picking a barrel

[Greyling]

Im Currently torn between the 16" Odin barrel from dvor, or either the ba hanson or heavy fluted. Cosmetically I like the fluted best, but the hanson comes with a gas block and is cheaper.

Of course the Odin has an adjustable gas block and is much cheaper......

[Crusty]

These barrels are superb and affordable. Mine shoots sub MOA with good ammo.

[Greyling]

lw1179, did you have cycling issues? there is a BA forum over on ar15.com, and they were talking about cycling issues due to small gas port holes on some of the BA barrels.

The odin is cheap, but if I can realistically look at .5moa groups with BA using good ammo, well, I already have a 2 moa gun that drives me nuts.......

[grayfox]

Shot my Odin yesterday, definitely an improvement over my other barrels (talking 223 wylde now, but just the same...)
Get the Odin, avoid the risks.

[Greyling]

Which Odin barrel was it, and how did it shoot?

[grayfox]

Odin Works AR-15 16" 223 Wylde Mid Length Barrel w/ Tunable Gas Block

From Joebob. I only have about 75 rounds through it so far...
This is with Federal gold 69 SMK and 77 SMK.

Odin-223-031518.jpg

[Clarence]

Good groups; I haven't used the 77, but find the 69's to shoot really well.

[grayfox]

Yeah, from just this early-on testing, it kind of puts the Odin at the top of my list when I start looking for another barrel... I still like my Faxon bbls too but this, well, it does catch my attention. The spreads are due more to the shooter than the gun IMO.

[LW1179]

[LW1179]

[Lastrites]

My sampling of one Odin 16" say's at least they are honest, mine is closer to 1" with eld black and likely better, but their guarantee didn't thrill me when I first saw it either. It is serving its purpose, works well, barrel extension seems to have been dehorned and polished which I didn't expect.