Lilja Group Buy Barrel Accuracy

[Drifter]

The actual cost of the process is about $5 in optimally-sized batches. Barrel life can be extended by about 30%.

In comparison, if I would have sent my barrel to Adco to be bead-blasted and coated, the price would have been ~$75 with return shipping. My guess is that Adco's cost on the materials would have been similar to the black nitride process (~$5 or less). So for ~$25 more, I figured the supposed additional barrel life of the black nitride process would be worth the extra expense.

I think Drifter's barrel is accurate because it's a Lilja...

That's the bottom line, and the message I wanted to share by posting the group. I didn't intend for the discussion to be all about the barrel treatment. I opted for the process for the appearance and longevity, as I was ignorant of the accuracy and velocity claims.

The truth is that shooting a semi-auto gas-operated short-barreled short-gas-system short-buffer-system lightweight carbine and getting consistently good results is tricky business, and the odds of me repeating that group with any type of consistency are very very slim, regardless of how good the barrel is. It's much easier with a heavy bolt rifle, or even a softer-recoiling 223 AR-15 with rifle-length gas and buffer systems.

In other words, I don't expect groups like that to come often, but the barrel itself seems to be quite capable.