would be awesome.

We stopped trying to fix the throats on these in our shop, and being so tight they aren't functional isn't unusual. The melanite/salt nitride coating just destroys the cutters. The rifling looked pretty awful BTW. BCA, the puppy mill of AR barrels.

Do you ever plan to do any Ballistic Advantage barrels?

I bought a stainless 16 inch .223 Wylde upper. The first shot ripped the rime off of the case and the case was stuck in the barrel. I tried putting a heavier buffer in it and the same thing happened.

@richardlindquist5936 0 seconds ago I think these are 4140 steel. I’ve built a couple on the threaded version in 5.56 and they are great for a budget build.

All the BCA barrels I've handled have had very short throats. I've shot 5.56 and 223 out of all of them with no issues except for FTE from rough/tight chambers. 200 rounds or a hone and they function fine. That issue though, is why I don't use them in my personal builds.

I don’t believe in “rifle shaming” anyone, buy what you can afford. That being said, generally speaking, you get what you pay for. Thanks for the video, Chad!

Good morning. By any chance could you guide me in the direction to purchase all those tools you have?

Wish you could put a link to your tools or at least list the make/model. That pin gage set is righteous.

Nice

I would install this barrel and shoot it as is. I don't think it's going to blow up or anything. It headspaces and I think that one part will eventually wear in. I've installed two barrels and they're both over $300 so I doubt they have these problems. I do have a cheapo for a future build and I'm getting a headspace gauge for that one.

I have had 7 BCA barrels over the last 5 years. First 2 shot very well. 10 shot groups just over 1”. Got a couple 6.5 Grendel barrels based on this experience. They shot worse than 10 MOA. One other 556 barrel shot terrible but cleaning up the terrible crown helped that. Haven’t mounted the other 2 but they look good with the bore scope. Won’t buy any more. Spend more on quality and shoot with more satisfaction.

I have a question? Is there a difference between 308 military ammo and market ammunition as far as dimensions? a friend gave me a ton of 308 mil spec and I wasn’t sure if there would be a problem shooting it in my rifle.. thanks for your time

Can you elaborate on why you see opening gas ports as a last resort

Anyone know what he charges to go thru your upper?

i've been watching alot of your videos. I find it informative and relaxing. I sure would like to learn all the proper techniques when assembling a full AR. I know assembling can be a slippery slope on Utube. Maybe you should post on Full 30. Thanks and keep the info coming.